MarkRobinson

I'm just taking the family down for a weekend. It will be the first time taking the pathy anywhere though. I want to put some miles on it to kinda build some trust before I go wheeling it.

Back when I did my sas on the ol frontier, I had the same issue. I had to keep adjusting my shackle mount location somewhere between \ and | to get my castor right. I'm on leaves now but if it wasn't setup right I'd 3 link it. Probably will sooner or later anyway One of these days we have to go ride some place. If I quit screwing around I'll have my rear 4 link done and I'll be using the pathy like a station wagon to go to mentone in May.

I just went back and read the whole thread. Wow, there are some pretty impassioned responses here. I've known Ian Johnson (host of xtreme 4x4) for a few years now and he's a good dude. I actually helped build the car he and Jimmy Penner (essentially offroad) built for KOH a few years back. You have to remember something about that show, or for that matter, all the offroad magazines: they are building things using donated parts, donated by companies with the intention of them being shown in a positive light for marketing purposes. That being said, they began that build intending to highlight some custom hybrid 9"/portal axles from a company that went tits up. The build was shelved for a long while until I believe it was brought back to be fair to the folks that had already donated parts to the build. The ARB bumper, winch, all the cal@!*%ty parts, the roof rack, the re pop engine...all of those things were given for a build that xtreme 4x4 had a moral obligation to finish. With that in mind, they threw together one last show to finish the build. It wasn't the best they could do to impress the small nissan offroad following, it was quick and to the point to get it done. After it was completed, they put smaller dick cepek tires and wheels and some bump stops and used it as they said they were going to. It hauled equipment to film the bigger builds. When I got it, someone had put 15,000 miles on so it got used. I drove if home and parked it and it is getting ready to become a more qualified trail rig, but still street legal grocery getter/tent and sleeping bags hauler. Eventual plans are for RCVs up front, 37s, an atlas, and wheeling the piss out of it.

That'd be me. I picked her up in January. No build thread yet, but it's in the shop getting a real 4 link (aka, no Panhard bar) and a few other...uhh...kinks worked out.

Without some form if hydraulic assist or full hydraulic steering, it would be terrible on an IFS rig. Offroad you would Likely end up leaving one hub unlocked to be able to turn. What about the 300zx limited slip?

I ran a welded rear under a frontier on 35s and never had an issue.

Bilstiens. I have them on my DD 2500HD and they are going on the pathfinder soon. I can't recall ever hearing complaint on them.

I like the deleted marker lights. I've pondered what to do when I get to the point of 40s and full hydraulic steering without lifting a huge amount and that solves the problem. You can move your axle forward and cut that area and the bumper out. Also, damn fine work on the bumper. I know you've got some hours tied up in it.

Back when I had an H233b front under my samurai buggy, I had branik cut my shafts. They were foote blanks and as competitive as anybody. I met Stan once at RCQ and he's a good dude.

I'm interested in this too. I have a ford 205 on the work bench, but my offroad shop owning buddy says a 205 doubler behind the nissan drivetrain will suck a miserable amount of power. I have calmini gears now but the slip yoke and no 2 low option still make the 205 doubler an attractive option for me.

I hope you don't take me for a stalker - I posted in you pirate thread too. After conceding that NOAS is pretty much dead, I figured I'd join here and check it out. Still digging your pathfinder!