Just Bought 1990 Q45. What do I do first?

[SniperPenguin]

I just bought a 1990 Q45 with 150k on it for 1100$.What should I do in all of your expert opinions?I was thinking intake and exaust?or possibly brakes.

It has bad tires so I know before I even get it home im going to need to get some new ones.Let me know what you think



Thinking about doing the president as well.Panda garage which is about 20 minutes from my house has one for 1200.But Im not sure yet.

any input would be greatly appreciated.

[jonseyq45]

Buy my extra cam chain guide kit from me at a great price..............

Jonsey

[s14derrick]

do all the basic maintnance first then go from there IMO

[qship96]

Secure a 5-7 thousand dollar line of credit to return mechanicals to near new operating condition and for the inevitable parts failures.

[Drake57]

Uhm, I don't think your car has spark plug wires, it's coil on plug. You might want to read some of the stickies at the top of forum to find out about recommended maintenance items.

[maxnix]

Secure a 5-7 thousand dollar line of credit to return mechanicals to near new operating condition and for the inevitable parts failures.

What Qship96 meant to say is you will need at least $5K in your cash kitty to come close to restoring it as a safe runner.

Body shop will add $1,200.

Welcome to NICO!

[BLACKonBLACK98]

maintenance first and the fact that you didn't know this already is cause for concern. the g50 (90-93 particularly) has a high cost of restoration/maintenance/preventative maintenance. my labor/parts total was $6.5k, with ~$5500 of that being under hood. no mods, no fun stuff, just maintenance.

i'm not one of these guys who thinks it's stupid to mod a q (you'll see what i'm talking about) but i am definitely one of the guys who thinks it's stupid to mod a q that hasn't had the proper maintenance done first. last thing you want to do is spend a couple thousand on modifications only to have a catastrophic failure the next day and no money left to fix it.

[SniperPenguin]

maintenance first and the fact that you didn't know this already is cause for concern. the g50 (90-93 particularly) has a high cost of restoration/maintenance/preventative maintenance. my labor/parts total was $6.5k, with ~$5500 of that being under hood. no mods, no fun stuff, just maintenance.

i'm not one of these guys who thinks it's stupid to mod a q (you'll see what i'm talking about) but i am definitely one of the guys who thinks it's stupid to mod a q that hasn't had the proper maintenance done first. last thing you want to do is spend a couple thousand on modifications only to have a catastrophic failure the next day and no money left to fix it.

Wow I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

[Jesda]

1) Read all the FAQs. [CHAIN GUIDES!]2) Enjoy the ride.

[NightRiderQ45]

Wow I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

I know you didn't. Especially once you find out how much it cost to replace the chain guides. Ask the previous owner if that has been done or get your VIN number and take it to your nearest Infiniti dealer to see if they have any records of that job being done. If not, you are about to spend some $$$ on that alone.

[maxnix]

Wow I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

Most who don't visit here first, read a lot of the previous posts, the FSM, and the how to buy a Q45 sticky above don't either.

[Johnny Rocket]

You can either shoot yourself or the car.....either one of them should be the first thing you do.............! You will be saying this soon......

[MR. Q]

1st Welcome 2 tha place to be 4 ur Q!2nd Admire the Beauty Q!3rd Is your interior blue? Mines is 2!4th Hard Labor

[MR. Q]

You can either shoot yourself or the car.....either one of them should be the first thing you do.............! You will be saying this soon......

LOL! No suicide but the car maybe!

[MR. Q]

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