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New guy here, first post on this forum but not new to Pathfinders or modding vehicles. I’ve owned 4 pathfinders in the last ten years and loved ‘em all! This most recent project started while searching for a “Gambler 500” vehicle on CL. There are loose guidelines that a person should buy a vehicle for $500 or less and drive it 500 miles off-road in central Oregon during the 2 day weekend event. Sounds simple enough and while my buddies decided to buy civics, neons and 2wd s10 trucks, I decided I wanted to be the guy with 4wd in the group. I found this baby on CL with the description that it had been “involved in a slow speed rollover” and was asking $400. I had no idea what to expect when I drove the 30 mins to neighboring town to check it out. This is is what I found! After a little wheelin’ and dealin’ we agreed upon $250 cash out the door. After I got home I snapped a few more pics. Might look like significant damage but the engine ran so smooth and tires only 1 year old I could not pass it up! My buddy owns an auto glass shop and got me a windshield for $60 and I pulled a side cargo window for $15 from the local JY so in about 3 days after acquiring it I had both broken windows replaced. With just over 200k miles I figure there’s plenty of weekend/dirt road miles left in it as it won’t be my daily driver. At this point I’m considering not rallying this in the Gambler 500, I might just keep and clean it up and build a reliable off road rig.

Wheel spacers and roof rack on today also.

Well first up on the list of maintenance is new KYB GR-2 struts with OME MD springs up front and LR 9447 springs rear with Rancho RS55112 shocks. Hmmm what’s wrong with this picture? Amazon sent me two passenger side struts when it was supposed to be a set and they sent Excell-G strut instead of the Gr-2 that I ordered. I purchased a driver side locally and proceeded with my install, next obstacle was the rust-welded sway bar links. Had to cut them off with a grinder and replaced with Moog greasable links. While I had the front end apart I installed MileMarker 435 hubs Installed adjustable cam bolts while I had it apart, good thing because it needed it after the lift springs. Rear spring install went smoothly the only issue was that the new ProComp shocks I wanted to use which I had left over from another project had the wrong size bushings for the Pathy bolts so after searching high and low for the correct inside diameter and still fit the ProComp tapered bushing housing I decided just to pick up a set of Ranchos. This is how it currently sits while waiting for the Ranchos to get here.

Is the front braced to the body anywhere other than the bottom? That's a lot of leverage on the lower mount points otherwise. I like the rear. Nicely finished, too.

Mine would be the one on Facebook with the 3” sfd. I will let the pines to spines guys explains the technical parts. The sfd strut mounts do fix the camber issues beautifully. You essentially need to get the full 4” sfd kit to utilize the full benefits. Like leveling out the cv axles back to factory angles. With any spring lift you have on the struts you will keep that going into the added height of the sfd. So if you have +2” springs and then add a 4” sfd you’ll net a total of 6” over factory height. My current set up: OME Struts OME Springs 3”sfd 7449 Landrover springs. All this equals + 4.75” over factory height. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Alright, we've been busy. Big batch of parts finally cut and cleaned up, ready for drilling and bending. Couple tweaks on parts from the last sets, most notably changes to the motor mount spacers. Same footprint, but more efficient piece with tons more tool access. In other news...I ordered another CNC plasma table last week. This one will increase cutting sizes to 48" x 33" (my current is 25" x 23", though I've not installed the kit that bumps it to 25" x 33"). This gets us a step closer to making bumpers and skids a reality. Still tons of things to think about in that regard, but since the table won't ship until January, we have some time to plan.

How to mount it low in the rails though. I have one that I can get for free but struggle figuring out a mounting option on the tracks that I have on my LE. I like how low this sits. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk