100,000 Miles with my 2010 Kizashi

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redmed
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Just turned 100,000 miles with no major or minor problems!
Just oil changes, tires & filters. Did take to dealer for pulley upgrade. Updated shock mounts myself and placed spider screen over vent hose. Still original brakes shocks and battery.
64 Galaxie 68 Olds 442 65 Impala 70 VW Bug
74 Nissan B210 66 Chevelle 73 Olds 98 71 C20
75 Monza 82 Escort 75 E150 75 Civic 76 Accord
86 Escort 87 Taurus 83 Chevy G20 85 Ranger 4x4
93 F250 4x4 95 Silhouette 95 LHS 03 Corolla 10 Kizashi S MT
17 Sienna
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Ronzuki
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Dang....seriously, original battery AND rear shocks? How'd you get so lucky?
Ron

2010 Kizashi GTS, CVT, iAWD (3/10 build date)
2011 SX4 Premium Hatch, CVT, iAWD (12/10 build date)
2018 Mazda CX-5 iAWD Touring
2014 Wrangler JKUW (GONE, traded :D :D )
1991 Samurai, 5-Speed, EFI, Soft-Top ( :| sold)
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redmed
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The shocks are good but I'm going to replace the battery soon. It starts the car just fine but at night when I stop with my brake lights on I notice the headlights get slightly dim. I notice this does nut happen with my Toyota. So now I'm worried that that 9 year old battery is stressing the alternator. A worry I caught after watching Scotty Kilmer on YouTube.
64 Galaxie 68 Olds 442 65 Impala 70 VW Bug
74 Nissan B210 66 Chevelle 73 Olds 98 71 C20
75 Monza 82 Escort 75 E150 75 Civic 76 Accord
86 Escort 87 Taurus 83 Chevy G20 85 Ranger 4x4
93 F250 4x4 95 Silhouette 95 LHS 03 Corolla 10 Kizashi S MT
17 Sienna
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Aren't you in Michigan? I'm also surprised about the original battery and shocks.
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 6MT (Black)
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redmed
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Yeah I'm In Michigan.
64 Galaxie 68 Olds 442 65 Impala 70 VW Bug
74 Nissan B210 66 Chevelle 73 Olds 98 71 C20
75 Monza 82 Escort 75 E150 75 Civic 76 Accord
86 Escort 87 Taurus 83 Chevy G20 85 Ranger 4x4
93 F250 4x4 95 Silhouette 95 LHS 03 Corolla 10 Kizashi S MT
17 Sienna
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redmed
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Ronzuki wrote:Dang....seriously, original battery AND rear shocks? How'd you get so lucky?
Whenever I did not drive the Kiz for awhile, usually in winter, I put a PowerMinder battery charger on. It is supposed to pulse the battery to remove sulfation. Did it help or not I can't say. I do know I used the BatteryMiner charger on a dead battery that had been sitting on the garage floor for months for grins. I was saving it for a core. I put the BatteryMinder on it for a month and the battery was good again. I used that battery in a Toyota for over a year. Since the experience with the BatteryMinder I found a deal for two PowerPulse units and put one on my Kiz this February. Time will tell if the PowerPulse units do anything, but this 9 year old battery is still going to be used in my tractor.
64 Galaxie 68 Olds 442 65 Impala 70 VW Bug
74 Nissan B210 66 Chevelle 73 Olds 98 71 C20
75 Monza 82 Escort 75 E150 75 Civic 76 Accord
86 Escort 87 Taurus 83 Chevy G20 85 Ranger 4x4
93 F250 4x4 95 Silhouette 95 LHS 03 Corolla 10 Kizashi S MT
17 Sienna
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Ronzuki
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A tender, pulse type device even better, on a lead-acid battery is def the reason it has lasted as long as it has. I throw a Battery Tender on my K's Optima through the winter when I'm not driving it. Switching it around to all the batteries in the garages throughout winter. Tractor, Samurai when I still had it, SX4 occasionally on long weekends when it's really frigid, and then park it on the Kizashi's. Ever since we've been keeping the forklifts at work on them (many, many years now), the batteries in those things are lasting years longer as they do more cranking, starting, and idling then they do actually running at speed to properly recharge themselves.
Ron

2010 Kizashi GTS, CVT, iAWD (3/10 build date)
2011 SX4 Premium Hatch, CVT, iAWD (12/10 build date)
2018 Mazda CX-5 iAWD Touring
2014 Wrangler JKUW (GONE, traded :D :D )
1991 Samurai, 5-Speed, EFI, Soft-Top ( :| sold)
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