mjotrainbrain

My QX4 has the same 4wd selector as you, and Warn hubs are going to be one of my next upgrades. It will be OK...if you use it right. When the hubs are locked, it will be exactly like stock-take no extra precautions. However, when the hubs are unlocked, do not put it in 4wd, only 2wd. This includes not using the Auto function, as that could engage 4wd, which would of course be bad. This is easy enough to remember, but if anybody else drives your truck you will have to take care to remind them of this so that they do not accidentally damage it. A way to avoid this being an issue would be to always engage the hubs before somebody else drives it, so that you know there is no way they could accidentally do something wrong. Happy wrenching!

Don't know how I missed that article in my search for information, thanks! I'm still in the midst of reading it, but it's got some good stuff. Sounds like it will be a little more expensive than I had anticipated though, I may push this back to next spring/summer and do other things this fall/winter.

Where can you get additional friction plates and discs to do this? I tried looking online with no luck. Do I just buy factory parts from an auto parts store? Can you just add additional friction plates and discs to the stock LSD without changing anything else? Mine doesn't appear to work at all, so I'd like to rebuild it, and I'd like to make it better while I'm at it. How much could I add while keeping it reasonable on the street, specifically without making full-lock parking lot turns impossible? This whole LSD issue is kind of confusing to me, so sorry for all the questions!

Thanks guys. That's what I was thinking, especially since I've never even heard this isdue discussed before. Now to decide what to upgrade next...

Yesterday I attended an off-road event which included raffles and so forth after 5 hours of trail rides. It had been an awesome day already, which was made better when I won a $100 certificate to Tom Wood's for a driveshaft! Is this something worth buying? Even with $100 off, I will probably be paying at least $150-200 out of pocket, and I don't know that I can justify that. The only reason I can think of it actually being a worthwhile purchase is to do preventative-maintenance in order to avoid vibration from old age, but I don't even know if that would be an issue yet since my QX4 only has 130,000 miles. The other option is to find a Jeep guy who needs a driveshaft (already have a couple in mind) and see if they'll trade me for it. What do you guys think? Tom Wood's, or try to get some money to use elsewhere on the truck?

Does anybody know if anything's happened? I would love to know what happened next, specifically if MrJim found those guys and gave them what they deserve...

That's strange, because I've also heard that 32" is the max. Maybe they fit at ride hight, but will they fit when flexing the suspension?

I have never owned anything other than my R50, but a question I can come up with that may help is how important are offroad capabilities and other truck-like qualities such as load/towing capacity to you? Also, do you want to stay with a Japanese manufacturer? How old can it be? Good luck in your search.

Now that I finally can, how I about I enter myself as well.

Good news and bad news; again. The good news is that the better OME coils will be arriving on Friday, and will hopefully be installed the following day! The bad news is that my outer passenger-side CV boot clamp came undone again, resulting in a lot of mess. Luckily the CV doesn't seems to be damaged, so it is being repaired, this time at a shop in hopes to have the job done better than before. There is another issue that I've noticed for a few months (I think it started about when I installed the lift) which involves a noise and a bump coming from the front end. When going through a long turn at full lock (such as when turning around in a driveway) at a later point through the turn there will be a hard clicking noise, only one, and the part that particularly worries me is that you can feel it. I think it could be some CV bind, but then why would it do this so infrequently, and not continually through the entire full-lock turn? Whatever it is, I have noticed no other ill effects, however I have been trying to avoid especially sharp turning maneuvers. Oh, more bad news, school has started! This means I have less time to mess around with the QX4, so mods over the next 9 months will be anything but major; I think the biggest things I might do will be Warn hubs and Bilstein shocks; no major disassembly, as having to arrange a ride to school is a pain.

I have the same spacer set up as you. I got heavy duty coils for a R51 Pathfinder and cut 4" out of them, and although they fit, they gave too much rake (could be solved by cutting more out) but more importantly rode awfully. As much as I too don't want spacers in the rear any more, I am going to try OME medium duty coils (designed for the right Pathfinder generation this time) and the spacers, hopefully that will give a good ride and a nice rake. If you don't need a rake, you could probably do 1 spacer with these coils.

