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My rear drivers side window regulator went out on Monday so I went to the dealer to buy a new reg and I saw this for less than blue book.
I figured that It would be a nice compliment to the Maxima
About half as much as my mom paid for a used 04 Xterra with a NA VG33 with 17K. Sounds like a good deal. You only got 6K till the 60K though, better start making your shopping list.
Isn't everything at a dealership? Attention to detail sells better than a quality product. I should know, I painted a building that I thought looked fine because my boss said "people will pay more to rent this place if we put a fresh coat on it".
It wasn't as clean as the pics. I did a quick detail under the hood when I got it home. The most surprising part (especially with todays prices) the salesman filled the tank while I was filling out the papers. I didn't think that kind of service existed anymore.
It wasn't as clean as the pics. I did a quick detail under the hood when I got it home. The most surprising part (especially with todays prices) the salesman filled the tank while I was filling out the papers. I didn't think that kind of service existed anymore.
it's the little things that make customers come back. businessmen like nothing better than a 'regular'.
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Horsepower, torque and speed are all known by The State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and reproductive disorders.
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Originally Posted by chrome91
if i had a AE86 delivering tofu, i could have dr1fted around miss JDM van
DO NOT PM ME ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH YOUR CAR UNLESS I TELL YOU TO. THAT'S WHAT THE FORUM IS FOR
yeah, to my knowledge including the BMW dealer where i work at the salesmen/women fills up your gas tank after buying the car. my sales guy did this after i signed the papers and then had the car detailed for me. other than that great buy, have fun with it and enjoy it.
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'97 SE Auto - finally running.
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Yeah I think they filled the Xterra when we bought it. It's a common practice I guess. However it doesn't really matter because in the end you still end up paying for the car and it's them you are dealing with so they are still profiting even if they give you the impression that the gas is free with the car.
Yeah I think they filled the Xterra when we bought it. It's a common practice I guess. However it doesn't really matter because in the end you still end up paying for the car and it's them you are dealing with so they are still profiting even if they give you the impression that the gas is free with the car.
my max was running on fumes when i bought it.plus the speedometer worked during the test drive, then i left after buying it, and didn't work anymore. stupid effing generic buy-here-pay-here dealers...
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Originally Posted by JasonOksa
Horsepower, torque and speed are all known by The State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and reproductive disorders.
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Originally Posted by chrome91
if i had a AE86 delivering tofu, i could have dr1fted around miss JDM van
DO NOT PM ME ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH YOUR CAR UNLESS I TELL YOU TO. THAT'S WHAT THE FORUM IS FOR
You only got 6K till the 60K though, better start making your shopping list.
Thats right, after 60k you only have 45K more miles till you have to change the timing belt! I would start shopping now!
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OH ****E - does this mean I have to REPLACE the radiator, if I move to the 0.50MM oversize, because the OEM radiator might not be able to handle the added heat?
Thats a generic buy here pay here. If I went to a place called el cheapo rides (a real dealership here) I wouldn't expect a fill up, my mom bought her Xterra through a big dealer that has new Jeeps, Mitsubishis, Suzukis, Nissans, and etc. Jon I'm pretty sure got this at a Nissan dealer seeing as he was going in for a reg.
Those are nice projects to tinker with (3.3 S/c) cause they run very little boost in Oem trim. Plenty of room for improvement. That would be the best engine for my 86.5 Hardbody pick up...
hey jonman, I'm still coming up there one of these days...i got your voicemail from a few months ago lol
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1993 Maxima GXE Super White, Ebay FSTB, 97-99 SE Rims, KYB GR2s, BlehmCo Lower Tiebar, BlehmCo parallel link kit, RSTB, BlehmCo swaybar links,Rear Addco swaybar, z31 rear disc upgrade, Assurance TripleTreds.
1995 Maxima GXE-5 Dark Blue Pearl , 00-01 SE RIMs, I30 leather w/rear headrests, No rubber- all ES Poly in front end suspension, Pioneer InDash Navi, Kzoosho LED tails and FX35 HID retrofit
I wondered what happened. My schedule is a bit different now. Now I work every weekend but have off most of the week.
I'm working weekends as well but off Thursdays and Fridays
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1993 Maxima GXE Super White, Ebay FSTB, 97-99 SE Rims, KYB GR2s, BlehmCo Lower Tiebar, BlehmCo parallel link kit, RSTB, BlehmCo swaybar links,Rear Addco swaybar, z31 rear disc upgrade, Assurance TripleTreds.
