NissanClub's 3rd Annual Nissan of the YEAR Contest - Congratulations SurraTT!

[SurraTT]

Originally Posted by L31_06

Your car bro, but that sounds like a waste.

Why not pickup another Maxima and keep this one as is?

yeah that's most peoples reaction, but then again most people would of never attempted a 09VQ swap or never attempted a pnp Haltech unit on my type ecu, or ever dreamed of 300whp on stock FWD cams (that was my original plan with the swap).


Ill be able to swap between my 6spd and cvt pretty easily. So im not too worried about it. Its not like my car is on original motor and trans anyway.


Also there is very little development in the CVT side of things id like to change that. There are improvements that could be done.

[gluys]

Originally Posted by SurraTT

yeah that's most peoples reaction, but then again most people would of never attempted a 09VQ swap or never attempted a pnp Haltech unit on my type ecu, or ever dreamed of 300whp on stock FWD cams (that was my original plan with the swap).


Ill be able to swap between my 6spd and cvt pretty easily. So im not too worried about it. Its not like my car is on original motor and trans anyway.


Also there is very little development in the CVT side of things id like to change that. There are improvements that could be done.

You are the definition of a pioneer bro.. You are doing crazy things and I like it!! ha

[TA2 TA]

Okay, I've been slacking. I've been super busy with work & the holidays.

Here goes nothing.

Meet Medusa. 09 Dark Slate 2.5s CVT I purchased on May 25, 2010 with 2,418 miles. I plan on converting to manual, dropping in the 3.5 V6 & boosting her. (Hopefully)

I basically have everything the 3.5 has minus the V6 & the side marker mirrors.

Had enough money saved up to buy an Audi S4 or A5 but bought the Altima & 08 Honda Civic Sedan instead.

I did this bc this is My Brothers dream car & He passed away in 09 at the age of 18. This car is dedicated to Him & His memory, hence all the PURPLE. That is His favorite color.

Started off with 15% tint all around & 20x8.5 +35et Lexani LSS-11s wrapped in 245/35/20 Toyo Extensa HPS.


Then put on the Stillen front fascia along with colormatched fiberglass eyelids.


Scrapped the fiberglass eyelids & got the eyelids painted directly onto the head lights. Also put purple leds all on the interior along with 30k hyper purple hids.


Got some custom purple led halos installed. (For sale if anyone is interested.)



Finally decided to slam her down on some BC Racing Coilovers & she was sitting perfect!



Until I popped a tire driving back from Miami. Got pissed off so I decided to look into new wheels. I went with Dynamic Performance Engineering out in Cali. Spoke to them in August, made moves & finally got my wheels in February. It was an entire 8 month custom fabrication process.

[TA2 TA]

OEM In Dash Touch Screen Navigation System
Cobra XRS 9970G Radar Detector
Bose Stereo Sound System
Back-Up Reverse Camera


Manual shift boot, fatlace floor mats, leather interior, heated seats. (Have now installed new shift knob & custom Evisu shift boot.)


Viper 5902 2-Way Car Alarm


Fully debadged trunk along with smoked tail lights (No longer have smoked tail lights, I have red oem tail lights.)


Illest badge, project kics license plate bolts, fatlace/illest license plate frame


Stillen strut bar & sway bar.



SPC rear adjustable camber arms & SPC front camber bolts


Painted eyelids & led halos



Painted the calipers purple til I get a BBK

[TA2 TA]

This is the massive pull I did on the rear quarterpanels. I also had to pull the front fenders.
Also have Project Kics Neo Chrome R40 extended racing lugs & teal fatlace dice valve caps.


The specs of the wheels are as follows:
DPE SP-SC10 Super Concave matte black face w/ polished lip
Front: 20x9.5 Nexen N3000 225/35/20
Rear: 20x11 Nexen N3000 245/35/20

4 inch lip in the front 6 inch lip in the rear.
-2.3 camber in the front & -3.2 camber in the rear.
(As you can tell I've been focused on my suspension & wheel setup for the past year.)

