Der_Vier

Id save $$ and get mile markers. Mine work fine and I have the chrome stockers on the XE trim. If anything find some 6 lugs from a jy and have your tires put on it if your wheels do not work with the manual hubs.

From what i've seen/read, it is possible, but most people concur that its cheaper and easier to just buy a 4x4. What about hilux's and navaras/d22's? THey get all the nifety diesels, don't they?

On the 1998 there shouldnt be any problems. I installed mine a few thousand miles ago and have notcied an increase in mpgs...about .75-2mpg increase. Easy to do. No worries about oil pressure or lack thereof in our model transfer case. Should be good to go

These people are just being nice. R50's have more problems than a pedo on a playground. They suck, you should get a Toyota. in all seriousness, the R50 is very capable and more than generous for moving into/out of ocllege dorms (speaking form first hand experience here). Make sure belts and all otehr common sense work has been done (it sounds like it, if it has been babied) and aside from obscene gas prices, you have nothing to worry about. Just don't expect to 0-60 anyone very quick (maybe an fj60) or make it work like a dually f250 and you should be fine and dandy. I am at 142k on my 98 5-speed, so it's just getting wet behind the ears. So long as I can afford gas for it, there is no reason to get rid of it. I hope to take it to 250k

These have been answered numerous times and are so easily accessible you don't even have to be able to use http://npora.ipbhost.com/index.php?showforum=67 usually helps to post in the new member section with pix as well.

fillled her up...18mpg 40% highway 60% city

Family outing, carried bikes on hitch mounted bike rack and drove it all over suburbia...new tires and trailing arms make a night and day difference...and felt like mroe leg room than the back seats of our camry

picked up from teh shop and cursed said shop...not very good buisness decisions on their behalf, especially for a family that is almost a decade of repeat buisness. Will post gritty details in members rig section later

got the Dr. Bill- needs tires, belts (iknew allthis). Getting those as well as front pads, trailing arm bushings and water pump. Nice chunk of change

if youre mostly dd'ing/mall crawling, the wrangler could get to be annoying with the amount of noise due to the removeable sheet metal that passes as doors. BOnus is you have a solid front axle off road. Personally id go with a pathfinder or 4runner, but if I had my druthers id take a 100 series land cruiser if I had to get an SUV that wasn't an R50

Dropped 'er off at the mechanic. New trailing arm bushings (polyurethane ones) going in, getting the front end a check up and a tire estimate (30x9.5x15)

jk, just reread and noticed you said PASSENGER side... try my method anyways

I had something similar..turned out to be the VIN plate thats forward of the steering wheel...push it donw, noise goes away

Curious...Nissan3- you didn't notice a difference aside form bumps? Going down the road/turning/etc still felt like a car?

Just ordered mine...$91 including shipping. Mile markers. now we play....the waiting game...

I filled up today and got 17.7xxxx. Thats 75% suburban driving, shifting low, keeping rpms down and trying not to go over 65. I ran mid grade gas. However, I have the 3.3-you get more power and should get same mpgs from what I understand.

wrong section, already have answers.

Ask and ye shall receive, courtesy of the R50 pinned topics http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=25855 but take heed of Fleurys post (#16)...check which transfer case you have. From what I understand, our generation pathfinder when driving in 2wd is like driving in 4hi..the front axle is still spinning and such, hence the increase in mpgs, as the manual hubs completly disengage the axle and it drives like a 2wd truck would (other members correct if im wrong). Anyhoo, let us konw how it goes and...

So it was yuor annual bribe the government officials day?

For those who don't have them and are lazy (like me most the time) to sctroll through the attached thread, here's howto install in cabin air filter.

Street sign (obtained legally of course ) + pop riveter + bondo + heatshield check = problem solved

Cried while watching the gas needle drop on my 20 mile trip Continued to debate whether or not to sell it or put some $$ into it and keep it