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#31 of 683 I30 vs J30 by mjvargo Sep 15, 2000 (4:15 pm)
The I30 and J30 are compleatly different automobiles. They both use 3.0L V-6's but even these are different. The J30 is a rear wheel drive performance sedan based on the 300ZX drive train. The I30 is a frontwheel drive luxury sedan based on the maxima drive train. The J30 uses a 212 HP V6 with belt driven camshafts(so you will have to change timing belts every 60000 miles) it is smaller inside in comparison to the I and has a much smaller trunk. It is also lighter. The I30 uses a chain driven camshaft V6 produces either 190HP in '96 to '99 models or 227HP in the '00 and newer vehicles. The J30's being rear wheel drive and fairly light weight can be a little interesting to drive in the snow especially older touring models with 4 wheel steering.
#32 of 683 J30 Weight compared to I30 by n4py Sep 18, 2000 (7:32 pm)
The post from mjvargo contains a few errors. The J30 is actually a fairly heavy vehicle for its size. It weighs 3600 pounds compared to 3342 pounds for the I30. Also, the timing belt for the J30 is listed as replacing every 105,000 miles (not 60,000). The J30 is heavy because it is a rear wheel drive vehicle. The rear end adds a lot of weight to the car. It is good in snow because it has a limited slip differential which gives you two drive wheels instead of one. I have a 96 and love it
#33 of 683 J30 snow job by troyhockey Sep 22, 2000 (2:36 pm)
Bought a 95 3 months ago and love the car. Was told by dealer to replace tires with Bliz Ax snow tires for winter and put two 80# bags of salt in truck to take care of snow traction problem. Anyone have any other thoughts? Is there a particular tire that does the trick year round?
#34 of 683 TOTAL CONFUSION by txguy67 Sep 22, 2000 (3:45 pm)
Ok..Have a 96 J30 with 61K miles. My dealer wants to charge $2000.00 + to replace timing belts, water pump..etc as "regular maintenance." Is this correct? The owners manual does not answer my question nor does the Infiniti 800 #. Am I being taken to the cleaners? The car runs great and have not had one problem with it. Any info would be Great!!!
#35 of 683 Total Confusion by n4py Sep 26, 2000 (1:51 pm)
to txguy67. You are being taken to the cleaners on this one. The timing belt needs to be replaced at 105,000 miles, not 60,000. This information is in the back of the owners manual. I also have a 96 J30. The water pump should only be replaced if it leaks.
#36 of 683 Total Confusion by tstreater Sep 29, 2000 (6:58 pm)
To txguy67, The only J30 that needs the timing belt replace at 60,000 miles is the 93 model 94 and up timing belts get replace at 105,000 mile. I have a 94 J30 and I just had the timing belt package done on my car. I don`t remember everything that was replace in that package just some things like the timing belt, waterpump, waterpump belt and a couple of other things and the price I paid was $760. I don`t know where you are located but I am in MD,Va,DC area, my dealer was Rosenthal Infiniti in VA. I have a 106,000 mile on my car and still running good.
#37 of 683 THANKS ALL!! by txguy67 Oct 05, 2000 (10:08 pm)
I really appreciate the info you both provided... Guess I should take my car off the lot... I was actually going to sell it rather than pay that ridiculous price... I know I'm definitely NOT going back to the local Infiniti dealer.
#38 of 683 ABS WARNING LIGHT by coryhom Oct 08, 2000 (4:03 pm)
hello all - my 1995 J30 ABS warning light came on last night during one trip and when i started the car to return home it stayed off - anybody experience a sporadic ABS warning light? thanks - cory.
#39 of 683 . by sanchezm Oct 13, 2000 (8:49 pm)
I am shopping for a 2001 I30Luxury model with Xenon HID and Chrome wheels with gold embleming. I was quoted for $28950 for the basic with Xenon and maybe another $700-800 for the Chrome and Gold embleming from one dealer? Is this a fair price? I appreciate anyone's input who bought recently 2001 I30 luxury within the last couple of weeks?
#40 of 683 J30 locks by azylstra Oct 27, 2000 (7:40 am)
All 93-94 (I'm not sure about 95) J30s have the same problem with door locks. It is a design flaw in the door lock timer (the delay is too short). An updated door lock timer (with a longer delay) is available that will fix the problem. We have 2 J30s (93 & 94) that I replaced the door lock timer on myself. It takes about 10-15 minutes. I paid about $60 for the part from Infiniti of Scottsdale. It is well worth $60 to not get locked out of your car!

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