# Another new guy... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 22, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851 "2008-02-22T08:55:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nosignal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@nosignal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nosignal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/1 "2008-02-22T08:55:30Z")
Hey everyone. My name is Chris and I just realized I’ve never posted on this board even though I spend quite a bit of time on it…oops! Anyway, I’m from Rochester and I have a few cars - a '99 Nissan Maxima SE 5speed for daily/winter beating and parts hauling, and an '84 BMW 318i 5speed I picked up from Maryland this past fall as a project. The Maxima is lightly modded - suspension, wheels, and some other small things. I hit a deer about a month ago so it’s not looking too good right now - still super reliable though, just passed 175k on it. ![http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2498/07132007003ru4.jpg](http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2498/07132007003ru4.jpg) The BMW is 100% stock at the moment other than some E36 325is seats, which are being replaced because they give me ZERO headroom. I don’t think the current gangsta lean I have to do will be too good for auto-x. 😃 Lots of plans for it though, and most of the parts are here…just waiting to get it out of winter storage so I can get to work. It’s dirty as hell in the picture (came off the truck about 2 minutes prior), but it is a pretty clean shell - surface rust on the battery tray and that’s about it. Paid $600 with 78k on the clock, runs and drives great. ![http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6818/07132007003ew6.jpg](http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6818/07132007003ew6.jpg) I also have a '95 Toyota Paseo (5speed…noticing a trend? haha) but that’s not worth talking about…it’s the rusty-40mpg-mobile for long trips. I’m always out in the Buffalo area for work and other stuff so hopefully I can make it to some of your meets out that way this year. 👋 ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/2 "2008-02-22T08:57:42Z")
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**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/3 "2008-02-22T09:21:35Z")
welcome 👋 ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/4 "2008-02-22T09:31:36Z")
welcome. what are your plans for the e30? ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/5 "2008-02-22T09:34:40Z")
Herro. ---
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/6 "2008-02-22T09:42:59Z")
:tup: for 175K that sure is a clean maxima! props to the bike rack too. welcome. ---
**Author:** ![dftsilvia](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dftsilvia/32/7447_2.png) [@dftsilvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dftsilvia)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/7 "2008-02-22T10:11:27Z")
nice max dont really see any red ones like that either:tup ---
**Author:** ![nosignal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@nosignal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nosignal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/8 "2008-02-22T10:13:35Z")
Thanks for the welcomes everyone! > [@Coldaccord](#): > > welcome. > > what are your plans for the e30? #1 is getting new seats in there so I can drive the damn thing comfortably haha. I have some Corbeau reps already, just need to get the car out of storage and fab up brackets for them. I did a bunch of work on the interior when I first picked it up, so all it needs are the seats and a dash replacement (scored 2 crack free ones for $40 at Pick-A-Part in Auburn :)). Body wise I have some i/eS stuff to put on, skirts, shadowline, BBS valence, Zender rear, tucked and painted DB’s, wheels, and a new suspension setup. The suspension I’m still searching for; unfortunately I didn’t do a ton of research before I bought it and didn’t realize it had smaller diameter front struts than later models. Finding the 49mm ones (or front 325 knuckles so I can swap) seems to be harder than I would’ve thought. I had an iS rear disk conversion that I sold, and the beginnings of an E30 M3 5-lug swap too but I sold that to pay for the deer damage on the Max. Such is life I guess. Eventually I plan to go the swap route, but this year I’m going to try my hand at autox and/or track events with the (lack of) M10 Powah! 😃 Nice Touring by the way! I have to check that out sometime. > [@96V6Bird](#): > > :tup: for 175K that sure is a clean maxima! props to the bike rack too. welcome. Thanks, but it’s a respray. :redface: It had some clearcoat and other paint issues when I first bought it and they only got worse so I had it repainted in early 2007. It’s a factory color that came on ~900 1999.5 Maximas. The rack is one of the best investments I ever made - so much nicer than messing around with a trunk rack. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/9 "2008-02-22T12:15:00Z")
hi ---
**Author:** ![Rsnake91](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rsnake91/32/4996_2.png) [@Rsnake91](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rsnake91)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/10 "2008-02-22T15:08:39Z")
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**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/11 "2008-02-22T15:18:10Z")
lol pretty sure I saw you driving on Eastern Blvd in Canandaigua today :creepy: ---
**Author:** ![nosignal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@nosignal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nosignal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/12 "2008-02-22T15:27:16Z")
> [@Shockwave179](#): > > lol pretty sure I saw you driving on Eastern Blvd in Canandaigua today :creepy: Hahah yeah that would be me - my office is down there, off of 21. How’d you like the sweet speed dents and green mirror? ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-new-guy/43851/13 "2008-02-22T15:33:11Z")
> [@nosignal](#): > > Hahah yeah that would be me - I work down there, off of 21. > > How’d you like the sweet speed dents and green mirror? Didn’t notice them, theres to much salt all over EVERYTHING lol… But yeah it’s pretty hard to miss a bright red maxima with a roof rack.