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THIS is your problem lol, there is no such thing when it comes to the R50. This is the abandoned bastard child that nobody loved....except for us.

Hahaha

Megaton is right. You can't safely attach a winch to the OEM bumper/brackets. They are too weak! They were designed to crumble and absorb an impact I think. Having recently gone through this process I would recommend building a bumper for it as otherwise your winch will sit out very far forward of the OEM bumper if you keep it. That will cause stresses on the metal over time. Also keep in mind, this will add a lot of weight to your front end. Your will need to upgrade to stiffer springs. Winches are pretty damn heavy all by themselves.

Did you guys notice any difference?

I finally pulled the trigger on an Xterra 3.3 air intake. Not sure yet how the fitment will be, but it's the same motor, so it SHOULD fit!? If not I'm sure it can be made to fit. Upon closer inspection I noticed that the OEM intake is actually a whole lot more complicated than initially expected. First off, there is a thin hose that runs from behind the air box into a metal hose. Then there is a chamber below the main tubing, I suspect for water separation?! There are quite a few things going into and coming out of this system. So I was wondering for those that have replaced their oem intakes, can a bunch of these things be bypassed by installing a simple straight forward tube and filter? Pics to follow. Thanks

I feel the same way, it's such a regular, unspectular truck, that pointing them out or getting excited to see another one just seems weird lol. It's not like spotting something exotic. My wife thinks I'm weird too.

next in the build: - Air bags for the rear coils - Cold Air Intake - SFD - New exhaust

One more, Pathy camping with its cousin

Yeah I'll get some airbags. I have an air compressor already. I read through the air bag thread. Am just not entirely sure on how to hook it up. What I mean is, should I leave a permanent air hose in the trunk that I simply snap the connector on to? Or do I hook it up to the bags themselves? Or is it all just personal preference? Will do some digging around but it sounds like what I need.

It's crazy that you got that much lift out of it. But IMO it sits too high in the front now. I thought it was spot on at 9".

Is there any "off the shelf" solution for the range of the trailing arms since they move further forward the higher te lift gets.

Yeah that's what I was thinking too. Any recommendations for upper spacers? I have my fleury spacers on the bottom. Or can his be placed in either location?

So how can I get more rear lift? Are there extended trailing arms? The airbags definitely seem like a good option to prevent sag. Hawaiirish you say that my front would sit too high, but my rear has about 4" of lift, and with the tremendous weight of the bumper and winch, my front is really sagging!

This is exactly what I need! Good info.

Really?! I thought it would add 4" if I don't use the strut spacers but keep my lift coils and spacers. Maybe I will need to ditch Fleury's spacers and use the strut spacers after all. I do need more lift. Without load I just have too much rake.

Thanks. I haven't tallied it all up, but the sum of its parts exceeds the black book value lol. I don't think I actually want to know lol

As you can see the truck sits pretty level when fully loaded. So I'm worried that if I put on the SFD that it will sit higher in the front than the back. What else can I do to keep the back higher or stiffer? I already have OME MD springs and 2" spacers with longer Bilstein shocks.

Into the wild...

This is actually in Maine. Was a trip organized by someone on Expo. 11 vehicles total. This was a family trip so I had my wife and toddler in tow, which means a LOT more gear than I would take if I was by myself.

Expedition was a great success. The pathy held up with no issues at all. Hauled all my junk and was definitely over weight. But she's a trooper and did a solid job.

Ready for a 3 day excursion

Just finished packing for the weekend adventure when the sky opened up....

Thanks. I love it. I've always hated the face lifted bumper. I find the ARB bumper to be too bulky. I think this one could be brought in to be a bit less stand-outish with some modifications to the grill.

Used my new winch on it for the first time today to recover my tractor that got stuck in the mud.