Iceman2989

Yup, thats my old roommate. His username here on NPORA was Methfinder.

Hey mine either... Could sure be a fuse, just haven't looked hard enough I guess.

Okay, so I did a quick double take of the prices of everything, and I wanted to save more. Instead of the 8078 coils, I am going to go with 77 f150 front coils. Theyve got a free height that I think will work, in addition to a higher spring rate than the pathfinder, plus they are much more available. I couldnt find any fairlanes at my nearby junkyards, so after asking around and finding the f150 coils at several different places, it seems like they may be a better option. Plus, after shipping, the fairlane coils are close to $100, and more than I wanted to spend on the coils. At $30 a piece for both the f150 coils and the WJ coils at my local junkyard, I'm just going to go ahead and use those. For reference, Part #CC814 and CC816 are what I'm talking about. Free height of 17.5 and 18.25, spring rates of 271lbs, and an outer diameter that matches up with the stock pathy coils at the top. For the bottom, I'm going to sleeve them.

Those pictures are before getting my new tires/wheels. My tires poke out a good 2 inches now on each side, and make sure that the sides of my pathfinder get extra dirty whenever I find a puddle or mud. I'm not worried about scratches, but if you were, and plan on getting a wider stance from different offset tires/wheels, then you may wish to keep them on.

I had a local guy fab some up for me. I didnt plan on ever taking mine off, so I had him weld them straight to the unibody. I've lifted the vehicle by them several times, very sturdy, and have saved me quite a bit of trouble. Sprayed em with a coat of undercoating to leave a nice durable surface. Here are a couple pics for reference.

Bingo. More than the tire size, what will make them hit or miss the strut is the backspacing of the wheel. Lower backspacing means the tire is pushed further away from the body of the vehicle. Of course a taller tire is more likely to rub, but you can fit a taller tire and NOT have rubbing as long as the backspacing pushes the tire out enough to clear everything. As far as what the stock back spacing is on your 17s, I have no idea. Regardless of backspacing, however, if the tire diameter does not exceed what anyone else has done on stock wheels with the OME lift, you should clear the strut just fine. Does that make sense? If the overall diameter is the same as someone on 31x10.5R15s wether its metric or standard or whatever you decide, you'll clear it just as well as they did with the 31" diameter tires. I have 265/70/R16 on my stock suspension and clear the strut just fine.

I had played around with the idea for a while, made at thread on it actually. http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/34760-short-shifter/?hl=%2Bshort+%2Bshifter

Me. Had a local guy say he could fab one up for around $75. What are your plans?

I'm excited for this.

http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/35436-r50-oem-hid-projector-headlights-with-side-lights/

Its a beaut! I'm assuming you've SFD'd it right? Thats a good job with the trading! Well done!

Used rust encapsulator on front and rear tube bumpers, as well as both rock sliders. They had been getting a little rusty, so that helped a ton. After it had dried several hours later, I sprayed undercoating on all of them as a protective coating. Looks great, and after that dries It should be preserved for a decently long time!

Painted some rust converter on some light rust spots to see if it works. Started with my front bumper.

Pretty slick, and looks well done! I really like the hood, and that mileage he boasts would be wonderful!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NISSAN-PATHFINDER-LOGO-WINDSHIELD-DECAL-STICKER-44-wx4-/270704041921?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3f0737dfc1&vxp=mtr You're wish come true. "Any Color" they say~

Just a research update. I've narrowed it down to which coil I feel will be the best fit. I nominate Moog 8078 (on rockauto.com as RC8078 for part numbers). Spring #8078 Inside Dia 4.63 Bar Dia 0.69 Install Height 11.5 Load rate (lbs) 1880 Spring Rate (Lbs/in.) 275 Free Height 18.34 Ends Type ST It has the ends that I want (one square end for the top, and one tang end to be trimmed) It has a pretty high free height at 18.34", but I chose this coil because if I cut off an active coil (there are 7.7 active coils to begin with), the spring rate goes from 275 to 315. If I take off that extra .7 of a coil it goes to 353lbs. The AC Springs have a rate of 380lbs, and 353 should be close enough to this to offer some substantial height gain, yet marginally reduce the harshness of the ride. Granted, its only 30lbs difference, but it will still count. At cutting off 1.7 coils from the 18.34" free height should drop it down to where I could feasibly fit the coil in the strut assembly. Rockauto has these coils: Part#RC8078 for $74.99 Who would have thought that a 1962-1965 ford fairlane coil would work??? I dont have any in the junkyards around me here to try em out for even cheaper than the $75 from rockauto, but I'll take $75 over the $180 AC coils anyday. If anyone has ideas of where to find these cheaper, let me know! So I'll take this coil, wrap the bottom rotation of coil in vinyl or rubber tubing layers until it has grown to fill the bottom perch on the strut assembly, and then mount em! For the rear I still plan on using the WJ coils. I will weld a small piece of pipe to the coil spring perch so that the pig tail can stay on, and the coil wont bounce around.

I'm a big fan of your truck! To cure the "Nice 4Runner!" problem, I did this:

Which style wheels are you looking at?

booo

I guess it would help if I even read the very first sentence... ha

Great job Stioc!! I just joined over at Expo, been following your ride for a while now. Very impressed. I'm curious to know how much the 11ga cost you, if you don't mind sharing.

Believe me, its no mecca for.....well, anything beyond potatoes... Lucky we don't have smog testing though! I'm really interested in this cam swap though! Do you know where you're going to source the cams from?

You could just move....

I dont want the bumper, just this part: