If you go to an auto parts store, you will get something decent. If you go on ebay, you will get something in the range of screwed to excellent. If you want Nissan parts 28% off list, check this out:

http://www.nissanpartszone.com/

 

Hey guys im new to this and i was wondering what would be the best performance struts and springs should i get for my 01 maxima AE i dont really care much about the drop i just want it to ride smooth without feeling the bumps so much i was thinking about some tokico illumina struts and maybe eibach springs but im hoping to leave it at about the stock level and occasionally lower it for looks is this a good buy? Or should i just maybe get some coilovers? I dont want to be feeling every little bump like most lowering springs, but i still wanna get a cool sporty look what do you guys suggest ??

 

By what u have described to me, Its not a bad engine mount. Might jus be bad tires and need an alignment. Or it jus might be yur bad struts.

THe tokico blues combo is good. U will like it. Wont kill ur ride. Jus make sure u get new OEM dustcovers, 20-30 bucks each and 3/8" spiral wrap from radioshack. Wrap the bottom and top of each coil. THe tokicos will come with rear bushings, nuts, and washer. Use all of it.

 

courtesyparts.com for OEM. SEARCH the org of aftermarkets review. Advanced or autozone shd be good too.

 

none of those are related. Change them all.

 

I believe the 5th gens already sit low enough stock. Or i shd say, a mild drop of 1.3" will lower the car too much. Thats my opinion. I wd jus replace the struts with some tokico blues, fawk the springs.

Get illuminas if u really want to adjust the ride from sport to comfort. But that requires raising the vehicle. U really plan on do that every time u want to adjust the ride? Illuiminas are for serious ppl who want to have a DD and a track car. The illuminas will allow u to do both, they have a setting of 0 - 5, from super comfy to super sport. Supper sport is super handling, but super harsh on normal roads. Super comfy has no performance. So more than likely u jus gonna drive normal rides so u jus gonna keep it on one setting. From what i hear, pple have them set to 2 up front for more comfort, 4 in the rear for more handling. The maxi rear is a lil floaty. 4 helps to stiffen it up.

The blues are the illuminas set on 3. Thats cool man. Jus get the blues and call it a day, u be happy trust me. Especially when u taking corners at 55mph like i did this morning with my blues and H&Rs hehe.

Coilovers will lower ur car 1.7". Then u can lower down to 2.5" or more. U dont want that ImO. U gonna blow axles all the time. A small car is "ok" to lower that low but a sedan is gonna get fawked up.

 

check my thread:

http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...ighlight=blues

Pics and info in there

 

I have a question. My powersteering fluid is leaking. One of my hoses from the resivior is always wet from the fluid. When it gets low it whines. I want to know what i need. Im thinking maybe its the hose but im not for sure. Plz help

 

First u need to find exaclty where it leaking from. It can either be leakin on the line going to the PS pump or the cooling lines that run to the front bumper of the car. jus replace whatever is leaking. Might jus be some worn clamps as well.

 

Okay, so I'm obviously new here on the org, I've searched through most of the how-to's and beginners information, etc etc... I actually found a lot of new things that I didn't know I could do. On the other hand, I still have some questions.

#1, When I shut and lock my doors, every light turns off, except for my door lights, they stay on, for hours. For now I just have the lights removed from the doors. Has anyone else had this issue? Is there an easy fix to it? A not so easy fix?

#2, I already ordered the cattman headers and y-pipe, so I definitely want to get a highflow cat and a decent catback. I was pulled over for the exhaust tip that came on my car, so apparently to avoid future issues, I'm going to need the tip to look stock, and obviously it can't be obnoxiously loud. Technically anything louder then stock is illegal by Colorado state law. Does anyone know of a good catback that has a stock sized or close to stock sized tip? Would it be better to just modify the catback currently on the car to be a little quieter and have a smaller tip? As for a highflow cat, any suggestions on one that I can still pass colorado emissions with?