Also removed the 2 adjustable collars on the front coilovers to go lower & tuck some tire.


I'm 1.875 inches off the ground ;-)


I have an extensive build list so she is nowhere near done.

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Since winning Nissan of the Month back in April, I have done the following mods:

K&N Intake
Nismo Full Catback Exhaust
AIT Racing Carbon Fiber Window Spoiler
AIT Racing Carbon Fiber Duckbill Trunk
Custom Evisu shift boot along with teal bubble shift knob
& I recently picked up some Stillen side skirts along with the rear corners that I will be cleaning up & installing either today or tomorrow.

[TA2 TA]

Here are some new shots I've gotten in the past 8 months:

From V2Lab's Mystery Meat back in April

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The shot I used to enter April NOTM:



Hot Import Nights Orlando 2012 back in May:

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Fatlace/Slammed Society/Hellaflush down at Palm Beach International Raceway back in June:







Enjuku Racing's meet back in September:





Random rolling shot:

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Random photo shoot:



Speedzone's Halloween meet back in October:

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Custom Evisu shift boot & teal bubble shift knob:



& finally I Love Driving Slow's event this past weekend in Tampa at Tampa Executive Airport:















& here's a small group shot of SOME of the V2Lab members who attended ILDS:

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Good luck to everyone & thanks in advance to all who have voted for me & who will vote for me. Have a safe Holiday!

Stay tuned, STILL NOWHERE NEAR DONEEEE!!!!

[05NismoGirl]

^ Hot damn! That coupe is bada$$! lol

[SilVuR JAkul]

Congrats to all contestants, pics and stories are all unique and fun to check out and judge! Car looks clean Ta2 ta! Low fo sho! too bad u posted 22 days into the contest, but better late than never. hows da ride quality compared to ur 20's? shift knob, or shall i say shift stick is crazy!! def out there, but i know ur goin for the purple accent look so i understand. is it like a lava lite? so surra, i cant believe u would want to switch to cvt, but when u do, would u get the new or old cvt? (4th or 5th gen altima) i assume if u can get ur hands on a newer version cvt u would, no? Eskalaid and Twista battling for 1st at the moment! good stuff! Saving my vote till the very end!

[Hydrolikz]

Sparky - 2005 Nissan Altima 2.5s

Mods List:


Engine/Transmission:

-Ebay CAI converted to SRI during winter

-XS Power 4-1 Header

-TWM Short Shifter



Suspension:

-Tein Basic Coilovers, Customized By Droptec.ca for an additional 3" drop

-Ingalls Front Camber Bolts

-Racingline Traction Rods

-Droptec.ca Custom Suspension Bushings

-Droptec.ca Rear Fenders Rolled



Exterior:

-Stillin Front Lip

-M3 Trunk Lip Spoiler

-Nissan Side Sills

-Tinted Windows

-Tinted Tailights

-2005 Mercedes E55 Bi-xenon Projector Headlights w/5000k HID's & Demon Eye halos

-OEM Nissan Foglights w/5000k HID's

-Plasti-dip Hood/Roof/Trunk

-Active Tuning S5 Badgless Grill



Wheels & Tires:

-20" Klasse GT3's

-225/35/20 Nitto Neo Gen Tires

-Black Lug Nuts



Interior:

-3.5SE Black Heated Leather Seats Front And Black Leather Rear

-2006 Altima SE-R Leather Arm Rest And Door Panels

-2006 Altima SE-R OEM Gauge Pod

-Razo Shift Knob



I.C.E.(In Car Entertainment):

-Pioneer 700bt Double Din Headunit w/Navi

-4x Soundstream Door Speakers





ACQUIRED YET TO BE INSTALLED:

-3x 12" Cerwin Vega VMax Subwoofers

-Boston Acoustics GT28 Amplifier

-SE-R Rear Bumper

-M3 Roof Lip Spoiler

-Hide-A-Way License Plate Holder