just purchased my lady a black on tan 1997 nissan maxima gle it has the 3.0v6 3000 twin cam motor.

has 84k carfax certified miles. has no major accidents, 1 fender bender that was fixed properly. leather is in great shape with some wear but no tears.

the bose system was replaced and a pioneer intergrated... man those bose speakers get loud once you add a nice hu... i have installed my father inlaws old sytem that consist of 2 12" bazooka subwoofers in sealed box powered by a 500w bazooka amp.

i recently purchased the car for $4200, and promptly changed the oil to 5w30 castrol edge synthetic. i was looking for common maintence issues, more towards the 100k mi range as it doesn't have that much but is getting up there in age.

i am planning on coolant flush ,and transmission fluid / filter change as well.
am i headin the right direction guys???
thanks

 

your heading the right way just need to replace spark plug, belts, possibly a power steering flush. I might be for getting a couple other things, so hows the radiator support because over time they rust out.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...on-maxima.html

http://vqpower.com/v3/content/60k-mile-service

 

When i bought my 99 the fuel filter was carroded so bad that the idle was rough. I replacd it with a 300zx fuel filter and she idles so smoothly now. Cleaning the throttle body is a good idea too, you never know if the previous owner babied the car or not.

 

i just purchased spark plugs as well... belt i will check... power steering good idea as well thanks

good info

thanks

the vpower link above states that the fuel filter should be changed at 60k...
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this is the kind of info i needed guys thanks... any other feel free to chime in...

ive also been thinking cool air intake would be good to open up some as well

 

lol you love to retell that fuel filter story over and over again dont you? lol

 

will check its a TN car and usually rust is not a problem... the support is the metal casing/bar surrounding the radiator correct?

 

The struts (all the way around) are past due for replacement at 100K.

 

Make that baby SMOKE! SEA-FOAM! ))))