#3, My passenger side front door, the lock doesn't fully lock when the rest of the doors lock, so I have to manually push that lock before getting out of the car. Has anyone else had this issue? I'm assuming this is an easy fix, such as tightening the cable to the lock.

#4, Up until a few weeks ago, my trunk was opening just fine, now randomly the trunk lever doesn't unlatch the trunk. When pulled, I can see it moving the latch, it seems to be working just fine, but the trunk won't release. Any suggestions? Of course, it's even more messed up now, I got pulled over out of state, 27 hours of no sleep, the cop thought I was on something, a canine unit, drug search and a couple thousand miles of driving later, I noticed he re-hooked my subwoofer bungee cord up to my trunk latch.... How nice. So now the key hardly works either. I'm guessing at this point, it might just be easier to replace the whole latch mechanism when I put my CF trunk on.

I've got more questions and ideas, but for now I'll leave it at this. Thanks for any help in advance.

 

Thanx cash now im wondering if i should ride the blues wit the stock springs i dont think my handling will improve much without the springs.Or should i get the tokiko blues strut and springs? The dustcover is obliviously da black plastic cover around the top of the wheel right? Can u explain exactly what the strap is your talkin about that part got me a little confused thanx

 

Will 2005 front seats fit into a 1996? I've seen the thread on the 2000's but wasn't sure about '05.

Thanks

 

See above for comments.

 

I doubt they will, not without modification. Its easy to swap i30 and maxi seats from the same vintage.

 

To get full performance of the blues, then yea u gotta lower it. but when i measured my boy's 5th gen it sat maybe 1/2 inch higher than my car does now. IMO, if u lower a 5th gen, it may sit too low. Jus get the blues, it gonna perform good man.

As an aside, i was watchin Horsepower Tv on SPIKE TV, and the guys lower their cars with a mild drop of 1.4 inch on KYB's. I say Tokicos ride better then KYB especially in cold weather.

Straps? Do u mean the spring isolators? Spring Isolators are rubber coils that fit onto the spring coil at the interface of the spring and strut. It prevents metal on metal contact. U dont want metal on metal contact. The stock isolators should still be good but u may need more if u gettin new springs. I bought 3/8" spiral wound from radioshack and wrapped my top and bottom springs w/ that. NO issues.

 

Ya, I've read that, but have yet to come across a driver's seat that is the right color/material and is power. There is 2005 maxima front seats on cl right now for a good price and they are clean as s**t. Would love to use them both, but I'm new to this whole maxima thing.

 

Hi All,
I looked through this forum and I tried to find a solution to this coolant leak I have on my 1995 Maxima SE and has 19Xk miles 5pd. but I couldn't find anything..
I fell in love with this car when I bought it almost two years ago and I would love to keep this. I dont want to be stuck with payments.

Since I dont have rights to start a new thread I was hoping someone can help me out here.

I found the problem during my lunch time and found that there is a crack and it looks like it was just patched with something to stop the leak...not sure what to do here.

 

UPDATE

Thanks cashoit for your comments.

 

YEA I LOOKED EM UP AND I PRETTY MUCH FIGURED WHAT IT WAS YA IM GONNA DEF GET DA BLUES AND PUT ON SOME STILLEN STRUT BAR AND SWAY BARS AT DA SAME TIME IM PRETTY SURE THAT WILL B GOOD ENOUGH

 

What would be the best filter for my Cosmo CAI?

 

can you remove the item and seal it up with Hi-temp RTV?

 

Jus get a standard cone filter.

 

I can but wouldnt the problem come up again?

 

Is it possible to put a front tower strut bar on the rear shock towers? do the bolts line up?

 

OK, I guess it won't hurt to try. I had a battery reverse polarity incident a short time ago. I worked through most problems, but I have one thing that's driving me nuts. My car will not go into overdrive. The light in the dash even says OD off. I thought at first the OD switch on the shifter, but I direct wired it and it's still the same. Any thoughts out there? Or maybe a good, easy to read wiring diagram so that I can start chasing down the problem. thanks in advance for any possible help.

