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i bought the PROCOMP 9000's they are nitro gas very similar to the bilstein specs and they ride GREAT not very stuff and bumps you really don't feel. If your looking for mega stuff got rancho 5000's or procomp 3000 with the cellular gas but i decided for 4 bucks more i'd go 9000's and im glad i did! 4 shocks shipped for 130$$ can't beat that it was a buy 3 get 1 free. Good luck. Scott

got it Scott

lol many of us with wd21's only have half our frames anyway, the rest have rotted away. Unless you plan on plowing, doing jumps, or bodylifts its not gonna make a world of difference with or without a frame. 2 words JEEP CHEROKEE- perfect example of a flexy unibody. I hear ya on not wanting luxury but heated seats...... I dunno about everyone else but my pathy heats up MEGA quick in the winter. I thought subaru flat 4's heated up quick but the pathy is unreal! scott

why not pickup a used infinity qx4? full of luxury if thats what your looking for. I prefer cloth seats as they wear better then leather that wasn't treated right and are generally warm up better in winter and are cooler in summer then leather. I think used infinity qx4's are a steal now a days. I see used 97's with low 100k mile odo's going or 6-7k. IIRC that was a 40k dollar truck! I believe they had a full time and part time 4wd on the transfer case IIRC. I could be wrong on that though. i fine that the 92 and older SE seats are def more soft and comfy then the 93newer SE clothes. good luck. Scott

wow thats terrible i thought mine was bad. I'd certainly question your safety with that truck. remember you can't put a price on your life. Whoever does the work make sure everything is reinforced. def get a price quote before having it all done. maybe buying a parts pathfinder and putting your stuff on that one might be cheaper in the long run. It Appears you'll need a total rear frame rebuild. How is the rest of the body? Scott

and 88pathy its appreciated very much but i'd love to hear what people have to say that have them or compared them to other shocks out there as well. I like the idea of the 9000's due to the gas design and i'd imagine they would be a harder riding shock similar to the rancho 5000's but more optimal offroad and like it says with extra weight. I know some guys run rough country shocks, monroe's, and some have bought one brand and changed it due to the fact that they didn't like it etc etc. Do you have any personal preferance from one to the next? Scott

I have the factory adj shocks and they def work but firm isn't THAT firm and i'd rather have something with some muscle to it when offroading like a gas shock. Im looking around at upgrades and read and searched like a madman and have seen the buy 3 get one free from procomp and seems they are pretty highly regarded for the price. I know kyb are great for street pathies but what about us street/trail guys. I see procomp has 3000's and 9000's and they darn near seem to be the same. I checked the site and isn't too specific. I'd like to hear what people that have new shocks what they have to say. ive been debating the rancho 5000's cause i know they work but procomps seem to be a good deal but which go get 3000 or 9000's? i'd like this post to have replies of what shock you have and how it compares to stock both on and offroad. I have JGC coils and cranked front bars. If someone has other options they recommend lets hear it..... Scott

i almost forgot FULLY LUBE WITH PB BLAST 24hrs in advance! Scott

you sure you have to reindex your bars not just adjust them up? I put JGC coils on my 92 pathfinder at 206k miles and just loosened the top nuts on the top of the torsen bars and spun the bottom nut on each maybe 8 full turns or so while the front of the truck was in the air with the jack. I kept taking measurements and i know one side got more turns then the other. I have a perfectly level truck now. My girlfriends brother has a 93 and we cranked his bars up as well to level his stock truck and plenty left of adjustment. So bottom line you sure you have to reindex? After you crank up the bars an alignment will be necessary. BTW with a full size spare on the rear and my highlift jack in the truck i yielded 1.5-2in(little less then 2inches) inches of lift and the front got cranked up 3 inches to match it. I guess my front really was sagging. I still have the factory adj shocks. I know guys on other truck forums were quite happy with shock upgrades as well so thats prolly next..... Scott

used trannies should only be a few hundred bucks. Lots of em have warrenty's good luck Scott

i can second that i have 31's when it was stock no rubbing no matter what. I have jeep grand cherokee v8 coils in the rear and front cranked bars lifted me 2-2.5in in the rear and 3in in the front to level the truck out. i did NOT have to reindex just crank the bars get an alignment and voila done! I'd recommend it much easier then a body lift and much cheaper. Scott ps truck sits like a stock 4runner now...