1995 Maxima GXE-5 Dark Blue Pearl , 00-01 SE RIMs, I30 leather w/rear headrests, No rubber- all ES Poly in front end suspension, Pioneer InDash Navi, Kzoosho LED tails and FX35 HID retrofit
1993 Maxima GXE Super White, Ebay FSTB, 97-99 SE Rims, KYB GR2s, BlehmCo Lower Tiebar, BlehmCo parallel link kit, RSTB, BlehmCo swaybar links,Rear Addco swaybar, z31 rear disc upgrade, Assurance TripleTreds.
1995 Maxima GXE-5 Dark Blue Pearl , 00-01 SE RIMs, I30 leather w/rear headrests, No rubber- all ES Poly in front end suspension, Pioneer InDash Navi, Kzoosho LED tails and FX35 HID retrofit
A UDP would be a bad idea as it would slow the SC down. Now a smaller pulley on the supercharger, that is something I have already considered. But keep in mind this is my daily driver and fuel milage and reliability are factors. I will probably only do a Nismo intake and a better flowing exhaust. (yeah that's how the Maxima started and look how that ended up)
A UDP would be a bad idea as it would slow the SC down. Now a smaller pulley on the supercharger, that is something I have already considered. But keep in mind this is my daily driver and fuel milage and reliability are factors. I will probably only do a Nismo intake and a better flowing exhaust. (yeah that's how the Maxima started and look how that ended up)
then i can only imagine what this thing's gonna be sporting as a paint scheme in a year haha
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Originally Posted by JasonOksa
Horsepower, torque and speed are all known by The State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and reproductive disorders.
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Originally Posted by chrome91
if i had a AE86 delivering tofu, i could have dr1fted around miss JDM van
DO NOT PM ME ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH YOUR CAR UNLESS I TELL YOU TO. THAT'S WHAT THE FORUM IS FOR
Nismo makes a cold air intake that "supposedly" adds a few horses
Yeah so do the people on ebay, AEM, Kamikaze and Weapon R. They all have a few things in common. They have a filter, some tubing, clamps and couplers. How an air intake costs $200-300 I have no clue. For an unassuming looking intake the swiss cheese airbox or whatever you want to call it is fine and in my opinion the ebay ones are good enough if you are concerned about getting a blingy intake.
A UDP would be a bad idea as it would slow the SC down. Now a smaller pulley on the supercharger, that is something I have already considered. But keep in mind this is my daily driver and fuel milage and reliability are factors. I will probably only do a Nismo intake and a better flowing exhaust. (yeah that's how the Maxima started and look how that ended up)
That's what I meant, a smaller S/C pulley to make it turn faster.
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Other Toy: '96 Corvette LT4 6-Speed, 75K miles (bought 3/09 @ 60K miles), Black on Black, Fassstt!!!! Stock, for now...
Yeah so do the people on ebay, AEM, Kamikaze and Weapon R. They all have a few things in common. They have a filter, some tubing, clamps and couplers. How an air intake costs $200-300 I have no clue. For an unassuming looking intake the swiss cheese airbox or whatever you want to call it is fine and in my opinion the ebay ones are good enough if you are concerned about getting a blingy intake.
You pay for fit and quality. If you think CAI's are just "blingy" than you haven't done your research, and that is fine don't purchase one. But I have definitely learned that you pay for what you get, bargains shoppers get bargain products.
Well the Accord one fits fine on the Maxima. I've done my research and for $200-300 you are better off saving up for a 50 shot of nitrous or building a junkyard turbo kit.
Just because a company markets a product as being high quality doesn't mean its usable quality. Nology plug wires for example. You can make a piece of metal shine like a mirror but in the end a mirror finished pipe will flow infinitesimally better than a decent finish.
Well the Accord one fits fine on the Maxima. I've done my research and for $200-300 you are better off saving up for a 50 shot of nitrous or building a junkyard turbo kit.
There is "fitting just fine" and fitting right. I used to be a penny pincher and think like you until I realized that in the long run it is cheaper to spend the money and buy the correct parts than to cheap out. The correct parts, tho more expensive to purchase, last longer and perform better. The cheapo parts tend to need replacing and eventually you get tired of working on something that "fits fine". I prefer do it once and do it right.
To each their own. You can build you car your way. I will build mine my way.
