VENDORS LIST

VENDOR	COMMENT
AVALON RACING www.avalonracing.net	If you need Stillen parts, you haven't done your homework if you don't give Avalon a call. They have great prices. Customer service is friendly and responsive. Their website also gives a detailed list on parts and pricing, so you can at least comparison shop easier.
CARPARTS.COM www.carparts.com	Carparts.com , with their coupons, offers some aggressive prices. Their discounts are often hard to resist. BUT BE WARNED. Although some have voiced that they had a positive experience, many have had terrible experiences (me being one of them). Delivery of wrong parts, broken parts, lost orders, long waits for customer service are just some of the incidents I've seen people have had. Lately, I've been seeing better responses...but watch your back! At least their website is easy to use.
CATTMAN www.cattman.com 800-795-1513	Cattman's website was much improved in early 2001. Much better in terms of customer friendliness. When you call them, they have good customer service and are responsive to customer issues. Cattman also has some unique Maxima goodies such as engine mounts and limited slip differentials.
COURTESY NISSAN www.courtesyparts.com	Located in Texas, Courtesy is a good source for locating both stock and aftermarket parts for the Maxima. Courtesy also makes their own aftermarket parts. While I like their service and prices for stock parts, I've not had much luck with Courtesy Nissan aftermarket parts. I've since bought the front strut tower bar and the short throw shifter from them. In both cases, I felt that the manufacturing left something to be desired. I've always had to pull out the dremel to make things fit or clean up the threads. My Courtesy Nissan shifter broke in half when I was commuting home from work!!
JIM WOLF TECHNOLOGY www.jimwolftechnology.com	JWT makes some of the more exotic power add-ons such as ECUs with multimode switching, and ECU/NOS systems. JWT has an excellent reputation for engineering expertise. They're like Stillen in that you can purchase their parts from vendors. Cattman, for instance, sells some of their products.
RANDOM TECHNOLOGY www.randomtechnology.com	I haven't dealt with RT directly, but I present it here as a source of reference when it comes time to modify your catalytic converter.
STILLEN www.stillen.com	Stillen's site is much improved. You can now get a list of parts specific to the Maxima. No online ordering. You'll have to call them. But I wouldn't. Not to say that their salespeople are bad, in fact, some have been quite helpful. But going to Stillen is like going to a car dealership. You MUST haggle. If you paid "suggested retail", you paid way too much. Heck, I've had to argue over the price of a quart of oil! This has always detracted from the "Stillen experience". In the back of your mind, you'll wonder if somebody else was able to get a cheaper price. My advice: find out what you need and buy it from a Stillen vendor (ie Avalon).
SUMMIT RACING www.summitracing.com	I found Summit to be handy when it comes to accessories such as pedals and gauges. Being a large dealer, they have competitive prices. They have a decent website, but I hate their search engine - not too user friendly. They are basically a catalog company. Some of the items you may want are not listed on the site but are on the catalog. If you need more info than the catalog provides, you may actually find the item on the site, snuck away somewhere, but the catalog will give you the part number that will make their search engine useful.
TIRERACK.COM www.tirerack.com	If you are planning on getting new wheels and/or tires, this website is a MUST. They have excellent articles and customer feedback on the tires they sell, which is pretty much everybody's. They even have a program that lets you see how the wheels will look on your car. They also have suspension parts (ie shocks/springs) at good prices. Live in a apartment? Don't think there's room for 4 wheels in your mailbox? Not to worry. Tirerack has service "partnerships" with tire stores nationwide. You can have your wheels shipped directly to a local tire shop and get your wheels mounted. All in all, a professional organization.
WARPSPEED.COM www.warpspeedperformance.com	A new vendor for the Maxima enthusiast, making their own brand of cold air intakes and y-pipes. Initial feedback from people is good. We'll keep an eye on them.
WOODDASH.COM www.wooddash.com	I'm looking into some interior improvements. I liked WoodDash's site because they give you a schematic of all the parts that come with a dash kit. But I haven't ordered from them yet...