95 maxima with 150k: a good buy?
06-21-2010, 10:37 PM
#14
agreed. you cannot go wrong for $800 unless it is a mechanical mess.
in 2004 I bought a 95 with a horrid paint job, bad body (on the passenger side I think it had scraped a guard rail and been poorly repaired) and blown suspension but perfectly good drivetrain for $1100 with 180k on it. I drove it until summer 2009 when it finally had about 230,000 miles on it. in the mean time I set the bone stock NA 4th gen 1/4 mile record with it, used it as winter beater and bad weather duty (keeping my nicer 4th gen for the nice days). all I ever had to do on it were pads and rotors, an alternator, a used crank pulley, and replaced two injectors. parts totalling probably $200 over the 6 years i had it, and I parted the thing out and made more than I put in to it, and I still have lots of parts left.
in 2004 I bought a 95 with a horrid paint job, bad body (on the passenger side I think it had scraped a guard rail and been poorly repaired) and blown suspension but perfectly good drivetrain for $1100 with 180k on it. I drove it until summer 2009 when it finally had about 230,000 miles on it. in the mean time I set the bone stock NA 4th gen 1/4 mile record with it, used it as winter beater and bad weather duty (keeping my nicer 4th gen for the nice days). all I ever had to do on it were pads and rotors, an alternator, a used crank pulley, and replaced two injectors. parts totalling probably $200 over the 6 years i had it, and I parted the thing out and made more than I put in to it, and I still have lots of parts left.
06-21-2010, 10:57 PM
#15
agreed. you cannot go wrong for $800 unless it is a mechanical mess.
in 2004 I bought a 95 with a horrid paint job, bad body (on the passenger side I think it had scraped a guard rail and been poorly repaired) and blown suspension but perfectly good drivetrain for $1100 with 180k on it. I drove it until summer 2009 when it finally had about 230,000 miles on it. in the mean time I set the bone stock NA 4th gen 1/4 mile record with it, used it as winter beater and bad weather duty (keeping my nicer 4th gen for the nice days). all I ever had to do on it were pads and rotors, an alternator, a used crank pulley, and replaced two injectors. parts totalling probably $200 over the 6 years i had it, and I parted the thing out and made more than I put in to it, and I still have lots of parts left.
in 2004 I bought a 95 with a horrid paint job, bad body (on the passenger side I think it had scraped a guard rail and been poorly repaired) and blown suspension but perfectly good drivetrain for $1100 with 180k on it. I drove it until summer 2009 when it finally had about 230,000 miles on it. in the mean time I set the bone stock NA 4th gen 1/4 mile record with it, used it as winter beater and bad weather duty (keeping my nicer 4th gen for the nice days). all I ever had to do on it were pads and rotors, an alternator, a used crank pulley, and replaced two injectors. parts totalling probably $200 over the 6 years i had it, and I parted the thing out and made more than I put in to it, and I still have lots of parts left.
06-21-2010, 11:28 PM
#16
yes it is. it was unbelievable to me too but it ran 14.32 and some other 14.3s also that day so it wasn't a fluke run (it was good track weather and I pulled some of the best street tire 60' times I've ever pulled, 2.0s many times that day).
first time I ever had it at the track it went 14.51 which blew my mind. that was 3 tenths better than I'd gone about 5 years earlier in my previous stock 4th gen (but that time at the track was my first time ever, so it stands to reason that 400 passes and 5 years later I'd be better).
first time I ever had it at the track it went 14.51 which blew my mind. that was 3 tenths better than I'd gone about 5 years earlier in my previous stock 4th gen (but that time at the track was my first time ever, so it stands to reason that 400 passes and 5 years later I'd be better).
06-22-2010, 12:00 AM
#17
i donno. its cheap if u are just planning to DD this thing. but when i went from a 5 speed maxima to a auto, i truly felt depressed driving it. i didn't like it.
i hate auto maxima's.
my white 95 maxima is the one car that i just regret selling. so much work went into it. and it was awsome. i loved that car. stupid of me to sell it.
i hate auto maxima's.
my white 95 maxima is the one car that i just regret selling. so much work went into it. and it was awsome. i loved that car. stupid of me to sell it.
06-22-2010, 08:03 AM
#20
+1
....seriously.... ive driven an i30 since 05-06 and have peroused this site since then. which i believe was before the search feature, which is why i never joined.
but yes, good deal, ur motor looks cleaned recently: that means it was real dirty.
06-22-2010, 08:05 AM
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06-22-2010, 08:29 AM
#24
looks like it got a lot of sun on the right hand side since the paint is "peeling" on the doors and a little bit farther too from the doors.
EDIT: maybe paint the two passenger side doors?
EDIT2: Spoiler has the same kind of damage.
EDIT: maybe paint the two passenger side doors?
EDIT2: Spoiler has the same kind of damage.
Last edited by delacruz_17; 06-22-2010 at 08:44 AM.
06-24-2010, 06:43 PM
#30
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it wasnt running when i got it I replaced the starter drove it home.
$50 to the previous owner but 700$ in starter alternator and battery and dmv fees to put it on the road. Runs perfect in great condition
it was broken down in a safeway parking lot and the previous owner didnt want to tow it home.
198k miles engine was replaced factory new at 140k.
Last edited by stamar; 06-24-2010 at 06:53 PM.
06-30-2010, 10:03 PM
#35
yeeah the stock honeycombs on the early GLE'S always seemed to make the car look older then it really was, they dont look to bad when cruising though ^^
Set it up with some decent rim's and it will shine !
06-30-2010, 10:14 PM
#36
WHOA ! forgot to check out page 2 ! Man the car looks major hot with those rims ! Are those from a 350z ? The maxima looves bigger tires/rims notice how the stock wheelgap has changed.
07-01-2010, 09:30 AM
#37
EDIT:
I can tell the wheel gap on the rear, not so much in the front.
Last edited by delacruz_17; 07-01-2010 at 09:48 AM.
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