BUY SPARE PARTS! Even if you dont think you'll need them!

[elwesso]

This is an interesting little story that happened to me today, resulted in a bit of inconvenience but it could have been a lot worse.

So the last couple days we had some great weather.. I went to use the Q today and I put the window down, I heard a crunching sound... My drivers side window has always been kinda goofy since the day I bought the car, so I didnt really think about it.

So I get home and load my car up to leave... Window is still down... I get to driving, and I go to put the window up and it stops about halfway up.. I think BAD NEWS for my regulator, so I try and help it up, at which point the window falls into the door.... So I go home, get into my stash of spare parts, and replace the regulator in about 30 mins.

The point is, having a FULL PARTS STORE in your trunk/garage/attic/bedroom saves so much headache... This is the second time Ive had something fail on my Q in my 4 years of Q ownership.. First time was last summer with a MAF.. I thought it was the MAF, so I pulled my spare out and the problem was done and taken care of...

I had to take 30-45 mins out of my day to replace a broken regulator where in anyone elses case it would have taken days to get the parts in and then replace, and most likely a plastic bag on their window...

Visit our classifieds forum and $100 in strategically thought outparts will save you a lot of headache. One of hte nice things about Q45s is that parts are not in any sort of shortage and they are cheap and easy to get...

[maxnix]

And long term, I would not expect the Yen to get any cheaper against the dollar, nor would I expect Nissan to suddenly discount G50 part's prices.

[AZhitman]

I still have a crapload of new Q parts sitting in my garage, so people aren't heeding Wes's advice!

[Jesda]

Seconded.

I have $800 of odds and ends sitting in my garage. I haven't needed any of them, but I know that if I sold them, all my injectors would suddenly die.

[Romeo5k]

U r completely right WES... that is why i havent sold my 93Q for 500$... just incase.... My luck, another windows regulator goes out, and im fukt!!... This happend already.. fixed it same day!.