Thread: To P11 or not to P11...or to P11?

'02 Sport with Sport cloth and VE FTW

Screw sport seats, they are like leather, but since they have holes you still can't get away with spilling things on them.

Cloth or go home







If you have had no issues with a Sentra then your luck might be the same with an 00+ P11. I honestly wouldn't spend too much time on the 99, it doesn't even have a remote fob trunk open. It's the little things that made me decide what year I went with.



Hate them, but it's a fairly easy fix!

Before


After

Meh cloth to me still looks like a 200sx or cheap frontier. A g20 is a luxury car, leather or go home.





Cloth is for poor men






And i dont have a problem with cloth, im just being a ass

Are you talking about the perforated suede/leather sport seats from the '02? If so, I don't like them either. I am not a fan of the two-tone interior of the '02 sport! Way too busy and UGLY! Of course I am basing all of this off of pictures as I haven't personally sat in a '02 sport yet.





Modding a '99 would definitely be easier but even if I decide to mod a '99 I would still have to deal with rear o2 differences, EGR, MAF (if going bigger), etc, if I wanted to do a full JDM swap. This is presuming I am using an early model OBDII ECU. The only extra work for the 32-bit, as you know, is the idle stuff and a step-down which isn't the end of the world. Truthfully I NEED a simple non-modified DD anyway. Some bolt-ons/power-finders will be fine, Hopefully! LOL

Don't like the no remote trunk opener thing either. I am in and out of the back alot with my tools.


Vadim, I have seen your cup-holder mod. Nice work there! I'll tell you what though, if I decide to get an '01 Touring, the first thing I will do is rip out the fake wood-grain cup holder surround and try to find a plain black one from a '99 G20. I like the '99 interior better. It's too bad Infiniti didn't steal the cup holder from the B15 Sentra. It is nice and functional. It has two-individual holders and that piece comes out to reveal a larger area for BIG GULPS, if you are so inclined.

1999 G20 cup holder.


B15 Sentra cup holder



I am sure your build thread will come in handy if I settle on a P11.5, as you seem to have more "How-to" write-ups than Infiniti!







I agree, not diggin' the cloth either. I have never been a fan of having leather seating, especially in the summer but I like the look of the 99-01 full black leather seats. Looks up-scale!



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Test driving a '01 Touring tomorrow. Hoping to test-drive a tastefully modified (I am hesitant here, we will see) '99 on Monday. All of the '02's I have looked at so far are over-priced!

I am going to try and keep my grubby hands off of this one! If I do any mods, they will be bolt-on mods or aesthetic upgrades. No engine swaps.

99 P11 ftw. All black interior ftw. Simple electrical system ftw. Peep my seats.

^ Looks nice!! Love dark interiors!


So, I test drove a '01 Touring today. It drove nice, shifted smooth, suspension is soft but that can be worked on, I suppose. Compression test was solid. Unfortunately the plastic parts on the exterior look like they've been in a fight with Mike Tyson! Was able to get $500 off the original asking price but it looks like I will need to put 500-1000 into paint to make it to my liking. Pretty much rust free though, save for some stone chips.

Hoping to get to drive the '99 tomorrow.

I have a question. Isn't there supposed to be something inside of the arm rest? Like a cup holder or something? The one I looked at today was empty.

Yea there is. But it still sucks. Best bet is get a JDM center console or go with a single DIN headunit and get the sable/taurus cupholder/coin tray combo.

I thought so. I guess I will have to try and track down a JDM console. 2 cupholders for ME!

Anybody have a pic of the P11 JDM centre console??

So I ended up picking up a 2001 G20t 5-speed today. What can I say? I wish I had bit the bullet and got the '05 Mazda 6 GT Sport. The B15 SE w/ PP is hands down a better car. The only thing the P11 has over the B15 is the Leather and the black interior. It "looks" more upscale. It appears to be a bit better on gas as well. The functionality of ALL of the the P11 interior components compared to the B15 are non-existent. It will serve a purpose for the next couple of months until I can find something more to my liking.

That is all.


Thanks to everyone that contributed to this thread. Appreciate the insight.