The subframe drop only affects the front suspension/differential/etc. It does not affect any other part of the vehicle. Also, a 1" subframe drop would be a ton of effort for very little reward. I would suggest doing a 3" subframe drop on the front, using stock coils and struts, and a 3" lift in the rear, using OME medium duty coils, 2" spacers, and Bilstein shocks. Honestly, unless your heart is set on 3", 2" is a lot easier to pull off. That would only require 2" spacers front and rear to get it done cheaply.

Just ordered these: http://www.4x4parts.com/i-18981486-pathfinder-medium-duty-rear-coils.html Which should have been what I ordered to begin with rather than fussing around looking for a stiffer option, which is more than I need and rides poorly. Oh well, now I have spare ridiculously beefy coils laying around. You know, just in case. I will probably pair these medium-duty coils with both rear lift spacers to give me a little bit of rake. Hopefully this is the last time messing with rear coils until the inevitable SFD later down the road (or is it trail?).

You may find these helpful, particularly the second one. http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/41653-help-with-rear-shocks-for-lift/?hl=shocks http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/40487-ac-2-lift-shock-options/?hl=%2Bbilstein+%2B5150&do=findComment&comment=758891 Good luck!

I just bought 200# of play sand to carry in the trunk. By no means is the ride great, but it helps take the edge off for sure.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll be sure to check the For Sale section! I toyed with the idea of throwing a bunch of bags of sand in the back, but I would rather just build the truck right. Maybe I'll do that in the meantime, as it looks like my local Home Depot is selling 50lb bags for $4. I bet it would ride a lot better with a big heavy steel bumper and tire carrier! Maybe this thread will see this springs again in the future, after I have some nice bumpers and am ready for an SFD.

So now that I've driven it a little bit, I think it's too stiff for me. With stock coils the suspension compressed 1" with my 200# dad sitting in the trunk over the axle. With these OME coils installed it compressed 1/8 of an inch...yeah, it's stiff. I'm already a lot of money into it, but I think my best move will be to eat the loss and install OME medium duty coils.

Unfortunately I do not have pictures, but it was very tall. But yeah, nothing different other than height. The coils are even compatible with fleury's spacers.

So those of you who said the Old Man Emu part #2610 was not the correct part for our trucks, I can't say you're wrong! I had to bring my QX4 to a shop to have them installed, where we discovered that they give about 6" of lift - way too much for me! Other than that, they fit perfectly on the spring perches. I had them cut 4" off of them both, giving me still tons of rake, but hopefully it will come down to a more reasonable level after the springs get worn in a little bit. If you're willing to do some mods to the springs/have a very lifted Pathfinder, these are a great option to get heavy duty rear coils. I'll keep you guys updated on how they do as they break in. Also, I'll measure how much it drops with my dad in the trunk again when he gets home from work, so that I can compare with the 'before' measurements.

4x4 Parts is the only place I know of that sells a snorkel for our trucks. http://www.4x4parts.com/i-18980358-r50-pathfinder-snorkel.html

Any reason why you're getting rid of it? It's too bad you live so far away, it's a sweet rig!

Nice video! That exhaust sounds good, I should do mine soon.

I find that Photo Bucket is a good website to go through to get images that are compatible with this forum. I usually email them to myself from my phone to a PC, download them on the PC, upload to Photo Bucket, then click the "Direct" button to automatically copy the pictures URL, then simply paste into the Image box in the forum's post editor. Apparently there is a mobile app now too, so you could always try that. Good luck!

I bought them through my local off road shop and have found very little information online about them, but from what I understand Old Man Emu part #2610 is heavy duty coils for the rear of an R50. This website: (http://truckprousa.com/i-24087239-old-man-emu-by-arb-coil-spring-2610.html) uses the term "Heavy Load".

This thread should be helpful: http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/42066-warn-hubs/ A few posts down XPLORx4 provides a link to the Amazon page where you can buy the Warn hubs.