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Hey folks, So I pulled the trigger (told you I was being serious! ?). I bought the Pathy in the first set of photos I posted above. She's a USDM 2003 SE with 130k miles, throttle-by-wire (thought those started after 2004), A/T, with the only options being the tall roof rack and the Bose stereo (more on that below). What won me over was how mint it was considering the mileage, especially the interior. It pulls hard, exhaust pipe is clean as a whistle and I don't see or feel any indications of power valve failure (but that's TBD once I take the intake apart). It's evident that one of the previous owners was a smoker, probably back when it was in the US (it has been here since 2012). There is a brown stain just above the driver's seat and it smells, not a lot by now, but definitely noticeable. I went to pick it up yesterday and since then I've been polishing all glass, headlights and cleaning the interior. There was this nasty brownish crud everywhere. Next weekend I'll tackle the power valves and report back. If there's something missing I'll do a compression test afterwards. Wish me luck! It is the one that I thought was grinding when switching from 4L to 2H but you were all right, I was just being too slow to shift. Heck, even the manual says that. I have a few new questions though: The driver's side window auto up works, but just after it closes it goes down like 1/3rd of the way. I can still close it by pulling the switch a second time. I suppose it "thinks" there is something in the way. I think I read somewhere that there is a way to reset it by accessing the motor, aye? The tach is just a bit jerky, most noticeable between idle and, say, 2k rpm. 2 other R50s I test drove also had a similar quirk. Is it normal? Were USDM 2003 R50s affected by the Takata recall? I don't want the airbag to kill me. Is the "seal" trim between the fender flares and the fender supposed to be yellow-ish? I guess not, it looks bad. Here she is receiving some much needed love: Headlights before polishing: Clock fixed! Resoldering did the trick: This is probably not as easy to fix, but I'm giving it a try (it turns on and sounds fine but after a minute or 2, the screen goes dark and I lose most controls): Wasn't fun pulling the ashtray out and finding this: Much better!: Obligatory strut tower photos:

@dezm Thank you so much!

Here’s a screenshot of my invoice with some 80/20 part numbers. Just get rid of the R in front of each number. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So... Working in SE BC for a while and went to check out the local wrecker to grab some spare headlamps and such. Look what I found! The gate is immaculate so has already replaced my mostly rusty gate and can’t wait to get home and refurbish that carrier and hopefully mount this summer or fall. Was a little hard to get that mounted by myself but ratchet straps for the win haha. Interior LED conversion also mostly done save for some warning lamps. Heading back early next week to grab the leading edge of the roof skin and some other goodies. CV axles still good with OME MD and 1” spacer.

New addition to the family Four months later - overhauled, lifted and dressed up

Last Tahoe trip

Scored some 31x10.5 mts on wheels for 70 bucks and stuck some 7in leds on the bush guard

Did this with my stock 03 pathfinder 4WD But plan on getting the LR NRC9449 coils in the rear with Bilstein shocks and ome coils in the front.

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Cascade Creek road today. Pretty rocky in some spots but not bad at all

My dad was in town so the two pathy generations visited Estes Park today. We tried to go up Pole Hill Road, but bailed when it started raining hard. The first stretch was much rockier than it seemed in videos and it was pushing his stock height to the limit. Mine probably could have made it all the way with some decent line selection, but we decided a drier day would be better. We ended up just taking some dirt roads up to a random trailhead and doing a bit of hiking