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asshole.

Kind of looks like my stock bumper now

Never even thought of this, awesome idea, wonder how cheap I can get a skull with eyes that light up for

Or just buy a crappy bubble clinometer for $10 I'd almost rather have that because you can tuck it into a tighter, less obstructing spot, yet it still does the same job.

I guess I'm the only person who has a CB too big for the dash :o Mounted it on the back of the center console.

offtopic but I was wondering whoes pathy that was parked outside BCIT last spring. My brother was in the robotics program and I saw it a couple times when I stopped by to visit.

LSD should have a square orange sticker on the dif that says LSD

Use vector images for the proofs, then you can work in whatever size you want with no loss of quality when you scale them. In fact, I'm not sure why you wouldn't work with vectors when doing large cut vinyl.

Nissan forum, pathfinder forum, whatever. I've only ever used the name in passing so it doesn't matter, it's not like I'm citing it as a source to a paper. Then again I don't know anyone who drives a pathfinder, let alone off road, so I've never had to refer to it specifically.

My skid only has two bolt holes on the front of it, I should drill a middle one since there is no reason not to. Thanks for the idea

It's the internet, you're supposed to criticize people.

I would be down if I didn't already have one on my back window nor a lack of money Good luck with it though. This could perhaps be used as a method of fundraising for the site? Buy them in bulk locally and then sell them with a dollar or two added that goes towards maintenance of the site or something.

It should be a realtively easy fix, I just don't have very many tools at my disposal right now namely a jack and jack stands. Hopefully it wouldn't be too hard to drill out if I could get some room to work under there. They're the little bitty bolts that hold on the front of the stock plastic guard, and they look like they've been snapped off for a long time. They're fairly worn, lot of dirt packed around them, and fairly corroded. There isn't enough material to weld anything too either. Funny, my whole stock skid was only being held on by 4 of I think 8 bolts, not that it really makes a difference. And Will, I haven't tried putting the rear one on yet I was just going to start up front and work back so I haven't really looked at where the cross member has to mount too. The two skids are seperate so I at least wanted to get the front one on. I also see what you meant about the front mounting location....if they hadn't tappered in the front edges they could have used the stock beefier threaded holes which would have provided a lot more strength...to use them now would require welding plates on. Worst comes to worst I'll just drill new holes in the cross member. Zap straps always work too

Was installing the skids I got from Trainman today only to find that the two front boltholes in the crossmember have bolts snapped off in them and I don't have the tools to drill them out. Bah. </rant> That is all.

8000 lb minimum I'd say. The weight rating on a winch is for a straight pull at the end of the cable. Add in any type of friction (i.e. why it's stuck), hills, etc. and the amount of weight actually being pulled will significantly increase. I don't think I know of anyone who runs less than 8000lbs on any type of vehicle, and most people tend to run around 9000lb winches (people that I know anyway). You'd burn out a 2000 or 4000 lb winch extremely quickly. That thread posted a while back about recovering a jeep out of a lake, the unimog burnt out two 12,000lb winches and the bronco burnt out his though I'm not sure what size it was.

I think Precise nailed it...if you're not looking for a 4x4 then you might as well buy a car. If I didn't take my truck off road then I'd just sell it and buy a car...cheaper on gas and does everything I need it to.

Good post, my current muffler is dying so I want to do something similar. And cheap. I like cheap.

Do what I did. Worry about replacing the rusted chrome cap for 9 months until you take it wheeling, catch the rear bumper on a rock when trying to get through a deactivation trench, rip off all the lower mounts, driver bumper mounts, and warp it terribly out of shape. Then the faded black won't bother you so much. Or just pull up your big girl panties and think that if you want to wheel your truck, it's probably going to take some sort of body damage at some point, and if you're going to replace the bumpers anyway the colour likely does''t matter much. In other words I have nothing to contribute to this thread.

Might be fun to try in the snow or if you live in a marshy/sandy area, but they'd get thrashed up here pretty quick. I'd much rather just invest in some good tires and beadlocks.

Thats what I figured. Just odd phrasing. And fskc dude, I try to type but my eyes keep wandering your fskcin avatar.

Locking differentials require locking differentials, which Pathfinders do not come with stock. You may have a Limited Slip Differential which will act similar to a locker until enough torque is applied to one tire, but on an R50 it's not very much (breaking point is 250lbs or something). A locked differential will always provide the same amount of power to both tires on an axle. You would know if you have a locker because they drive like @!*% on a normal road. When you turn your car, the tire on the outside of the turn has to travel a greater distance than the tire on the inside. If you have a locker, and therefor both tires can only travel at the same speed, your truck will do funky things when you turn on asphault and if you take it too fast you'll think parts of your truck just fell out. There are selectable lockers available for the pathfinder that use air pressure to activate and deactivate but they cost a bundle. All your transfer case does is provide power to the front differential (and therefor the wheels). The All mode, which I believe has an auto setting (I'm not sure since I don't have all mode) simply will detect when your rear tires loose traction and then automatically provide power to the front. The 4-hi and 4-lo settings simply provide full time power to the front as BowTied mentioned. So to answer your question, no, your differentials will not lock in your pathfinder. That little light on your dash is simply letting you know that you are in 4wd and that power is being provided to the front diff.

That a reply to fukin or me?

When OCD's clash? It bugs me because you're the only one that does it. It bugs you when you don't. Fight to the death?

Not sure what piece you're reffering to but I have a related question: Do the rockers provide any structural support? I was thinking into cutting them out so I could tuck sliders up higher and retain as much ground clearance as possible, but I was peeking around at them and they're fully boxed and I don't want to go blindly cutting into them.

The BP skids bolt onto the factory locations, except for the back of the second skid which has a custom cross bar that mounts to the stock nurf bar mounts. Either way, no welding. I'm just saying, I'm sure you could find plenty of things to weld when making skid plates, it's just a welding project and I doubt your teacher is stupid. Awesome skids for your truck don't mean you'll get a good mark in your class because you didn't do what the project required. Fab up a rear bumper for your pathy with a tire carrier and tow points. That'd be badass and require actual quality welding to hold solid. Or do sliders, just as important as skids and would require more than just cut, bend, bolt.