kroze

I'm just wondering since I don't have a 5th gen maxima.

andrewmac

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4th generation for sure. Not by much though the engine bay is just less cluttered. Especially near the firewall there's a lot more room to work with.

GGENIUS

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the 4th gens stupid fender to bumper bracket is a terrible engineering design. though.

GGENIUS

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also maximas shouldve been the first cars with power mirrors to not have to remove the door panel to remove the mirror.

andrewmac

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It's not too bad on the east coast where the bolts just rust away took apart the front end on a 4th gen about 2 weeks ago, every bolt snapped or broke through the fender. It made the removal a snap (literally).

isandres8884

4th gen

schmellyfart

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From easiest to the most pain in the as$ 4th gen > 5.5 gen > 5th gen

ShocknAwe

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4th by far. Even the spark plugs are a PITA on the 5th's

BigLou55

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I don't own a 4th gen so I wouldn't be able to compare but my 5th is pretty easy to work on. I simply do my homework before attempting to fix something and everything goes smooth. I'd rather buy a tool to make the job easier than get frustrated cause I'm not prepared. That's just how I see it anyway. I do however think the 5.5 gens have more room in the bay than my 5th gen. But as I said before I can't compare a 4th cause I have never worked on one.

OC95Max

I agree...although I haven't worked on 5th gen. My 4th gen has been kicking my *** this entire time I've been working on it! I need 3 elbows and some E.T. fingers to get this finished!

T_Behr904

Not so on the 00-01. You can get to all 6 coil packs and spark plugs without any "hassle" since you can access them between the intake runners for the back 3 cylinders.