Mr. Pickles

You can find Yakima ones at junkyards and eBay for cheap. I paid I think like $70 for the towers and cross bars, then bought the ski/snowboard carrier for another $30 or so, its been a while. Very very strong. You say you don't have factory rails. Are you referring to roof rack rails, or the gutter/rails that the Yak's mount to? Cause yes you do there, they're inside the door jam and the Yak clips slide in there to attach.

Bought my 94 in June 2002 pretty much stock with 100K miles. Now at 155K or so I think and many mods later, rolling along.

Near as I can tell, that would be roughly $225-300 from the prices I found online, more than the $217 I paid for the headers. No thanks.

PSM-70-1198 for manual tranny, PSM-70-1197 for auto.

*noted*

Schwab is a bunch of thieves. I bought Energy Suspension bushings from Central 4Wheel Drive for like $25 for the set, and they're not too bad at all to install. You can also find them on eBay easy. Bushings on eBay Ditto on the alignment. If you plan on wheeling much at all, or just for regular maintenance you think that you will get it aligned more than this one time, go for the Firestone lifetime deal. They have it on sale occassionally, and I paid $120 near Seattle. I've already taken it in 4 times after wheeling trips, new parts, and before new tires, and each time no questions asked, no hassle.

Bah! I've got what I got now, and I could probably get the Thorley's around.... March. It is what it is. Who knows, the Thorley's are probably better of course, but I'm looking at a custom exhaust soon enough so screw it.

Yep, although me forgets.... which filter does it use? Ford or Chubby? -alcohol-

Yes, got it all through Summitracing.com, thank of course to Slick's help with the part # for the relo kit.

Thanks!

Toys... toys... toys.... Pacesetter headers and oil filter relocation kit. Yes, I said Pacesetter. 2/3f the price of Thorley's, the Pacesetters with immediate delivery and Thorley with at least a month back order. I've heard what a "month" means in Thorley time. We have no salt here, little rust, no B.S., etc. I plan on a full coat of high-temp header paint before install. Wish me luck. Now I've just gotta nail down some install time.

toys

Same window, similar circumstances, points to a problem. Has it been wrecked before?

What he said. /\ Basically, I'm right (IFS), your wong (SA). j/k, j/k Its like declaring a pistol is better than a rifle, and vice versa. Or a knife is better than a swork, a plane is better than a helicopter. Similar purposes, different designs, different results. Both versions of drivetrain are designed to perform a somewhat similar task but under different circimstances, but either can be modded to perform somewhat like the other. Neither IFS nor SA is better for all circumstances, its up to the end use to determine what they need, or to mod one or the other to meet their needs.

Rather than worrying about 2 boxes, I'd suggest focusing more on clean cool air getting to the box you have along with a filter replacement. You could also follow the instructions (search here and MrJim.net) on replacing the stock box and going to a K&N cone filter for your intake. If you're THAT worried about the volume but want to keep a box, maybe you could look for or fab a larger box in general. That's going to be a bit of work, of course... crap, posted then realized you have a 99. Still, much of the above carries over.

LOL, fully loaded with passengers and gear, I was closer to 5000+lbs IIRC, last I checked...

Had a shop do that to mine, cause another shop lost the key but denied. I've got aluminum rims, but luckily they just screwed up my center caps (the rims cover the lug nuts). They can really be a bear, so depending on the rim, I'd exhaust all options of local shops and such to try and get a key first. Otherwise you're out more lugs/labor/damage, etc.

At this point, you'll also at least want to buy a basic manual like a Chiltons or Haynes, if not a Factory Service Manual. It will help with questions and visualizing it.

Hence a custom fabbed exhaust. It really shouldn't be too bad. Hopefully I'll get to installing my headers soon and answer some questions on that. On another note, 87Pathy has his done sweet with a body lift, and he has his running into the gap between the body and frame. High and tight is good, within reason. You either need to keep off enough for heat, or run with heat shields. Nobody wants burning carpet.

Ummmm... did you read? The ones I posted for cheap are from Summit Racing, but are regular Flowmaster mufflers. They sell the whole line. I've run a 40 series for probably 4 years now, and its great.

Ouch on the price on that site. Summit Racing 40 series

Intake (K&N, full replacement kit, etc.), plugs and wire if you want(tons of brands), exhaust (replace muffler, go full cat back, hi flow cat, etc), yada yada. Its an open door, how open is your wallet? These trucks were never meant to be monsters, so if something like 250-300+horse is your goal, you might just want to sell it now and get something bigger (so we can ridicule you. ) If not, learn to live with it, read around, don't be afraid to experiment, and you may just find things to be ok.

Exactly. Duals look cool= twice the cost and twice the worry of stuff to maintain or mess up.

I think its all relative. A suspension lift is going to strain most all suspension really. But most have easily available parts and kits, while Pathinders don't. A commonly worn part on a Chevy means a trip to the parts shop for a $20 part, but its not necessarily the same on a Nissan. If you're going to lift a Nissan, you might as well invest on the proper parts like UCA's, steering kits like L&P (on my to-do list), etc. But once you build it, you'll be hard pressed to break it.

Where are you leaking? One of the joints, at the muffler, manifolds, etc.? You don't necessarily need a kit if you're taking it to a shop, as they can fab something up usually for a pretty reasonable price. Then you could use your choice of aftermarket muffler. If you want to do a kit yourself, I believe there are several out there that have them. Can't think of the manufacturer, maybe Borla or Magnaflow?