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Thanks Simon and Pezzy, killed it. That's one less thing to worry about next time.

So I know a lot of the WD21 guys talk about moving their ECU from under the passenger seat to the glove box. But where is ours located? I know it's not under the passenger seat because that's where the computer for my DVD head unit is...which also needs to be move. The last time i went camping I had to cross a few streams, not too deep, but above the rocker panels, and i was just thinking about how much it was going to cost if anything had stopped me.

Explained very well. Looks a little thin tho... I'd assume that the OEM receiver is strong enough to use as a recovery point, as that's what a lot of people suggest to use for any rear recovery...so I guess for towing or anything you would have to take into account the weight of the new bumper when thinking of the tongue weight. I was hoping to save my receiver so I could possibly return everything to stock, but I guess not. Oh well. Thanks for the pictures, they are helpful. let us know how it works out in real world conditions

I'll take advantage of that, could you take some pics and explain a bit of the design you used for the mounts? I'm guessing you might of used the receiver hitch mounting location for the bumper... Great work by the way.

I don't think this is going to support the stresses of a winch.....

Ughhhh, that @!*% is cleannnnn.

How often do you guys replace your struts/shocks?

Holy @!*% that's a decent compressor you got there. How much do those run? Now i'm thinking more and more about picking one up.

Any final answer on the camber bolt issue? Can they be matched at a local hardware store? How many do you need? Should you just let the shop put them on when you have an alignment done? Is an alignment needed after the AC lift?

very very nice. I just decided today that I needed to build myself a rear bumper. Have any plans/dimensions you could share?

HEy, I live in squamish! I just about ordered new bumpers today to replace my stock ones, but thinking now I might as well try to get some made, at least the rear. Got any fabrication connections in squamish? we should wheel sometime.

i had 31" BFG MTs on my stock 98 pathfinder no problem as well. Loved it...until i Rolled it...

I just came across this in Four Wheeler today. A new product from Tire gate, the guys who make replacement pickup truck gates that swing out and you can mount a tire on it, have made a swing out tire gate that inserts into your reciever on pretty much any truck. Seems pretty sweet. Looks quality for sure, and still allows you to put a hitch on it so you can still tow a trailer. Also comes with a hi-lift jack mount. Pretty damn expensive tho. Would definitely be a lazy alternative to fabricating a whole new bumper tho... www.tiregate.com

How do you do that?

it's a 98, auto, i'll look for that plate first, i found it really hard to find the big gromet behind the engine on that side, but i saw it on the cab side, looks like a TIGHT fit...

I am trying to hook up some offroad lights but i'm having trouble trying to find a place to run wires into the cab?? I couldn't find any available holes that i could route them thru. In any of my old vehicles i was always able to find some space to fit wires but i have not found one yet on the pathy. Where have you guys run your wires?

those look niiiiiiceeee, i wish i could weld so i could start building sumj stuff for my pathy...how did u mount them to the frame? welded, or just bolted up somehow?

how is that for water protection tho? it seems like the stock box is a little more sealed around that might be a lil' better at least for splash protection...nothing but a snorkel will save u when it gets over the hood, but what about just b4 that?

I get all my work done at futureshop now...the best installer in the city left a local place and started working there. he always gives me killer deals and does a ton of work for a lot less than it would normally cost me....i'm not a fan of their product so i usually pick stuff up at other places and then bring it there to get put in! Should check with those places, sometimes despite most of the ppl that work there are idiots, there just might be a few ppl that actually know a thing or two hanging around...

no, change the corner light to act as turn signals only, and then use the wiring from the corner lights to the fog lights so they are on all the time and the wiring from the fog lights to a new set of offroad lights...

