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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.
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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.
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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
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Any reason why you're getting rid of it? It's too bad you live so far away, it's a sweet rig!
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Nice video! That exhaust sounds good, I should do mine soon.
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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!
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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".
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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.
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Oops, got my foot in there! Hello toes.
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So here's the stuff I got:
Also, I decide to hose off the chassis since it was dirty...which lead to me 'accidentally' washing the entire thing.
The stuff that happens when the other option is to work on college applications. 
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Well, to be fair I have a lot of local auto parts stores! And that was the only one any of them had. Lucky me!
The most brake work I've done on this vehicle is checking the fluid level once, and that was just because. Other than that I've helped my dad change pads on other cars before, but that's it - never messed with fluid before. I guess this is another instance where I'll need fatherly guidance! I will probably do this at the same time that I do the coils, as long as I'm back there and it needs to be done anyways.
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I got a rear brake hose for a D22 Frontier from one of my local Auto Zones. It was about $11 and is 20 inches long, perfect! Now I have to decide if I want to mess with brakes myself, or have someone else do it. I don't want to spend the money, but I also don't want to end up with an undrivable vehicle....
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In response to pepperjack26, those ramps are a good idea! I don't have any, but I do know someone who does, so I may borrow them if I can't get my hands on more jack stands, as I only have access to 2 of those right now. Also, those spacers look much better painted-I may have to do the same to mine!
Now in response to hawairish, your technique is probably the one I'll use if I can get my hands on some more jack stands, so I guess we'll see how that goes. Which generation Frontier are the brake lines you used from, if you know? It seems like since this is just a stock part for another vehicle that I could just pick it up from a local auto parts store.
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That moment when you type up a nice long post and then it doesn't post right and you have to start over.
I tried to install my new Old Man Emu coils and ran into multiple problems. The first is that the spring compressor I rented wasn't big enough to work with these beefy new coils. Seeing how big these new coils are, I don't think I'm comfortable using a compressor on them anyways. On this thread (http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/42249-changing-rear-springsshocks/) hawairish showed (although vaguely) how he was able to change coils without a compressor. I tried to do this, but ran into an issue with my brake lines. They are not long enough to allow that much movement.
What are my options in regards to longer brake lines? I would like to go with a braided stainless steel option, like this (http://www.4x4parts.com/i-18915974-extended-brake-lines.html). However, I have a couple of problems with this product. The first is that it says it's for 1996-99.5 Pathfinders, while mine's a 2002. Despite this, is there any reason these wouldn't work? The other issue is that I don't exactly want to spend that much right now, I'd rather just do the rear line for now. Is this a generic part that a local shop could get for me, or do I need to get R50-specific ones?
Also, if anyone (or hawairish) could give more detail as to how to put new coils in without a compressor, that would be really great. And FYI, I'm planning on only putting the OME coils in with 1 spacer, as supposedly the OME coils I purchased will give 1.75 inches of lift, which will be plenty of rake for me with another inch of spacer.
Any help would be appreciated!
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In regards to the spring compressor, it depends. When I took my back suspension apart to install my spacer lift, I was able to (barely) remove the old springs without a compressor. I cannot say if new springs would fit, as they would more than likely be longer than the old, saggy ones. With 2" spacers and the old spring going back in, I needed a compressor, no way around it. I would say having the compressor on hand would be useful, even if it's only needed to compress a half inch.
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When I did OME springs in the rear and the 1.5" spacers I never did unhook anything but the top shock mount. I just compressed the springs for removal and installation and pushed the diff down with my fore arms and re-installed. Lucky you had help! It took me a good 8hrs to lift my truck front and back by myself. But I was doing new front springs, struts, manual hubs and end links. My rears were the OME 2922's
I've enjoyed reading your thread. Glad to see you doing your own wrenching. Your stance is perfect. Too bad when you do the springs everything is going to get thrown off!! I actually lifted the front and did the OME in the rear. Drove it around up in the front and let it all settle then measured to give me .5" of rake in the back. And ended up adding 1.5" spacers. I am picky with my stance. I actually had 1/4" more on the passenger side due to bottom mounting the spacers and them hitting on a factory weld.... Going to have to clearance that soon.
Keep up the good work.
From what I could find on the internet, the 2610's are the heavy duty option, which is exactly what I was looking for. I would have gotten the 2922's if I had not found these. And yes, I am very lucky I had help!
I couldn't imagine doing that alone, especially with how much of a learning experience it was. I'm not too worried about the stance, as I eventually plan to add OME springs in the front as well to bring it back to a more level setup.
Thanks for the kind words!
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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I'm wondering if there's one thing wrong that's throwing both systems off, as the ICC can control the brakes too?
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So I have a couple problems with my 2002 Infiniti QX4. I've been ignoring them since they don't come up too often and I actually wasn't sure that one is an issue, but now I am.
I guess I'll start with the one that I'm more certain is broken, the Intelligent Cruise Control. This seems like a very complicated system, so I'm not sure where to start. So far all I've done is check the fuse (which is fine, by the way). When I press the button on the steering wheel to turn the cruise control system on, two cruise control lights come up on the dash - the normal one and an orange one - and it makes a loud beep. (I can make a video of this if it would be helpful at all) The only control that works is turning it back off; speed can NOT be set. I think this might be one that I have to bring it in to be looked at, but I was hoping someone on here might have some ideas first.
The other problem is with the ABS. Since I got the vehicle about 8 months ago, I've only had to hit the brakes hard twice, and both times the tires locked up and the truck skidded (leading the people behind me to follow at a farther distance, lol). This makes me think the ABS is not working, but I'm not sure if I just wasn't pushing the pedal quite far enough to engage it or what. Again, if anyone on here has a suggestion it would be great, otherwise I intend to bring it in to be looked at.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
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That's a good point, I may do that since I load it up pretty often. Thanks!
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I just drove down to Venom Motorsports, a local offroad shop, and ordered OME springs part #2610 for the rear of my QX4. They should be here in about a week, I can't wait! I still can't decide if I want to have ~1 inch of rake or only use one rear spacer and have it stay level.
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Freshly washed - outside and inside.
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Well, it's been about a month and a half since I last updated this thread. Unfortunately, not a whole lot has happened with the QX4 in terms of mods. However, it has been doing its usual daily-diver stuff perfectly fine. It's pulled some trailers, gone camping a few times, and gone offroading once or twice. The next mod I have planned is to get OME coils for the rear to increase it's ability to take weight, as the back end sags quite a bit when weight is applied. And just to keep y'all happy, here's a picture from the offroading I did
thisyesterday (wrote this yesterday, lol) morning. I went with my Uncle (Jeep JKU) and one of my friends (Toyota 4Runner).
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Yeit is a pretty good name! Works perfect with the paint color. Will it be getting any cool stickers to match the name?
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Hm, never heard of it before. I guess I'll look it up! I look forward to seeing your Pathfinder progress.
mjotrainbrain's Build Thread
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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.