You've got alot of work to do if you don't like cheapo parts. The factory hose clamp things on the Maxima at least suck, I bent the one on the reservoir to radiator hose with my bare hands on accident. The rest of them are annoying as hell because they tend to dig into the stock hoses and thats why I am NOT reusing any of them. The $1 ones at home depot are much better. Give me a break, fitting fine by Nissan's definition is worse than my definition. I only don't like the fit because the coupler bends a little from the curve of the pipe which if it wasn't made like that would make the bend closer to 90 degrees and restrict airflow minimally. I don't like that the top of the cone is now within a centimeter of the side of the engine bay since my cone does have an air opening at the top. However it seems to hold it in place better there than where the factory pipe was holding it. As far as long life is concerned it's a pipe not a connecting rod. The air that goes through the pipe isn't supposed to be pressurized nor contain water. The wear is minimal and so a precision part that costs 6x as much is not likely to do anything.
Think of it like buying something simple, like a cup. You can buy a cup for $1 at the dollar store. If someone told you that they could make a cup with a built in straw that propels your drink of choice to your mouth with a miniature all aluminum zero maintenance electric engine and best of all it's made of lightweight and sexy automotive grade carbon fiber and for $100 you could own this cup, would you buy it?
There is a difference from pinching pennys and getting a good deal.
Did you know that best buy would like you to pay $20 for a wiring harness (aka 20 wires with a plastic connector) for a car stereo? When I told the guy I was taking my business elsewhere he was like "thats fine these are actually worth less than a dollar, we sell them at a 2000% mark up". Would you pay $20 for a set of wires to wire up a decent sony head unit?
Another thing, why do you drive Nissans if you think more expensive things last longer? Why not buy an Infiniti? Infinitis are more expensive than Nissans so Nissans must use "cheapo" parts.
Not really, a junkyard turbo is probably the most efficient way to get a mild turbo setup. You can use "the correct parts" that come on factory turbocharged cars and can easily get the same performance and reliability of a kit 2-3x or more the price. Besides, it's just a used turbo just like your used Frontier has a used supercharger.
Which reminds me, why did you get that cheap Frontier? You could have bought an 08 Frontier it would be more expensive and last longer.
You've got alot of work to do if you don't like cheapo parts. The factory hose clamp things on the Maxima at least suck, I bent the one on the reservoir to radiator hose with my bare hands on accident. The rest of them are annoying as hell because they tend to dig into the stock hoses and thats why I am NOT reusing any of them. The $1 ones at home depot are much better. Give me a break, fitting fine by Nissan's definition is worse than my definition. I only don't like the fit because the coupler bends a little from the curve of the pipe which if it wasn't made like that would make the bend closer to 90 degrees and restrict airflow minimally. I don't like that the top of the cone is now within a centimeter of the side of the engine bay since my cone does have an air opening at the top. However it seems to hold it in place better there than where the factory pipe was holding it. As far as long life is concerned it's a pipe not a connecting rod. The air that goes through the pipe isn't supposed to be pressurized nor contain water. The wear is minimal and so a precision part that costs 6x as much is not likely to do anything.
Think of it like buying something simple, like a cup. You can buy a cup for $1 at the dollar store. If someone told you that they could make a cup with a built in straw that propels your drink of choice to your mouth with a miniature all aluminum zero maintenance electric engine and best of all it's made of lightweight and sexy automotive grade carbon fiber and for $100 you could own this cup, would you buy it?
There is a difference from pinching pennys and getting a good deal.
Did you know that best buy would like you to pay $20 for a wiring harness (aka 20 wires with a plastic connector) for a car stereo? When I told the guy I was taking my business elsewhere he was like "thats fine these are actually worth less than a dollar, we sell them at a 2000% mark up". Would you pay $20 for a set of wires to wire up a decent sony head unit?
Another thing, why do you drive Nissans if you think more expensive things last longer? Why not buy an Infiniti? Infinitis are more expensive than Nissans so Nissans must use "cheapo" parts.
Not really, a junkyard turbo is probably the most efficient way to get a mild turbo setup. You can use "the correct parts" that come on factory turbocharged cars and can easily get the same performance and reliability of a kit 2-3x or more the price. Besides, it's just a used turbo just like your used Frontier has a used supercharger.
Which reminds me, why did you get that cheap Frontier? You could have bought an 08 Frontier it would be more expensive and last longer.
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