Maintaining the Xterra

Time for some over due attention on the Xterra. Today I tackled the following...

1. New Trico beam wiper blades and rear blade.
2, New cabin filters.
3. Cleaned the dry flow air filter. Waiting for it to dry to reinstall.

Saturday morning it`s up for..

1. State inspection.
2. Rear Brakes.
3. Synthetic oil change.
4. Brake fluid change if needed.

And hopefully nothing else. Then I throw in a bottle of Techron fuel system cleaner, fill it up, and call it good. Hope to do a wash on it Sunday? Believe me, it needs it!

Currently 5 1/2 years old. 65,000 miles.

Done. Shop did 1-4 and tire rotation. A little more $ that expected, but my rear rotors were bad and could not be cut. So new rotors and pads. Drives great. Really noticed the braking difference.

Seems that they don`t do much machining of rotors these days, more often just replacing them anyhow.

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Originally Posted by Accumulator

Seems that they don`t do much machining of rotors these days, more often just replacing them anyhow.

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Agreed. Fronts were done already. My guess it`s price. Just about the same to resurface vs. replace. My rears tho original were shot. PA winter/salt etc. Just about every shop here will not resurface. Just replace. On the short drive home from the shop, the brakes really felt great! Guess the new fluid makes a difference too.

Yeah, I bet the fluid made for most of the improvement. Some systems just seem to absorb moisture and/but it`s so gradual ya can`t always notice.

One perk I did get from the service visit was 2 months free XM. No strings. I think when you get service at certain places XM catches the VIN and gives you the trial. This is not the first time I got after service.

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Originally Posted by Accumulator

Seems that they don`t do much machining of rotors these days, more often just replacing them anyhow.

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With the pad compounds they use, so often the pads and rotors wear at a 1:1 ratio. At least on the cars I see. Interestingly, I see it a lot where cars from the dealer just get pad slapped (I think to compete on price; also faster turnaround) then not even halfway through the pad`s life the rotors are now below discard thickness. <_<

PA: That`s cool about the free XM service without having to sign up for anything. When my wife bought her (Used) Q5 from the dealer, Sirius activated a 6 month free trial. After it was up, they were RELENTLESS about calling trying to get us to resubscribe. Wish they never got our info...