26 may 1995 I drove my new 95 GXE off the lot.. while the car is low on miles
60K it is not low on age and the rubber bits of the suspension have just about had it, so I made a list of the following parts to renew it . just looking to restore the original feel which i have not felt in years.
any additions or advice is welcome.. thanks. !

stabilizer Bar Link
MOOG Part # K9824 {Sway Bar Link}
Frt Susp A 2ea

Strut Assembly
MONROE Part # 171293 {Quick-Strut; Incl. New Sensa-Trac Strut; Coil Spring; Bearing Plate; Insulator; Boot Kit}
Rear A9 2EA

MONROE Part # 171683 {Quick-Strut; Incl. New Sensa-Trac Strut; Coil Spring; Bearing Plate; Insulator; Boot Kit}
Front Left 1EA

MONROE Part # 171682 {Quick-Strut; Incl. New Sensa-Trac Strut; Coil Spring; Bearing Plate; Insulator; Boot Kit}
Front Right A 1EA

Control Arm
SPICER/RAYBESTOS Part # 5071217 {Professional Grade}
Front Suspension; Right Lower; Complete Arm With Ball Joint

SPICER/RAYBESTOS Part # 5071216 {Professional Grade}
Front Suspension; Left Lower; Complete Arm With Ball Joint

Tie Rod End
MOOG Part # ES3438 {#ES3407}
Frt Strg; Outer 2ea

the last part is just because of worn bushings.
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Minor addition - sway bar to frame bushing.

 

+1 on the swaybar bushing. Get polyeurethane.

Do you plan on installing the LCA yourself? If so, just get balljoints and press them in, takes an extra 5 minutes and is about a 100 bucks cheaper/side. Then take that money you saved and get new endlinks too. Get moog balljoints/endlinks, throw the receipts in the glovebox and they are warrantied for the life of the car.

 

wow@60k

 

I highly recommend inner tie rods.

 

like the guy above definitely the inner tie rods. And probably the boots to go with them. Changed the outers on my friends and when we took them out we noticed a lot of play in the inner tie rods. You need a special tool which you can rent at autozone. And I would say just buy a new whole control arm since it has all new bushings to go with it.

I just did most of my front end recently and my god what a pain in the ***. A torch is your best friend...You can get suspension kits on ebay with all the parts included but it's iffy on the quality but i took my chances with them since it saved me about 200 dollars. I've put 4000 miles on them and they're still working fine. Good luck it really makes your ride a lot smoother and hitting bumps a lot less noisy.

 

thanks for the tips.. !

 

This is my list from Rockauto.com which I will install on Friday

MOOG Part #ES3438 2 outter Tie Rod End
MOOG Part #EV352 2 inner Tie Rod Ends
MOOG Part #K9824 2 Sway Bar Links
2 Mevotech lower control arms with Ball Joint

All for $277

I might change over the bushings of the control arms to energy suspension.

 

I'm in the process of doing this to my wife's car, she has an SE though. I already have Gr2's and want to replace all the parts that go with the strut, but re-use the stock springs. I looked up all the different nissan parts and they were expensive (no surprise) more than the struts themselves! Does MOOG make replacements for all those? Boots, insulators, etc....?

 

I looked into the dealer route and this seemed much cheaper. these are complete strut assembly's. +80 dollar rebate from Monroe right now.
Strut Assembly
MONROE Part # 171293 {Quick-Strut; Incl. New Sensa-Trac Strut; Coil Spring; Bearing Plate; Insulator; Boot Kit}
Rear A9 2EA

MONROE Part # 171683 {Quick-Strut; Incl. New Sensa-Trac Strut; Coil Spring; Bearing Plate; Insulator; Boot Kit}
Front Left 1EA

MONROE Part # 171682 {Quick-Strut; Incl. New Sensa-Trac Strut; Coil Spring; Bearing Plate; Insulator; Boot Kit}
Front Right A 1EA

 

I believe the Monroe sale is $125 off the purchase of 4 quick struts. Valid until 5/31/09

 

^^^Where can I find this sale? The Monroe struts are good for the SE also? Didn't the SE come with stiffer springs?

 

Go to rockauto.com, get all 4, use code 16981971444743 (like $30 off) then print the rebate form at monroe.com for $125 rebate. So basically $155 off. Not bad. Or you can buy the monroe shocks and struts and reuse the SE springs. If your going to do that I'd recommend KYB GR2, only $262.32 with free shipping at http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=400047850459

 

thanks! for the code, that was worth 40.00 off at rock ...
I love this place!

MONROE 171293
Strut Assembly $ 124.99 $ 0.00 2 $ 249.98
MONROE 171682
Strut Assembly $ 159.79 $ 0.00 1 $ 159.79
MONROE 171683
Strut Assembly $ 159.79 $ 0.00 1 $ 159.79
MOOG K9824
Stabilizer Bar Link $ 20.89 $ 0.00 2 $ 41.78
SPICER/RAYBESTOS 5501302
Stabilizer Bar Bushing $ 12.44 $ 0.00 1 $ 12.44
SPICER/RAYBESTOS 5071216
Control Arm $ 88.79 $ 0.00 1 $ 88.79
SPICER/RAYBESTOS 5071217
Control Arm $ 88.79 $ 0.00 1 $ 88.79
Discount $ -40.07
Shipping Location 1 Ground (FedEx or UPS) $ 55.62
Shipping Location 2 Ground (FedEx or UPS) $ 26.08
Order Total $ 842.99

 

How can you tell if the LCA's need to be replaced?

 

If their rusted to s**t

 

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winner! and they are. I should have everything in by friday evening.

 

I was sort of in the same situation, except I bought my 97 in 99, and I drove it to 160k. I replaced everything myself, except the LCA's I had someone burn out and press in ES replacements.
I would go everything ES you can, and maybe get AGX's, sometimes you can find them at the same price as Monroe, and they have a lifetime warranty. Since I had everything apart already, I decided to go a littel lower and installed Progress springs and so far I have no complaints, on my stock rims I sometimes scrape exiting driveways and such.

Depends on what you want to do, if you're making that effort, you might as well upgrade while you can, the car's value isn't going to be hurt by it and it's relatively cheap.

 

well the car is riding much better now. and has the classic WOW look at the wheel well gap. running stock 15" wheels. turns out I had been driving a lowered Max unintentionally.
Now I may need to look into replacing the factory exhaust system in the next couple of years.
see,.

 

I am blessed with a Maxima from the South where there is no snow, ice and such and NO rust! I love it.

 

mine has been in Utah it's all damn life, but not much rust at all

 

so have monroe struts gotten that much better over the past 2 years? When I used to visit here frequently 2 years ago or so, they were looked down on.

 

Here is a good link:

http://www.power-21.com/federalmogulpower21i/

It is the link to all of Federal Moguls different company catalogs. This includes Moog. Just select steering or suspension and it will bring up pulldowns for you year, make, and model.

You can find all the applicable Moog part numbers for components.

You can also look up bearings and axles and such. This will give you part numbers for bearing and hubs made by National Bearing (another Federal Mogul Division) which is pretty good stuff.

 

They still are you Noob

Long time no talk..

 

hahaha, lolz. I figured as much. Poor guy will have to replace his suspension in a year again.
Yeah, what it is? Married yet?