The joys of owning a Maxima

sethwas · Mar 28th, 2004, 03:00 PM

OK,
This is really for the General seciton, but no one reads that section so I posted it here for more feedback:

Check it out. Real clean job too.
Its a shame Maxima ends with an "A", because if it ended with an "O" you could make this a "Maximowned" photo.

Seth

P.S. For those of you who've read the "I hate my new Maxima" thread in the members rides section, this is just icing on the cake. Insurance doesn't cover headlamps (and they do, but only once). Its over $1k in damage. At least there is no labor (I can do it myself!)

LIUSPEED · Mar 28th, 2004, 03:04 PM

dude that totally sucks seth.

might as well see if u can get a non-hid headlight and do another conversion if u can.

ill search on ebay and see if i can find u a set of them maxima HID headlight for a good price to help you out.

LIUSPEED · Mar 28th, 2004, 03:10 PM

RB26Maxima · Mar 28th, 2004, 03:22 PM

Man that sux man....where did this happen?

sethwas · Mar 28th, 2004, 03:27 PM

Thanks LIU,
I wonder how many of those ebay units were stolen of cars like mine

Anyway it happened early this morning in front of my house. At around 2 a.m. last night they were on (as far as I remeber) but when I woke up this morning they were gone.

It was probably because I'm Sabbath observant and haven't moved the car since Friday. So the people who took them noticed the car hadn't been moved for 3 days and assumed that I was out of town or something.
I live in a residential neighborhood across the street from a middle school. They didn't steal the headlamps because they are too young to drive. But they probably told an older sibling or friend. I live off the beaten path so its not like it was some people cruzin for south beach and happened to drive by my house and take them. It had to be planned not random.

About a month ago some people tried to steal my sisters maxima by taking off the sunroof, slipping inside, and trying to break the ignition. But these cars have the anti-theft built in so anything but the key won't start it.

Seth

LIUSPEED · Mar 28th, 2004, 03:28 PM

seth.. did u go in to get that recall done?

there was a recall on all the HID maximas for an anti-headlight theft thingy they can isntall free of charge for you.

Coco · Mar 28th, 2004, 03:51 PM

damn, that really sucks seth.

Dan-zig · Mar 28th, 2004, 04:02 PM

seriously, man
that is a bummer, I feel ya

OPIUM · Mar 28th, 2004, 04:46 PM

that is soo gay. those kids should be shot. Let me be the first to volunteer. Obviously they haven't learned that you don't mess with peoples rides. That's worse than messing with a family member. At least they can fight back. The car just has to take it like a 49cent hooker with HIV

95 SentraB13 · Mar 28th, 2004, 09:22 PM

I saw a story on the news about that, Maxima HID's being stolen. Apparently Nissan has an upgrade that can be installed to prevent easy access and removal but in no way is it a fail safe. Basically, you'll just set yourself up for more inflicted vehicle damage from the next thief. Your best bet is to downgrade to the regular lights, if possible.
Certainly sucks for sure, a violation of security and vandalization of personal property; Something you worked hard for is taken away by low life scum.

sno · Mar 28th, 2004, 11:34 PM

damn seth, that's ghey. maybe you should put in a car alarm with the new (or used) headlights.

Shift1.6 · Mar 29th, 2004, 12:50 AM

That really sux. Man people are so stupid these days they will do anything for money. Hope they will get caught up.

sethwas · Mar 29th, 2004, 10:03 AM

Here's the wierd part.
I may end up getting the OEM 'crystal' halogen lights. (Basically the halogen lights that came on the SE which don't have the 'fogged' look like the ones on the other trims).
Kinda silly since my parents liked the xenon lights (mainly for the 'jeweled' look). So now i"m going to have a 2002 maxima that they bought 2 weeks ago with xenon lights, and spend extra for non-xenon.

Seth

eleuthardt · Mar 29th, 2004, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 95 SentraB13

I saw a story on the news about that, Maxima HID's being stolen. Apparently Nissan has an upgrade that can be installed to prevent easy access and removal but in no way is it a fail safe. Basically, you'll just set yourself up for more inflicted vehicle damage from the next thief. Your best bet is to downgrade to the regular lights, if possible.
Certainly sucks for sure, a violation of security and vandalization of personal property; Something you worked hard for is taken away by low life scum.

Gotta do that recall. Buncha peeps taking HIDs and Nissan knows how to stop it.

sethwas · Mar 29th, 2004, 09:59 PM

Yeah,
But what seriously can they do? Are they just going to make it a fancy nut or something that needs a key? Then they'd get the key or just rip the lights out and glue the tabs on later.
A car alarm won't keep them from stealing the lights, just add to the noise (and my heart condition since more people here have alarms and every time one goes off I have to ask will it be me?), and its expensive to install.

Seth