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Rear install, will do a size comparison pic later this week when I get a chance. Shock mount required to have refitted 5/8 size bushings. Took some work to grind a simple shock bearing out. It may look like a small issue but these required some thought and work to get a clean cut and fit to not damage the shock mounts. The metal sleeve that bilstein makes these with is permanently fitted to the rubber eye so it will all need to be removed (we used a drill press and floor press to get the bushing removed) and then just fitted in a 5/8 eye. * I’ll include part numbers in a summary post * Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Haha sorry for the late update... definitely a busy weekend and week too back home... The 5165s and LR springs are a match made in heaven. Did 400 miles since the install and cruised through some basic terrain and the ride runs muchhhhh smoother than with my previous set up with ome and 5100s Would like to hit up holy Jim trail down here this weekend and see how it runs Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Back to Cali we go, cheers to [user]hawairish[/user] on many more meets and trips to come! Learned a new lesson called F*%# Pneumatics in a quick 4 day 50+ hour class. Final result was really really good, artful in a sense. Updates to come. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I totally would be down to join up for some trips. When or if the time comes lemme know. I’ll be in off road heaven up there! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hopefully all will work but ran the closest shock height I could get to copying hawairish’s rear set up. The ‘25-261400’ was from the 15-18 Ford F-150 and has.... Collapsed Length (IN): 17.52 Extended Length (IN): 29.44 After a ton of reading you forget some things such as I cant remember being 5125s, I call 5160’s which are now 5165s... why the number changes ? I have no clue. If you find your intended CL/EL go to summit racing parts and they have a whole list of sizes They seem to be low on stock so I ended up getting mine on eBay Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I saw bilstein has their own reservoir clamps but the set came with two metal clamps. I’ll probably just keep it simple and use those. Man that sounds perfect, many overlanding trips I’ve done have been rather lengthy over technical and sometimes I wouldn’t mind speeding through a bit over washboards. The extra reservoir should definitely help me out there. Nice build btw! Remember when joining Npora you were one of the first thread binge reads I did along with hawairish’s thread. Musta stayed up hours haha, awesome truck and those roads you hit up north are really nice. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey y’all! Doing a little update on what’s been going on with the Pathy and some upgrades hawairish and I plan to tackle this weekend. For starters, this Pathy already fell into my hands with a -3” SFD -4.636 gear swap -R200 Lokka -H233B LSD rear diff (repacked @ 150 lb/ft torque) -airlift 1000 -3” strut spacers -2” coil spacers -Warren Manual hubs And much more in the link below http:// https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/2002-pathfinder-r50-overland-build.134475/ Originally this pathfinder was Duke90’s, my brother, he then later sold it to me and I’ve had the truck over the last 10 months or so. As his was, this Pathy is also my DD and within the first month I notice some pulling and vibration on the passenger side wheel which eventually became so severe I had to garage it till I could tow it out for repair. The damage from what I later understood was a crack on the subframe cross arm which attaches also to my control arm. That side of the frame was completely torn from the bolt. *I assume this was initially caused by some prior trips we did in the Pathy. Never heavily offroaded but did do 300+ miles of various overlanding terrain with no ‘missing link’. I’m assuming this initially created some sort of damage that had slowly got progressively worse. I figure it must of been a drop or rough hit because the damage needed a lot of force for such a tear to occur. I had great difficulty finding a fabrication shop willing to take on the repair. I mean not even collision centers wanted to touch it but from one referral to another I finally got in touch with tnj performance and got my Pathy back on the road again. Note: the truck sat till around the middle of August (with frequent starts to continuously run fluids). Since then I’ve been fortunate enough to be in touch with hawairish and added a aluminum mid-skid and ‘missing-link’ to the truck. I’ve taken it on my first 4x4 trip to cathedral valley/canyon lands/ spider rock/ Tucson and then Anza borrego on the SoCal xterra event and ocotillo Wells after. Have had no problems then and since the trip so all seems clear with the repair. (Put roughly 4K miles on during this time) As for the parts update This weekend [user]hawairish[/user] and I are planning to do -LR Defender 90 Rear coil springs #NRC9448 -Bilstein 5165s #25-261400 -Viair 485c OBA install Keeping the rear spacers this should bring the Pathy up to a 4” lift in the rear and the much added convenience of OBA that also future proofs the Pathy for adding air-lockers if eventually decided. I’m happy to have this truck and looking forward to all the additions we’ll go through and trips we’ll make through the years. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If time permits me today then I’ll update that build list with part numbers and some pictures also. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Indash nav? Ones like the garmin units? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not sure bout the specifics. For me so far so good. My volume goes to 100 but 12 is loud fine for me with 17 being very loud. Worst case if i blow a speaker or something I’ll just get an upgrade i guess. Good luck lemme know how it goes. I got my radio primarily for Apple CarPlay and because i wanna use a video aux to display gaiamaps when i overland. Costs a pretty penny but for me it’s worth it in the long run since i plan to keep this car for awhile and do some big trips like alpine loop in the next few months or so. Installation for me was pretty basic, nothing tricky. Lemme know how it goes ! [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The new radio makes the speakers sound cleaner too so for now I’m happy and would rather focus on a dual battery set up and a usb/aux ports inside to run gaiamaps on my radio along with the regular apple maps on my phone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No, have the stock bose speakers with a “ alpine ILX 107 “ radio Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Had a media receiver changed so I can now have CarPlay and maps, connecting it i did not have to bypass any factory amps in the rear. Then again i only really listen to my front speakers anyway since my seats are down in the back 24/7. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk