Her '95 Altima

My 2001 Maxima SE

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January 9th, 2002: It has been quite a while since I have made any changes to this page, but I have been making changes to my car!! Since I last wrote back in July, I have added the Place Racing Cold Air Intake (CAI) and just this past weekend I added the Cattman Y-pipe! The CAI was a late summer addition and the Y-pipe was a Christmas gift from my girlfriend. Recently I have begun plans to redo my system with the addition of a new EQ and possible a new crossover! I still have not made any moves on acquiring my rear fill amp, but I'm still looking. More to come once I have made more changes and taken pictures of the new additions.

July 31st, 2001: Well I finally did it. I ordered a true modification for the Maxima. The Stillen FSTB came to my door about a week or so ago. I installed it immediately and although it doesn't make a huge difference in performance, there are some definite differences. The steering response is great improved! The car will also hold a tighter line, but there still is quite a bit of body roll. That situation will soon be remedied with the addition of a RSB. I haven't ordered it yet, but I am going to relatively soon.

July 2nd, 2001: The alternator whine situation is resolved to a point. The guys at the shop turned the gains all the way up on the amp so the whine was very distinct. After adjusting the gains to a lower setting the whine is all but disappeared. The sub amp situation has be resolved as well. While I still have a non-functioning DX700, I also have a functioning one. I plan to pull the other one apart and mess with it, when the time comes. Still more tweaking has to be done and I need to mount the remote gain control unit for the DX700. Other than that the system is very nice!! Nice and loud!! More to come soon!

June 14th, 2001: The stereo is in, but a few problems have come up!!

1. Sub amp is toast!! As soon as you give it power, it goes into protection mode. The guys at the shop did a few tests and they are pretty sure it is gone, so I'm not bumpin' too hard right now. I have a few choices when it comes to replacing the amp, I could just buy a new one, or I could try and contact the guy I bought the amp from. Since the guy I bought the amp from is in Missouri, the latter is probably not a real option. I'm going to check out prices on a replacement DX700 and I might try playing with the amp that's broken and see if I can fix it. Who knows!!

2. Alternator whine is in the system!! I noticed it when I was driving home and this morning I could hear it when the car was at idle. I looked at the grounding point and that might be the problem. I'm going to have the guys at the shop take a look at it this evening and see what can be done.

June 13th, 2001: The stereo is going in today!! I dropped the car off this morning and I pick it up after work. I don't have a digital camera yet, but I plan to purchase on in the near future, so I will be posting pics of the system very soon. After some discussion with my friend at the stereo shop, I am only getting 2 10's rather than 3. I'll let you guys know what I think as soon as I hear it.

May 22nd, 2001: For those of you that have 56k connections, I made true thumbnails in the picture section. Rather than having to download a big file that has been scaled these files are cut down by 31%. It's a lot faster to download 11 4-6Kb pics rather than 11 40-60Kb pics. I'm planning on purchasing a digital camera soon, so hopefully I will be able to get some high res pics as well as some more pics added soon.

I also did some tweaking to the main page. A new page has been added to the side bar, the System Pics Page and the previous System Page has been renamed into the System Description. I will keep the system diagram and associated text in the System Description Page and any pics of the equipment or install in the System Pics Page.

April 20th, 2001: I added some pictures to the Picture page. Check them out and let me know what you think!! It is still pretty much stock, but I will be changing that soon!

April 19th, 2001: I added a How 2 section. There isn't anything in there yet, but I'm going to be making a few How 2's and I'll be posting them very soon!!

I just got my amps in yesterday!! One Kicker ZR360 and one Kicker DX700. Click on this to see a few pics I snapped of them.

April 5th, 2001: Not too much to report as of yet. I have only had the car for about a month or so. I have made a few changes to the system page to reflect my future system that I want to put in the car. I am purchasing the 2 amps this week and I will begin searching for the head unit and CD changer.

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