Ok I took my 2003 SE in for inspection yesterday and found out that I need about a $1000 worth of repairs. My mechanic who is a friend of mine told me my front and rear shocks are rusted and blown out, both front and rear sway bar link pins are shot and that I have a hole in my muffler and the tail and wide pipe are rusted out!

Now I looked my Xterra over before I took it in for inspection and noticed the rear shocks were bad and knew the links were bad but I didn't think it was that bad. Since my mechanic is a good friend I know he's not ripping me off and he's hardly charging me for labor but I’m shocked how much it's going to cost!

I bought my X used four years ago and it only had 48,000 miles on it and the only thing I was concerned with was all the rust underneath the vehicle. Does anyone else have this problem with rust and had to have all those type of parts replaced or am I the only one? I plan on driving the X for at least the next 10 to 15 years because I love it but with replacing all these parts I’m not sure it will last?