New G35 Coupe owner

[watershedauto]

I just purchased an 04 G35 Coupe with the sport package. I wanted to know if anybody has any advice on maintenance or any general knowledge that I should be aware of. Any info or advice would be great!

[SVTCOBRA]

Congrats & welcome to Nico!!
As far as maintenance, how many miles on her???
what color??
Pics????

[watershedauto]

Thank you for the welcoming! there is 59,00 miles on her right now so im getting ready to do the 60,000 mile service

The color is graphite and it has all the options

[phil4watching]

Welcome!!!

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you get her for? She's a beaut!

[joe603]

Nice car! Welcome to NICO!

Check out the G-Series FAQ (link in my sig) for tons of info and mod ideas!

[watershedauto]

he was asking for 15 and i got it for 14.......its a 2004 with 59,000 miles

thanks for the welcoming!

so any tips on maintenance/ is there something i should pay extra attention to?

[joe603]

Just change the oil regularly. Did the previous owner do the 60k maintenance? (probably not)

It might be a good idea as it's a 6 year old car.

The other issue with the 30-04's is the stereo head deck. Search the forum for more specifics.

[mycoupe8urs]

Thats the same story wit my car. 2004 wit almost 60k miles. Had it for 2 years and the only issue ive had is the CD Player. Stay on top of your oil changes and you should be good

[watershedauto]

thanks for the advice guys i will definitely be on top of the oil changes. I hear that the V.Q motors are pretty bulletproof.


My other question is: Have you guys heard of the Nissan Ester oil? It is recommended for all VQ motors but is it really better than a mobile one or any other synthetic?

[kmckis1029]

dont open up the oil debate...

if you search the forums you will find many oil threads... from what i gather just use a good full synthetic oil... Mobil One EP and royal purple are the popular ones... ester oil is the best if you can afford to use it regularly and is mainly targeted to the G37s new engine...

[joe603]

Ester oil is not needed in any VQ engine. However, if you have a G37 that has loud startup chatter, ester oil will help keep it quiet.

Use a good synthetic (Royal Purple, AMSOIL) and you'll be happy.

[watershedauto]

thanks alot.... Yea I used royal purple on my wrx and was pretty happy with it so I will probably end up using that again

[SoCalSideways]

sweet man. i just got a G35 coupe also about a month ago. i'll have it posted sometime this week with photos and specs.

[watershedauto]

lets see it!

[SoCalSideways]

here you go man!

http://://forums.g35club.org/zerothread/477919

[DallasInfiniti]

Looking good, congrats!