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if its boiling out that much, your antifreeze/water dilution is too much water, not enough antifreeze.

so the white one, is the pretty 91 right?

if a single one of his belts snapped, he'd know right away. if the a/c belt snapped, no problems, if the fan belt snapped, then no alternator and no water pump, and the dash board would be flashing like crazy to get his attention. broken belts are definetly not it, loose is possible, but he'd hear them squealing, or notice a dip in power from the alternator, triggering dash board lights again.

sounds more like on eof your trailing arms might be bent. if your back end is even slightly out of alignment, it can screw you over in the rain. i rolled a car once that had one rear tire out, and in a torrential downpour on the freeway the ass just came out, and it ended badly

how's your fan's performance? mine did that too, and then my fan clutch went out the following week.

can't wait to see how this works out, since i am suspect that those "comments" on the product are almost all fraudulent...

i live in farm country, and still nothing. i went to every farm supply, hardware surplus, and fencing store in the county, and no dice

as promised pictures of my rear view. out the back window in the driveway and on the freeway plus i finally got er painted, but i have to get a spring latch online, since not a single place around here carries what i'm looking for. and my last little touch, the nissan emblem in the middle, since i wont be using a tire cover sorry for the crappy pictures, my phone doesnt do too well with oncoming sunlight. and make sure there's no cats around where you paint. i painted my bumper, went inside for lunch, and came back to this :headwall:

i used 1.5x2.5 for the main arm since its all my steel scrap yard had available. pre cut at the yard at 58" its perfect length. unfortunately i didnt notice how off square their band saw cuts, so it is a little on the high side. but have no fear, there is a fix. went with a 16" tall main support from 1.5x3 (found enough in their scrap bin for this), then 2 support arms from some 1x1 i had layin around i used 2 6" tall pieces of 1.5x2.5 tubing, welded them together, then to the back of a 10" diameter plate. i had no intention of using a plate this big, but i found it out in the back 40 at the farm, and just couldnt let it go to waste. if anyones tried cutting a circle with acetylene, you'd rather just use a pre cut plate too. the studs i used are just front studs i picked up at napa. the fronts are almost a half inch shorter than the rears. i drilled 1/2" holes, they pounded in nicely, but i still gave them a little weld on the back, just to be safe. and of course i spent the $6 a piece on lug nuts, thinkin if i screw one up on my truck, i have 3 nice spares! the plate is centered over the nissan emblem, i was tryin to make as little of it cover the rear window as possible, but not sit so low i cant tow anything or have it lookin goofy. i have fitted a full size 31x10.5 on a 15x8 stock toyota rim i was given. see, i said there was a fix, that bar leveled right out under weight on todays to-do list, i have to relocate my license plate, get a latch of some kind, and paint it. i will also have to either dremel a little of the drivers side license plate light off, or take it off all together. the carrier hits it, but just BARELY. enough that when my stereo is turned up even slightly you can hear it vibrate. i will also post pic's of the rear view, since it was pitch black out by the time i finished

well my build finally went down last night. so here goes. i did essentially the exact same thing as northernpathy, except that my bumper is only 4x4, and i used 1.5x2.5 for the main arm. was all that was available. i also bought some 3x1.5 scrap and made 2 spacers so the bumper stuck out a little farther. picked up my bumper 4" x 4" pre cut at 64" for $20 bought the carrier hinge from comp4x4 on monday, had it by wednesday! used a 1 5/8" hole saw (no plasma for me, and acetylene cut isnt my thing) when i drilled these, i marked center on the bumper, than went 2.5 from the end of the bumper, center punched it, and had fun drillin. i welded around the top and inside the bumper on the bottom where the sleeve passes through. the first pic is with the roller pin they pre drilled, the second is without it. i liked how it sat without it, so thats what i went with.

sounds like your runnin on baldy's, and you need an alignment check!

226lbs is still alot of weight that far out off the hitch. thats over half the tongue max load on the oem hitch. so you put front coils in the rear? anything needed to do this? i carry more than your bike's weight around with me in just tools alone every day. no sag yet, but wouldnt mind stiffening it up maybe.

seems that there's a list to check when front end clunking anymore.... ..loose wheel bearings ..ball joints ..sway bar links ..sway bar bushings ..shock mounts ..inner/outter tie rods ..steering rack bushings

james, front springs in the rear? possible loaded and unloaded pics from the side, and underneath??

any progress on this? i'm considering trying to convert to 99.5 headlights, since i can get jdm one piece's for the same price as just one 96-99 head lamp online and i need both plus markers.

would love to get pics of what you've had happen. the one jose put up just about makes me sick to meh stomach.

check your sway bar links and ball joints. just replaced both of mine, and clunkin is no more. i also rebuilt both my wheel bearings too.

just sounds like worn pads to me. your rotor's also might be worn down to far. i wanna be the first to wish you GOOD LUCK with doing just a brake job. if you take the rotors off, plan on doing your wheel bearings too, cause they gotta come out to get the rotors off.

good to see someone else has that messed up lower bumper on the brush guard

has anybody also looked into a rear brace, considering you brought up the fact that at full flex, you can't close your hatch.

would any body be interested in the mile marker install? i did mine last night. and i'm having problems with one of them. one works great, the other, works great, until i tighten the cap screws down, then it seems to catch as your locking or unlocking, making it very hard on the fingers.

i'd say keep them to keep the flow of your flares, but thats just me. wife's complainin that i havent got any yet, but she's pregnant and can barely get in and yes, dem rims gotta go

well never mind that lol