8th Generation Maxima (2016-) Let's see what Nissan has to offer on the 8th generation Maxima

Time to check your nuts

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Old May 14, 2023 | 02:39 PM
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Exclamation Time to check your nuts

Lug nuts that is. You may want to start looking at what you guys have the next time you do wheeI and brake maintenance. I have a 2016 with $80K and after rotating every 5K(16 times), two brake jobs, and new tires, the lug nuts were getting swollen in places and just plain rounded off in others. I actually had to go a socket size up to get a decent fit for some of them. So I replaced all 20 of them by hand this weekend and torqued them to 83Lbs/ft. I purchased two boxes around $81 in total of the
Dorman 611-294 Wheel Nut M12-1.25 Dometop - 21mm Hex, 38.6mm Length Compatible with Select Infiniti / Nissan Models, 10 Pack (OE FIX) Dorman 611-294 Wheel Nut M12-1.25 Dometop - 21mm Hex, 38.6mm Length Compatible with Select Infiniti / Nissan Models, 10 Pack (OE FIX)
and they look better than the Factory OEM ones. Yes Amazon had others cheaper but Doorman has always been a decent brand name. The Stealership wanted $268 for OEM ones that are poorer quality and made as two piece design(stamped on dome cover), while the Doorman's were one piece design (molded on dome cover). They did however also come with new washers as well.

So you might want to look at them closely before you need to get them off along side the road on a dark night, Or be told at your tire shop you will need new ones and they don't have any in stock.

Attached is a few pics of a few of the worse ones I found...



Old May 15, 2023 | 10:25 AM
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I'm right there with you! My 2016 was totaled in January 2023, and I picked up a 20,000 mile 2020 SV.

The first thing I ordered was the boxes of Dorman 611-294, I will install them when I purchase new tires in a few months.

​​​​​​https://maxima.org/forums/8th-genera...-lug-nuts.html

and this discussion...

https://maxima.org/forums/8th-genera...-lug-nuts.html

Last edited by RickSmith; May 15, 2023 at 10:54 AM.
Old May 16, 2023 | 06:28 AM
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I do this with all my vehicles. Also, when you have your new tires put on, make sure you tell the shop to not go crazy when they torque them down, that's how my F150 lugs were ruined.
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