I just picked up a '96 Infiniti Q45 with 230k miles for

take it to a dealer

>>17575236
lame

Why the fuck would you buy a car with 230000 miles?

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>>17575075
Well for starters get the car off the ground and check for visual damage or play. Your alignment and steering angle isn't that fucked unless shit is broken.
Your steering rack bushing is more than likely fucked if not the rack/tie rods itself.
Check the front radius/tension rods/bushings. They're the arms that face forward & rearward on your front lower suspension controlling the caster.
I mean to be fair it's old as fuck, prepare for a new everything made of rubber. I had a 97 with 70k miles and it still needed a lot of shit

>>17575476
I've seen people here unironically refer to 120k miles as "low mileage"

These cunts are mad

>>17575476
I bought a car with 214,000. It was a one owner with a 2 inch thick book of maintance records. Have since put on about 35,000 miles with no problems.

Most high mileage cars are shit though.

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>>17575075
Your tie rods are shot

Get it fixed asap. If one snaps from too much metal on metal friction from the bushings being degraded, you're goign to snap one on the highway, which means your wheel will basically turn, slump over, and the car will land on it.


I'd it's not that, its a shot steering racks.
Did you buy the car from a nigger who lives in an inner city full of potholed roads? Or some dumb woman who hpdeives over curbs?

The q's area nice cars. Pretty rare. But you should had bought a nicer example or a lexus you dumb shit. The first gen q is the better drivers car, but most have been scrapped by now

>>17575746
>>17575553
looking around to other places with the tie rod clue leads me to believe this is the issue

not a "car guy" (/k/ommando usually) but I'm would like to start doing more on my vehicles than just oil changes
are tie rods something that I can replace myself, or something that is best left to professionals?

>>17576453
Yes you can do it, it's super easy. If you can take a gun apart & put it together you can do tie rods on a Nissan. You'll def need it aligned after though so keep that in mind.