Howdy all! I'm the proud new owner of a 2000 Nissan Frontier SE 4x4 that's yellow, has a sunroof, running boards, and a tonneau cover although the latter is going up for sale here shortly as I don't care for tonneau covers.
The truck is nearly immaculate on the exterior and the interior is almost as good. There's 110,000 on the clock. I have a few issues to sort out but nothing major: there's some sort of retaining ring rattling loose on the driver's side exhaust, where it crosses under the drivetrain, and it needs to be re-homed; the front suspension screeches and pops when turning as tight as possible (torsion bar bushings?); there's a small power steering leak somewhere; the rear main seal is seeping; the rear tires are toast; the aftermarket stereo head unit is nice, but the speakers sound like they are blown OEM; the front shocks feel bouncy; the timing belt service is due; all fluids will be replaced with synthetics.
My driving is largely limited to the street with four wheel drive serving to handle the two weeks of snow per annum more gracefully. So far, from searching this site, I've found that the Frontier community regards Bilstein shocks as a very good street/offroad compromise with Monroe Sensatrac being a decent budget compromise. I haven't found anything yet on the tires: I have two newer Goodyear Eagle LS 255/65/16 on the front but the reviews for these tires on Tirerack.com are negative and the tires are pricey at $150 each so I may just replace all four tires, perhaps with the Kumho APT KL51 or the Yokohama Geolandar H/T-S G051.
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The truck is nearly immaculate on the exterior and the interior is almost as good. There's 110,000 on the clock. I have a few issues to sort out but nothing major: there's some sort of retaining ring rattling loose on the driver's side exhaust, where it crosses under the drivetrain, and it needs to be re-homed; the front suspension screeches and pops when turning as tight as possible (torsion bar bushings?); there's a small power steering leak somewhere; the rear main seal is seeping; the rear tires are toast; the aftermarket stereo head unit is nice, but the speakers sound like they are blown OEM; the front shocks feel bouncy; the timing belt service is due; all fluids will be replaced with synthetics.
My driving is largely limited to the street with four wheel drive serving to handle the two weeks of snow per annum more gracefully. So far, from searching this site, I've found that the Frontier community regards Bilstein shocks as a very good street/offroad compromise with Monroe Sensatrac being a decent budget compromise. I haven't found anything yet on the tires: I have two newer Goodyear Eagle LS 255/65/16 on the front but the reviews for these tires on Tirerack.com are negative and the tires are pricey at $150 each so I may just replace all four tires, perhaps with the Kumho APT KL51 or the Yokohama Geolandar H/T-S G051.
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