can a 4th gen coilover kit fit the 02 maxima....vise versa......interchange basiclly

 

I think the rears are different....

 

the front lower bolts on the strut are not the same.

 

Okay... guess its the front..

 

So the rears bolt on with no modification? I've seen both gen4 and gen5 rear springs+struts...they look very similiar...always wondered if they are interchangeable

 

Somebody on here installed 4th gen coilovers on a 5th gen and I'm sure that they only had to slightly modify the rears

 

oh oh i forgot the rears have larger upper mounts. hehe so nope its a no go.

 

By drilling out oval holes "I believe" you can interchange that or somebody here did already. This is a great topic as it would allow for Tein's EDFC to work on a 4th gen . I should've gone that route 2 years ago but oh well...

 

well the bolt pattern is off quite abit. this is a 5th gen mount on a 4th gen.
it would take some modifying but sure it could work. you could then swap steering knuckles to run the appropriate front struts.

 

What's with that strut bar? I hope your not running it like that

 

I think he was just using that to illustrate the different bolt pattern. More concerning is how the orange plastic gasket is all chewed up on the inside.

 

dont worry about the bar... i have been running it for a while now. its secured a lil different tho. the orange is the stock gasket. they always tare up like that, but i installed a better one.

 

Those orange gaskets dry out and shrink, its normal. Only having one bolt holding the strut bar, with the other nut only half holding the plate is not the safest idea though. As that bar/plate flexes, it will have a natural tendancy to loosen that nut. Watch out is all I'm saying....

 

i got a 4th gen and just bought a 5th.....so i want to swap my tein basic damper coilover to the 5th

 

I have read that the front lower strut mount is WIDER on the 5th gens. But you CAN use the 4th gen springs on the front. As for the rear, I believe the bottom part is the same and it is just the upper mount that is different.