Some answers people give out on boards you must be careful of. Every tire is different some have bias ply some have radials some stiffer sidewall some softer. I havea beach buggy pass for NJ and drive the beaches quite frequently with my pathfinder. I have tried quite a few different combinations for the sand. My tires im running are 31x10.5 all terrains street i run em hard at 35psi trail harder then average at 20-22 and 18psi sand as i drive 2 blocks back to the house on the street before inflation. Ive tried 35 in the sand def makes the truck lug and work much harder same for 25. Big differnce running 16-18psi. ive tried 4lo and 4hi for sand and here in jersey 2wd will only get you stuck. My tires make funny sounds going through the sand and in 4hi 1st gear ( i have an auto) i'll get some pinging when going up and down some risesin the sand (sand takes power) so ive tried prem fuel and that stopped the pinging for straight sand driving. 4low in 2nd works fine ive found. We have a beach speed limit of 15mph. guys that run mikey thompsons seem to do the best. here's a link and some info on beach driving for jersey. http://www.njbba.org/access.html my bottom line is 16-18psi in 4lo to use the gearing advantage. (removing the stock fender silencer for a second airbox opening helped quite a bit!) let the truck sort of find the ruts don't try to fight the wheel all the time same with mud trucks trying to get the least resistance. Scott

got any pics of your truck with the thornbirds? I'd love to see em those are some bad lookin tires! I run my 31's around the 35 mark street 18psi sand and 20-22 offroad. good luck. Scott

any new pics? Scott

i have mine in the rear screwed into the speaker housing its the typical household extinguisher about 14in tall. Doesn't move and easily accessable even if the truck is full of cargo. Scott

yeah just removing the resonator box will do the same thing but i'd rather be sucking air farther back but for the lazy guy yeah just disconnecting the box will work..... Ive had it done for 2 weeks no ill effects and at wide open throttle sounds outstanding. Ive driven in plenty of rain. My next mod will be routing the front of the airbox to suck air twards the door hinges for those deep water crossings and the bow wake you might get. Scott

I didn't replace the facotory intake hose that comes out from the front of the intake box. I replaced the side hole which leads to a big plastic box with no exit so i guess its a resinator. I used the elbow that lead to that and attached 2in pvc to it so i am sucking air from 2 places the orig spot in front and this side location and best part is it can go back 100% stock if you don't like it NOTHING was altered. Yesterday i just bought a90 deg turndown so i won't hear the air sucking so much from the fender. Water won't get sucked in cause you have a fenderliner below this intake. Scott

Anyone ever put in a maxima ecu in a pathfinder? If they did was there any power gained (i would imagine a bump to 170hp) or any drawbacks? Scott

Here is a pic of the unmodified facotry elbow fits in the 2in pvc elbow purchased from lowes. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/spe...ff/PB100311.jpg Scott

