Where is a good/cheap site to get replacement brake pads for my 2001 QX4? and my right headlight is out. Also my right headlight is out so I was wondering where to get that as well. If any of you guys have the part number for the brakes and headlight that would help out a lot.
About the headlight, should i change both headlights or should i just change one? if i just change one of them with an OE part will it be the same color? is there a replacement part that will just plug into the socket that's not oe that's cheaper?
any help would be great. i've been looking things up on google but I want to get peoples feedback that did these things themselves.
Replacement Brake pads and headlight?
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Re: Replacement Brake pads and headlight?
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Re: Replacement Brake pads and headlight?
Headlight replacement is up to you, the idea is that if one is gone the other is not far behind. This may be true or flase, because the lamps are mass produced they have a life span but to know which lamp will live long and which will burn out is impossible to tell.
It depends on how long the lamps have been in service, the time of year. Replacing headlamp(s) on a warm day is much easier than in the middle of a snow storm.
Some lamps need a lot of things removed to get to it others do not.
How much work are you willing to do beause you will do the job at the same time or will you wait and do the other lamp at another time and how comfortable are you doing actual physical things on an older car?
Are you replacing bulbs or a whole assembly, are you going to check everything about a headlight like the wiring, the socket the cleanliness of the reflectors or are you just replacing that bulb?
If it's close to winter I would do both sides and verify all aspects of the headlamps from cleaning and alligning.
But money being a priority and safety another it is your decsion and by the way it is an offence to drive at night with a single headlight, which may incurr a ticket unless you talk your way out of it.
It is September fall is here winter is coming, I would replace both sides, clean both sides, inspect both sides for vibration, springs, bad connections, lousy copper wire along with buckets and bulb holders and lubricate everything. Keep grease away from the + and - holders and if you grease the carriers use a conductive grease rather than a dielectric because the bulbs and holders are different metals that cause galvanic action and fuse the bulbs to the carrier which is something that you don't want or need.
It depends on how long the lamps have been in service, the time of year. Replacing headlamp(s) on a warm day is much easier than in the middle of a snow storm.
Some lamps need a lot of things removed to get to it others do not.
How much work are you willing to do beause you will do the job at the same time or will you wait and do the other lamp at another time and how comfortable are you doing actual physical things on an older car?
Are you replacing bulbs or a whole assembly, are you going to check everything about a headlight like the wiring, the socket the cleanliness of the reflectors or are you just replacing that bulb?
If it's close to winter I would do both sides and verify all aspects of the headlamps from cleaning and alligning.
But money being a priority and safety another it is your decsion and by the way it is an offence to drive at night with a single headlight, which may incurr a ticket unless you talk your way out of it.
It is September fall is here winter is coming, I would replace both sides, clean both sides, inspect both sides for vibration, springs, bad connections, lousy copper wire along with buckets and bulb holders and lubricate everything. Keep grease away from the + and - holders and if you grease the carriers use a conductive grease rather than a dielectric because the bulbs and holders are different metals that cause galvanic action and fuse the bulbs to the carrier which is something that you don't want or need.
Re: Replacement Brake pads and headlight?
What do you consider cheap for brake pads? I use the Adaptive One brake pads from Napaonline. The run about $80 for a set but their best quality is no squeal, no dust. Good luck.
Re: Replacement Brake pads and headlight?
I just ordered Nissan pads and shoes on my recent Pinnacle Nissan order -- front at $61 the rears at $41. Many of the factory parts from the online Nissan dealers are no more money then the local aftermarket stuff --- and the Nissan parts are high quality. The brake parts are made by Akebono.
We run our cars with the headlights "on" .............so we change them out every four years -- unless one goes before that . It is surprising how much brighter the new bulbs are.
This is one of those things that I buy when on sale from one of my local auto stores -- so I have them around.
I replace them in pairs.
We run our cars with the headlights "on" .............so we change them out every four years -- unless one goes before that . It is surprising how much brighter the new bulbs are.
This is one of those things that I buy when on sale from one of my local auto stores -- so I have them around.
I replace them in pairs.
Re: Replacement Brake pads and headlight?
so im going to change both of my headlight bulbs, but Im not sure if the parts I look at are HID bulbs. I know that my car comes stock with them and as long as it's the D2R bulb it should be HID? or does it have to specify? what if it says replacement part?
I've bought a lot of things for this car online that weren't the right part or didn't do what I wanted it to do so I am just trying to make sure that the replacement bulbs look just as nice as the ones i have in now.
I've bought a lot of things for this car online that weren't the right part or didn't do what I wanted it to do so I am just trying to make sure that the replacement bulbs look just as nice as the ones i have in now.
Re: Replacement Brake pads and headlight?
Sorry -- I just noticed that you are talking about an Infinity. You do not have conventional bulbs and depending of the bulb they can be expensive to replace -- normally these do not dim all that much over the lifespan -- so you should not need to replace both. Fix the one and see how it looks - check the manual for the bulb type.
You should not have a problem getting parts online -- I'm not sure what parts you are speaking of ........ but I never have any problems sourcing parts online for many different makes. I always check the factory online dealers first to get a price point and then check aftermarket ............ for most replacement parts the Nissan parts are very reasonable .. exhaust components are an exception as the factory are stainless and the aftermarket are not.
You should not have a problem getting parts online -- I'm not sure what parts you are speaking of ........ but I never have any problems sourcing parts online for many different makes. I always check the factory online dealers first to get a price point and then check aftermarket ............ for most replacement parts the Nissan parts are very reasonable .. exhaust components are an exception as the factory are stainless and the aftermarket are not.