OEM Struts Replacement JX35 QX60

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champaign777

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Front Struts , Sway Bar Links and Sway Bar Bushings:

So long story short, when I bought my infiniti JX35 35k 5 years ago I had doubts about front struts and I was right . Something was wrong with them ( this low sound aka bum boom boom going over bumps and some additional clunking noises ) . This was not critical at all on a highway so I stayed with them for another 80k miles hah ... With all today's situation and being a Smart Ape who hates monthly payments I decided to keep this car . It is good , really good with all Tech , all possible options including Theater it's just not in my book to replace it for something similar +$50k on the top of my head LOL but front suspension needs some tunes so i replaced front sway bar links and all is left to replace the struts and upper struts mounts + sway bar bushings

I decided to go with new OEM FULL STRUTS/SPRINGS Assembly and here are my results .

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I was doing some intensive researches and end up with
<<< Suspension Strut and Coil Spring Assembly >>>
which are HARD to find so i am sharing with you guys the OEM part numbers
E6C00-9NFOKNW
E6C01-9NFOKNW

Most dealers are selling parts but replace Assembly with 5 bolts/connections total is one thing and replace failing strut parts is like 5x more job LOL just to suppress the springs can wipe out most of fox here haha

Just FYI :
Just a LABOR cost of struts / shocks , sway bar links / bushings replacement all around ( parts are NOT included ) will be around $2000-2500
Parts itself ( OEM ) are around $700-800

Worse the try !!!
 
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OK i think i found something usefull videos , going to do job this soon
Looks like a peace of cake in compare to Pathfinder where u need to destroy
the entire front to remove upper 3 bolts hah !!
Happy Holidays !
 
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Front Sway Bar Bushings:

TO do the front sway bar bushings is a pain in the ass ...
I think i spent more time on these 2 bushings than on entire front struts assembly
U will definitely need some specials ratchet like i show you on this picture
The access to these bushings is SUPER tight !!!!!

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The rear is going IN 2morrow

All OEM sway bars / sway bar bushings and Shocks are ready for Rock & Roll !!!!!!!!

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All Rear torque we need for this job :

Shocks upper bolts , Shocks low bolt , sway bar links , Sway bar bushings
I market in black what is relevant

BTW ,- shocks are the same Left Right ( this what i learned from OEM parts )

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So the rear was done today that was really simple

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One think i learned during this process - OEM Infiniti is made by KYB so next time going to keep this thread to rebuild shock/struts with KYB instead of OEM . This should save like $200 on this project
Cheers !

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We just drove 1500 miles to Florida
All is good no noises it drives like a new qx60
The last thing i need to do is alignment
Car drives straight , the only issue we have is steering wheel is a bit offset
Cheers !
 
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