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Nissan Maxima handling

  • By Graham Smith
  • Carsguide
  • 09 February 2012

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How can I improve the handling of my 2010 Nissan Maxima?

Graham Smith
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Our Nissan specialist, Jerry Newman, was horrified at the thought of trying to improve the handling of the Maxima, he believed it handled well as it was and it was better left alone. If you were to seek to improve the handling you could fit uprated springs and struts, but they would be expensive. Use quality components from someone like Pedders, perhaps you could check the web for components used in Japan, but understand you will have a detrimental affect on the car's ride whatever you do, and you might not improve the handling much anyway.

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  • From what I understand the Maximas are meant to be a bit softish anyway - like a waftmobile. I was looking at the them second-hand but instead settled on a 380 as these have a more ‘sports-focused’ ride. Maybe you should be looking at getting a different car rather than trying to modify the Maxima - you might just end up ruining it and wasting alot of money. PS: I’m assuming by ‘improve the handling’ you mean ‘sportying it up a bit’.

    alex Posted on 20 February 2012 7:29pm

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