Der_Vier

We (finally) got a light dusting today, which wasnt much, but enough for me to stick the 4wdhi on. Noticed whenever i slowly take a turn, there is resistance and a bumping going on in the front...put it in 2wd and its just the usual tire bump that I get. With the 4wd on the tire bump i get is increased. Can't imagine this is normal any ideaS?

x3 x4 on the wondering about heavy duty springs in front..are they a safety hazard in any way (stupid quetion i know but gotta ask0 or just really stiff? Whenever the $$$ comes around i will be going the HD in front, HD (if i can fidn it) or MD in rear to stay on topic, OP this is an old post but your rig looks good!

Thats one clean rig fapfapfapfapfapfap

I was thinking of doing this exact same thing...glad you did the write up with the measurements and all Hope to get this done in the next week or so

Anything to report?

Your mom's number and that picture she gave me

flamethrower! X5 on what they said...

Was he even a US Citizen? Legal? Sad to know such filth get away with driving. Not saying all immigrants are like that but ones like these make em look bad. I;m not biased How the hell is it that he gets to walk? Maybe he should "accidentally" get "bumped" into the back of a trash truck...

Road trip!

Last winter's massive snow in teh DC area was a dream to drive around in the Land Cruiser. This winter will be the first with the Pathfinder, so I say bring it on!

Well @!*%, thats still 500k something on the body/frame? To stay on topic, I rolled 136k the other day...would be trying to get it to 140k by xmas but lack of $$$$ for gas is stopping that :'(

Is that 400+k with or without any engine overhaul (as in its never been rebuilt or had the upper bits replaced)

Bumping this to the top...maybe we could have an expedition build forum be created? Even though i'm sure everyone here likes to scroll through the pics and members rides and such it may be a little easier if we had an expedition section dedicated to builds and actual expeditions...just my .04 cents (adjusted for inflation)

Groovy. What about the roof racks? Would the ones off the WD21 fit my R50? I haev the tab things in the gutter on my roof..would they just clamp on or what? May go to a junkyard nearby and see if they have any pathfniders

Okay so to clearify- I can get essentially any strut/shock and still get springs that add maybe .5"-2" of lift and the struts/shocks will be able to safely extend to accomidate the extra distance? Another question has arisen...would the factory roof racks off of a WD21 fit on my R50? I don't have any roof racks but in the gutter on the roof it looks like I have 3 tab like things on either side of the roof...could the WD21 racks easily fit on these? IV

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hmm its had this problem since mid summer...cant remmeber past that. Who knows? Just as long as it doesnt do the death wobble thing and like flip me into a ditch or an 18 wheeler

Alright cool, thanks for all the input, ?'s are answered.

Alrighty then, I think the time may be coming up at some point to replace my struts, as I measured and it seems like the front driver side sags 1/4" lower passenger side and I would like to have a stiffer ride. However, I don't think I want to lift (just yet). From what i've interpreted, all the links for r50 struts and everything are how to lift. I looked at 4x4parts.com and it seems liek the stuff they have are just lifted struts and all (not to mention $$$). If I get the oem spec replacements from say, autozone, will it be significantly stiffer? Or did I miss something in the links and everything dealing with where to get stiffer, factory height struts/shocks? Would it be possible to put theseon and not have to mod anything? Like would factory spec rear shocks be able to safely handle the 1/2" lift? Next thing: I notice that when I push on the accelorator there is a little bit of tail wag..is this the beginning of the death roll stuff? I did look at it seems like the fix for that is some bushings, but I looked on autozone and didn't see anything dealing with bushings for the rear under suspension stuff. Did the R50 change over to something else? IV

why'd you pass over the first one?

I stared at my seats for a few and it looks like the passenger and driver seats are interchangeable? Like the chushions themselves? So is it possible to find a passenger seat in the j/y and take it off the mounting brackets and swap the cushions? Or can you only replace everything? Seems like the easiest thing to do is get one that has a good bottom cushion and swap it. THe back part isnt sagging as bad...

1998 XE Has 135kish...cant wait till im pushing 200k like some of you guys...I always take pride when I learn of a car or truck that has at least 200k on it and still runs like a top