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I have been running magnaflow cats for years and never failed a free inspection.

You should either fix it or sell it if you can't fix it. Don't send it to the junkyard, it still has plenty of life left in it.

Briefing: I was tired of the headlights under-performing and decided to do something about them. At first I thought the problem was in the bulbs so I used super bright PIAA bulbs but the difference was very marginal. When I measured how much voltage the sockets were receiving, I was not surprised. There was a marginal voltage drop in the bulb sockets which explains why the bulbs don't work as bright as they should. The reason for the sockets running low on voltage is that they go through the tiny switch in the stalk and are powered by thin gauge wire which is not ideal for 65/45 bulbs. According to some math, the minimum wire gauge that should be run to those light bulbs for the distance of about 20 feet is 14 gauge. The factory Nissan wiring would only work if the wiring was under 10 feet long but it is not! See: http://www.amplepower.com/primer/gauge/index.html The way to solve this problem is to relay the wiring directly to the battery. A relay in this situation will take small power from the connectors and connect the power from the battery to the headlights. After looking around at some relay harnesses, I was not happy with any of them. They were still thin gauge wires with crappy Chinese relays. Unable to find anything decent and something that fit at the same time I decided to build my own harness which will use factory Nissan relays. Required items: 2x High Temp Ceramic Male 9004 Connectors 1x Generic Female 9004 Connector 1x 14 or lower AWG triple conductor loop of wire, about 20 feet 1x Inline Fuse Holder with 20-30 Amp fuse 2x Ring Terminals 8x Quick Female Terminal Connects 2x Blue Nissan Relays (or 1x Black Nissan Relay) Also needed: Soldering Gun Heat Shrink Tubes Wire Loom Electrical Tape Wire Cutters/Strippers You can also get one of these "upgrade harnesses" to get the proper plugs: Here are some pictures of what I had: The harness is not yet complete but it should be soon and I will post before and after photos.

Can you tell me what your exhaust setup is exactly? Also, can you make an acceleration video?

or use stock VG30E cams, which are also pretty good and are way better than the VG33E cams

OR USING SMALLER TIRES

The 4 banger trucks are more common in hardbody's. If you notice, the owner's manual says Truck and Pathfinder.

Wrong! 12A has a Z24i motor, not a KA24E motor.

The whine thing could be three things: 1. Dirty throttle body. Just spray carb cleaner into the throttle plate and the sound will be gone. I solved my whine issue this way. 2. Bad A/C pulley or idler pulley/belt tensioner. A common problem on older Nissans. 3. Intake or EGR valve vacuum leak. The upper intake plenum gasket is usually the culprit but it could be something as simple as a loose or cracked hose.

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yes it is the control arm bushings and you better replace them as soon as you can before the cup things fail and your suspension falls apart

That sounds like a possibility too. The rocker arms may have gone bad and the truck can't run right without the right valve lift.

If you don't have an exhaust to match your intake then you won't see more than maybe 1 or 2 hp gain with a lot more noise. Also, those filters aren't good for filtering anything smaller than small mammals. The Pathfinder intake is already as good as it gets so there isn't much room to modify it. Spend your money on an exhaust instead.

These were the most expensive trucks on the market when they were new. Were they worth it? Every single penny! Compared to all the other garbage of the 80s and 90s these trucks were pretty nice.

Once again for those people that don't think R50s have frames, THEY DO! The frame is just integrated with the body making the truck seem as if it were a total uni-body but it isn't. The R50 is a really nice truck except that VQ motor is a pain in the ass to deal with.

oxygen sensor, replace that

Everything

The R50's do look way better with proper wheels and tires.

Other than the sunroof, you can swap in every option that you want with a few trips to the junkyard.

They are supposed to be small, the size does not matter with HID bulbs assuming those are really HIDs.

A full custom exhaust won't cost more than $800 to build and that's out of stainless steel.

The FSM has a page where it shows you how to diagnose the problem based on timing belt damage.

mark the pulleys and count the teeth before you pull the old one off it's a good thing you found a leaky cam seal because the leaky seals are the number one reason why those timing belts go bad