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Waste of money, for that much money and the utility you get out of it just have a tube bumper made. Besides, it'd look awful perty when you actually take it offroad and scratch the chrome.

Eh my driver corner light has been burnt out since I bought my pathy. They seem pretty useless to me; turn signals are on the bumper and the main headlights act as daytime running lights when the truck is running. The only time the corner lights actually come on is when you're in that first headlight position and I dare not go into that for fear of giving bored cops a reason to pull me over.

I eventually intend on putting a compressor behind that rear quarter interior panel. