New to the group. Pop a cold one on me.
Just bought a '91 Maxima SE 5-speed with 223K showing on the odo. A mechanic-friend took the car from a customer who didn't want to pay for the work it needed. Abandoned it, if you will. New master cylinder, rotors and pads all around, battery, window regulator, etc. The car has rot behind both rear doors and on the trunk lid where the spoiler was screwed in. It's not going to win any beauty contests, but it runs and drives terrific. The leather interior is nearly mint, and the A/C is downright offensive. For what I paid for this thing, I can leave it at the side of the road if it keels over on me.
The car is not without a small problem or two. Here goes:
The Bose factory sound system is shot. I have at least two blown speaker/amp units, maybe three. The CD player won't accept a disc. The radio plays through one (sometimes two) speaker(s), but I gotta have my CD's. I'd like to rip it all out and go with an inexpensive aftermarket system (AM/FM/CD/4 speakers). I was pretty good with stereo installations back in the day... I haven't done one in almost 15 years though. I've already figured out that none of the Bose stuff will work with aftermarket stuff (head unit/amps/speakers/etc). I took a peek at the back of the double DIN head unit and didn't see the typical antenna plug anywhere. Is there anything about the Max I need to know? Is this something new?
And, the factory foglights are long dead/smashed/rusted out. Amazingly, I stripped back the wires and have voltage when the switch is on. I can simply bolt on a new pair in their place. Without getting into HID or hyper-priced cornea scorchers, does anyone know of any decent aftermarket lamps that fit/look right on the Max?
TIA and have another one on my tab.