'96 GXE, AT, KYB struts, K&N, 200k

 

#1, My door lights are reversed, when the doors are shut and locked, the door lights are on, while every other light shuts off... When the doors are open, the door lights are off, while every other light is on.... Help?

#2, I want to buy a short throw shifter, but I'm having trouble finding the ones recommended in a previous post I had seen. The only one I'm finding is CustomMaxima's and TWM Performance. Suggestions?

#3, My windshield whiper fluid stopped spraying a few weeks ago, earlier that day, it worked fine... Is this a common problem? I can still hear the pump going, so did a hose just come undone? I would assume that, but my whiper fluid is still full. I can't imagine a hose just instantly clogged.

#4, When I turn on my blinkers, it turns off cruise control, the module stays on, but I have to hit the resume button. If I hit the resume button while the blinker is still on, it will completely reset and I have to set it again. I've read some sites on this, but they were all on other cars. Suggestions going from burnt out brake lights, to LED brake lights causing the problems. None of my lights are burned out. The right signal only does it sometimes, so I don't think the LED's are the problem. Another suggestion was that a turn signal bulb is shorting out with a brake light. Any ideas?

#5, reverse lights flicker on and off when I move the shifter slightly, won't stay on.... Just read, looks like I have to replace a sensor and do a tranny fluid change. I'm at almost 160,000 miles, my tranny fluid is clean, but I've been told, a fluid change this late in the game can kill the transmission pretty fast. So, I'm lost.

Thanks again for any help.

 

I cant tell where the leak is coming from with the link you posted. Can u describe it to me. RTV is a quick fix,

 

no, u either need to fabricate your own or find one on ebay.

 

YO Tibs man, yur car got some issues. And they all seem electrical. U got mice in your engine bay or something. . See above for comments.

 

Not too sure what's causing this, But the last few days I've been getting a new, odd engine noise at around 2000-2500 rpm. Only happens when in gear (2 seems to be the worst). The noise gets louder the harder I accelerate. I know I have a leaky gasket from a service inspection not too long ago... could that be the problem here?

 

need to be more descriptive. any codes? At or MT? which side of the car is the noise coming from?

 

I dont have any codes, my code checker thing is broken. AT. Seems to be a little to the passenger side, I just got all my belts replaced so I don't think its that.

 

Thanks. I can't seem to find one on eBay. Any suggestions where to look?

 

could be engine mounts, brakes, or wheel bearing, maybe even a bad tire or rim

 

It could be the beginnings of an exhaust leak. What gasket is leaking?

 

Its the head gasket, but exhaust leak sounds almost right actually, not sure why i didnt think of it. Yea the noise I guess just sounds like a louder engine

 

how did we go from vibration on passenger side to head gasket to exhaust leak

 

Lol when i said passenger side, I meant just ever so slightly off center.

and... if it was a leak, wouldn't it also be audible in neutral as well?

EDIT: Disregard that, I accidentally stepped on the gas getting out of my car tonight (revved hard) and I heard the noise. So I revved a bit more... no noise until I stomped on the gas, in which case for the split second it hit 2400ish I could faintly hear it. Still though It's way more noticeable in gear.

 

or to bypass the starter?

i have a fuel injection leak in my maxima and it runs fine, but it needs to crank over for a while before enough gas gets into the engine to start.
i'm worried my starter is starting to wear down because it's cranking so long all the time, so i was trying to find a way to engage the fuel pump manually before starting so that it catches faster.

thanks
jayme

 

I think u have another problem than the pump. If the pump was failing it would be weak at all tiimes and not just at startup.

If the engine is taking a lot longer to crank than normal, clean TB and MAF per how tos. Check CKPS (tranny side).

Has the clutch been changed lately? If so, add a ground wire from the negative battery terminal to a bolt onto the tranny. SEARCH for WXM. There is a pic and thread on this issue.