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muznutz
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Location: Medlow Bath NSW
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 Rear Spring replacement, easy/hard? Hi Everyone, Just wondering if anyone has had any experience replacing the rear suspension (springs only) of an A32 Maxima. Just wondering whether I might be able to do it myself and save a couple of dollars. - Muznutz 
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Nissan Maxima A32 99. Running on LPG.
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Sinturion
Turbo Mad
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Location: Auckland, City of traffic jams
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Re: Rear Spring replacement, easy/hard? Not to bad - depends on how mechanically minded you are. You need some spring compressors. (i think i got mine for ~30$ from super cheap). A breaker bar or mallet w/ quality spanner might be required to remove the lower strut bolt.
Any reason as to why you are only changing the rears? also, it's a good opportunity to change the shock (rear shocks don't last anywhere near as long as the fronts)
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muznutz
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Location: Medlow Bath NSW
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Re: Rear Spring replacement, easy/hard? Need to change them because it is really sagging in the back cause it is running on LPG (tank is in the boot). Also got a tow bar which scrapes badly when i have a full tank of LPG. Also is bad when towing a trailer or even having something heavy in the boot. Shocks seem to be ok.
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Maximus
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
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Re: Rear Spring replacement, easy/hard? what springs are you going to put in the back to compensate for the sag?
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muznutz
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Location: Medlow Bath NSW
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Re: Rear Spring replacement, easy/hard? King springs. They will bring it back to the standard height and be a bit stronger than the nissan ones.
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Maximus
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Re: Rear Spring replacement, easy/hard? good call, otherwise i was thinking you could get something custom done with a stiffer spring rate
regarding the replacment, there are a few how to's on maxima.org iirc
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