mjotrainbrain

Black is an awesome color, but I feel like it blends in with all the other boring cars too much. The Infiniti's had a lot of strange color options, not sure if any of them are really amazing in my opinion, haha.

What an improvement, looks great! I like the color too - is that green??

Time for another update. Haven't done a ton, but have spent plenty. With the end of the semester coming up I don't have a lot of time to mess around with fixing things on the truck, so when I tried to change the rear brakes and I couldn't get the drums off I decided to take it to a shop. Decided they could change the oil too as long as it was on the lift. Unfortunately it was found that my drums were grooved to hell and one of the brake boosters was leaking, and as long as they were going to have to bleed the brakes I had an extended brake hose I had lying around put on. Ended up costing around $400 which really sucked, but luckily my parents helped cover half of the expense since it was such a large and unexpected cost. I have also been working on trimming my rear fender flares so they tires don't rub as much at full flex. I can add pictures of exactly how I did it once it's done, it looks really clean but gives about an inch more room. Got the idea for it off the forum a few days ago, so thanks to whoever that was! I'll have to do the front just so it doesn't look like I have even more rake than I already do, but not right away; as I said, I don't have a ton of time this next couple of weeks, although I did have enough time to do some two-tracking. Largest group I've gone with so far other than the club I'm in, so this was fun. More people need to get CB's though, kinda hard to communicate when you have to stop and run down the row of trucks to tell everybody one little thing. Anyway, on to the pictures! *brrrrrrrrt* Ah, tire rub. It was a mostly Japanese group, only interrupted by one Jeep, but I'll let it slide since it has IFS.

You may also have clearance issues with the fender flares in the rear when flexing, although it was only a problem for me where the quarter panel is rusted and the flare separated; it holds strong everywhere else. For daily use it should be fine, unless as Bax03SE mentioned you have issues with rubbing the bumper when turning. If you do though it should be pretty minimal.

Manual locking hubs should help. Honestly though, these things just don't get good fuel economy. That being said, I average 14 in the summer with 32's and a roofrack, so if you're stock you should be able to do a bit better, especially with the manual. Depends a lot on how you drive and the type of driving too though. When were the plugs, fuel filter, etc. last changed? When my dad changed all that stuff on his Taurus (115,000 miles on the original parts) he picked up like 6mpg. You won't see that much gain in a Pathy, but a good ol' tune up may help.

Nothing else significant, since you already say you're OK with some trimming. It might be more than a little trimming with now lift though. I have over 2.5+ inches of lift with 32" tires and still had to trim a little.

Pictures work now! Looks good, no visible body rust is always a plus! How solid are those running boards? They like to rust out.

And I didn't have any luck seeing the picture.

I use postphoto.org. I've heard you can also is imgur. You need the direct link to paste into the pictures pop-up when making a post.

Score! You'd think the little light on the dash would have warned them...

I was wondering what you meant Citron, now I get it! I got LED dome lights and I love them, just trying to figure out which ones to get for the map lights. It's a really nice upgrade.

I don't believe so. I saw a picture of one with rear facing 3rd row once on the Facebook page, but it seemed custom. Nobody was sure because it was found in a junkyard.

New Pathy or engine swap? I think Micah told me what exhaust he has once, but I don't remember.

I think the 'van' look could be useful for overlanding too, gives you a lot more options for storage in the rear. Would probably involve a lot of custom bodywork and painting though.

Stunning pictures as always, looks like a lot of fun!!!

At the top of the R50 section there's a stickied thread called "Spring Dimensions".

Hm, I should see if I can do something similar with my QX4 flares! I need more clearance but I love how they look, so this would be a great solution.

Looks great, much more aggressive than before!

The AC lift coils are also stiffer than stock. I think there are other options outside the US too, but I'm not familiar with those. Airbags is another option.

That's too bad, thieves are the worst! Glad you were able to get it all taken care of though. Hopefully the laptop didn't have anything valuable on it. Onespiritbrian, the lawyers may not like your idea but I think it's perfectly fair.

That's great to hear. Good luck and have fun!

Do you know anything about their quality or reputation? Do you happen to know anybody who has used their R50 snorkel, who might be able to say something about the quality and ease of installation?

https://www.mudstuck.co.nz/pages/contact-us According to their website, yes.

That's a lot less than $500 +shipping from 4x4parts.

Yeah that's definitely higher revs than me. I have 32's so my numbers are a little low, but I cruise at 80mph with a little less than 3000 rpm. Trying to remember, I think it's about 2200-2500 at 70-75ish. I have the 3.5L and 4.363 gears.