So here's what i was thinking today as i was looking at the front of my pathy... would it be possible to switch some of the wiring around between the fog lights, turn signals and night running lights? what i want to do is take the signal light wires and splice them into the front corner lights so now they would be the signal lights....then i would take the corner lights and wire them to the fog lights so whenever the lights were turned on the fog lights would be on all the time, basically bypassing the fog light switch on the steering column....the last thing would be to remove the signal lights completely and replace them with new driving lights and take the wiring from the OEM fog lights and wire them to the driving lights making it possible to control them with the switch on the steering column that was originally for the OEM fog lights.... has anyone done this or thought about this, basically, would it work? it makes sense in my head.....

did my first upgrade today, 31" bfg M/T's just got put on, wow those fill out the wheel wells nicely, looks sooooo good, i'll have to take some pics and throw them up asap, i likey.

yeah i fixed the bumper today, picked up some clips, 6 bucks each, put em on, snapped it back into place, broke a few rusted bolts that were holding part of the muffler on, gotta drill them out and replace them now, bummer, but that's okay. i tried to wire up some driving lights i took off my last vehicle but something was grounded weird and ended up melting the power cable and having to rip it off the battery with my bare hand, i'm an idiot, burnt my thumb and index finger, i kno i kno, i'm an idiot haha, usually i'm better with wiring and stuff, i gave up after that and i'll be more careful next time i do it. weird thing is i already wired the lights up b4, must have had an accidental ground sumwhere. stryker...where's noreaster?

Thanks for the warm welcome guys, didn't expect that many replies! haha I"m frum Thunder Bay Ontario up here in Canada. Basically the main stop in northern ontario, not much around here but logging trails and plenty of lakes. Lots of mud right now, more than usual so that's why i kind of got caught off guard in that mud hole. I'll get pics soon,r ight now i'm all stock tho so everyone has seen what a 98 pathy looks like. Does anyonee know a cheap place to find some bf m/t's? i belive frum what i've read so far that 31's will fit stock with a bit of a crank on the torsion bars, is that correct? and yah, it was a lazy saturday that i went out for a drive, turned into a 4 hour nightmare, but yah, i know a lot of the basics, don't drive alone, bring a tow strap and all the common sense, wasn't planning on getting into what i was got myself in. anyways, what are a few good things to start off with modding on the pathy that i could do myself, i'm not super michanically inclined but i am willing to learn. thanks everybody. - Mikey

Well i'm proud to announce that I just bought myself a 1998 Chilkoot edition pathfinder last wednesday, and so far, nothing but bad luck. I've driven it 5 days in total and so far here is a list of things that have happend to me: While testdriving it overnight I decided to check out some bush trail that opened up into a field, or should i say swamp? found out the hard way, managed to drive myself out of it after about 15 minutes of back and forth, minor damage, broken front mudflap. First night i drive it home frum the dealership the engine light come son, dealership says it's prolly not a big deal just an o2 sensor or something and not to worry about it. first time since i owned it take it out wheeling to a "mellow" trail that was supposed to be dry, nope...about 100 feet of mud to go thru, i figured i'd just keep the tires on the high parts and i'd be fine cuz it looked pretty dry....too bad the highparts at the beginnign were softer then pudding and is unk right in, not even 6inches into the mud section.... tried driving out, no luck. i was by myself so ic alled some friends to come give a hand, too bad only one person had a truck, a chevy 1ton with street tires, no grip for the mud and wouldn't risk it getting stuck as well. some friendly ppl with a van had a highlift jack and tried to help me out by jacking up the back so we coudl put sum stuff under the tires...too bad the back bumper is plastic and there is nothing solid in it to jack up, the only thing that got jacked was my rear bumper. It's sagging on both sides now in the front and the plastic is all pushed up where we had the jack. damnit! OH and i forgot to mention that when my tires first spun the rear drivers side tire caught a rock and blew. so i'm stuck in the mud, 3 tires, with one side of the pfinder sitting on the framerails. CAA wouldn't help, and only one place in town had a 4x4 tow truck, actually just a small toyota pickup with sum M/T's on it. i wish i had more friends with trucks that could of helped, but the guy taht came turned out to be real nice. so i've owned the truck for not even 4 days and iv'e already got it nice and $#&%ed up, nothing major, but not too happy about any of it haha. but hey, i'm gonna hve some fun with it, hope it will always run for me. does anyone know how big a deal it is to have the bumper off the hooks on the sides? like the clips that hold it tight against the back pannels on the side? i do'nt kno if u understand what i'm trying to get at, i can't explain well too bad because i was going to bring my camera but forgot it on the way out of my house, would of had some hilarious pics for everyone. learned some lessons today, we'll see where it goes from here. - Mikey