96 Maxima SE front and rear dust boots?

Dave

 

For the following hardware:
- 2 front dust boots w/bump stops
- 2 rear dust boots (bump stop integrated)
- 2 front "spacers" (look like gaskets to me)
- 2 rear "spacers"

I paid ~$140/150 through Courtesy, and that INCLUDES the maxima.org discount. Spacers were ~$10 ea and the dust boots all cost around the same per corner...~$30 ea.

The stuff is not cheap, but I recommend you get all of the above for a strut change. Not only were my old boots trashed (front and rear), but some of the spacers were torn up during removal. No spacers = squeaking. Get em.

 

I have a '99 Maxima SE. The front bumpstops are independent of the dust boot correct? But the rear bumpstops are incorporated with the rear dust boot? Is this correct? I need new rear bumpstops, but I'm not sure if they are a part of the dust boot or not. Can your car operate without the dust boot in the rear at all? Thanks.

 

Yeah, you're pretty much correct. The front dust boots acutally come with the bumpstops installed inside, but you can remove them, trim them if need be, then re-install. The rear bumptops are integrated/molded into the rear dust boots, though, so you can't separate them nor trim the stop.

The bottom line is, when you order front OR rear dustboots, the bumpstops come with them. Don't know if you can order just the front bumpstops as a separate piece.

Personally, I'd never drive the car without the dustboots in place. It just takes one scratch on the rod to trash the strut. I would certainly never ever drive the car without the bumpstop in place because it's just dangerous (can bottom out the strut and destroy it). Wait to get all the parts, then do the installation the RIGHT way.