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12-13-2000, 09:56 AM

90maxSE

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well i am in brockport, which is near rochester and its damn cold here... Last night i was driving home from class and I noticed the back end was buckin like a bronco.. So i stopped to pull over to check it out, and the driver side rear tire was all tucked up in the wheel well, just sittin there... So i just drove until i could stop in some light, well i backed it up on a curb so that that wheel would be off the groud and it jusst stayed tucked in there... So today i went to the car wash and i jacked up that side of teh car and very very slowly the tire came down, and now it sits fine, but the suspension makes a ton of noise over bumps and the back end rides terrible.. Now I think that i need a new strut for that side... I am a college student and I am wondering what you guys woudl think about just puttin in maybe two new OEM struts in the back??? I dont relaly ahve teh money to do all 4, what about maybe two tokico's? let me know what you guys think......

12-13-2000, 10:05 AM

Jeff92se

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Hmmm odd. If you have no plans for suspension mods or even if you do, the cheapest/best ones for the $$, would be the KYB shocks. OEM ones will cost alot of money from a Nissan dealer.

12-13-2000, 10:27 AM

brubenstein

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The rear end uses strut cartridges, and cost around $35 each. (For KYB's) I can't imagine putting them in myself, in your weather, without a heated garage. This should give you some idea of what the whole job should run.

12-13-2000, 10:29 AM

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NEW Nissan struts are $58 each from courtesy nissan.. that's fr the entire thing.

you can also get the inserts if you wish, but I'm not sure what's wrong with yours.. good luck.

12-13-2000, 11:57 AM

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similar, but opposite thing happened to my g'pa's 85 maxima
strut stuck in the extended position...so there was no dampening at all. Eventually, after high-speed speedbumps ect.. it broke loose. (p.s. i dont suggest that as a solution

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as far as i know it still works..guess it was just stuck..

12-13-2000, 05:09 PM

RosenKen

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$58 for the whole thing, that's CHEAP for an OEM part. I am impressed. I wonder if they just sell the strut housing w/o the cartridge, then I can swap in an aftermarket cart and spring and have it all ready to go for a quick install. Sweet, I'll ask