Greetings all!
I just picked up a 1995 WD21 today and thought that I would introduce myself. My name is Stephen and I'm from Salt Lake City, Utah. I'm new to Nissan (sorta, I have a Datsun 510 project) and Pathfinders, but not to the 4-wheeling world. I've owned a 1986 Suzuki Samurai for 12 years and love it. But thats not what I'm here for.
My desire to go on longer camping/overland/expedition style trips with greater comfort and ease and my wife's even stronger desire to not ride in the Samurai whenever possible led us to start looking at larger SUV's. I've always been fond of Nissan and the Pathfinder in particular but figured that my wife would not be interested in older WD21 Pathy's, so I never even brought them up and just focused on R50's. Imagine my surprise when my wife told me she preferred the look of WD21!
So the hunt was on and this is what we found:
A 1995 XE
The best thing about this vehicle is how clean it is. Only 102,000 miles! No rust anywhere on the body or frame and immaculate interior!
The future will not bring much for it. Ditching the brush guard and chrome wheels ASAP. Probably try to find some older Pathfinder 15" "Lego" wheels and throw some 31" MT's on them. I'd like to find a factory Limited Slip for the rear. But I'm not going to hold out any real hope for that so probably an ARB one day. And thats about it.
This is the biggest vehicle I've ever owned (Samurai, Rabbit, Jetta, Camry, 510, Miata), so it's going to take a little getting used to both on and off the trail. But I cannot wait to get it on the dirt!
NPORA has been a great help to me while I've been searching for Pathfinders, and I'm glad to be finally 'part' of the community!