I put up a post about the deckplate mod for toyota's and also did my homework on snorkels for our trucks. I really wanted to add more air coming in my airbox and adding a hole with a pvc cleanout plug was an answer but that didn't satisfy me as it woudl be sucking in hot engine bay air. On my last trip ot paragon i went though water deep enough that a few splashes of water managed to get inside the airbox but not enough to change the trucks performance. Anyway i looked at the snorkel post http://www.jimbennett.net/home_made_snorkel.htm and used stock components eliminating the oem silencer and making it another source of air coming into our airbox sucking air from inside the fenderliner near the door hinges. Throttle responce is better as its sucking air not just through the oem 2.5in hole but through the 2in hole in the fender. I didn't have to modify the factory airbox at all and used the stock elbow to attach to the pvc elbow and 2in pvs pipe that ran inside the fender. Here are 2 pics of the pipe and elbow that attaches to the airbox. I don't feel there is any negative effect and costs less then 5 dollars. Only side effects are when floored you get more of a v6 roar which most people on here would love and you hear the air at idle sucking when the drivers door is open. let me know what you think. The second part of this mod in th future will include rerouting the oem piping to the front of the airbox so when you enter a deep stream crossing and only the nose goes underwater or you have a big bow wake you won't suck in water. remember by adding this second opening your only have less sucking power through the oem opening so less chance of sucking water in is a plus. I don't feel putting a snorkel on is necessary as i don't want one visually (my point in having the pathfinder is to NOT draw attention to myself) but want less of a chance of sucking in water when the water is 3ft deep or so. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/spe...ff/PB100310.jpg in this pic you wil see the factory resonator next to the new elbow and 2in pvc which i bought in lowe's which everything slides together with a little umph. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/spe...ff/PB100312.jpg in this second pic is looking in from the bottom of the drivers fender with the fenderliner not yet reinstalled. Scott

i woudn't use the foam in the frame but for filling holes in body panels then painting over it to seal the foam its worked wonders for many years. to each his own but i'd rather have the foam seal up the rocker panels then let em rust worse and worse from the inside out. I've been very lucky with that (great stuff brand) foam. It doesn't seem to hold moisture much either and its been tested esp in homes. Good luck. Scott

Bleh the altezza lights clear is ok if you put some red led's behind it would be more lexus. sounds like those late 90's lights opposed to the lexus is300 wannabe's Scott ps just add some smoke spraytint it'll be cheaper

i fixed my frame just welded a few pieces of metal with a 110amp welder its not pretty but its good to go and i have zero experience welding its easy to learn as you do saves alot of $$$$. As far as other silly holes use a grinder or dremel use some rustoleum or rust paint and fill in fender holes or rocker holes with that expanding foam from home depot its great and stops the moisture from entering. Under my back seat i cut aluminum flashing (or part of an antifreeze bottle will work too) and sprayed where the hole was under the rear seat with the foam filler put the flashing over it with a weight 24hrs later it was super solid as the foam expands and used rubber undercaoting underneath to seal everything from the bottom. I HIGHLY recommend it as a cheap fix the foam cost 4-5 bucks and i reuse mine after clearing the old foam from th tip with a screwdriver. If you do this USE GLOVES as it doesn't come off your hands. Scott

i just had my truck on the beach for the first time this weekend wow a few extra ponies would have been nice. 1st gear 4 high i didn't have enough to get me up the exit dune and 4 low was digging too much. Yeah the tires were lowered. I was shocked how much power the sand robs. I'll have to peek at the intake box today and take some pics. Scott

I must first admit ive been a diehard toyota guy til i aquired my 92 pathfinder and was very set to purchase a tacoma but the deal on the pathy was too hard to pass up sooo.... Anyway the toyota guys have a mod that i think would be great for all nissans as ive done this mod to a 05 frontier and it was outstanding. the deckplate mod is a marine plate in 3-4in diameter that basically you cut a 3-4in hole in your airbox (prefilter side) and install this deckplate basically allowing our airbox to be used as a full open air intake but when needed for water and offroading can be capped in a matter of minutes. I see everyone looking for cheap free power and this as close as it gets. I don't feel an open air intake has any business on an offroad truck but this setup is a winner. My plan for my pathy is similar but our airbox shape won't allow a 3-4in hole cut (although other year nissans might allow it but was planning on using a plumbing 2.5in cleanout plug with cap and install that on our airbox allowing freer breathing. In lowe's it cost 68cents for the cleanout and 68 cents for the cap so very cheap and if it yields one mpg on the highway i'd say it was worth it. it will certainly give a nice growl. here is a link to the toyota deckplate mod. enjoy! http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38 Scott ps why don't we have a cheap tricks section?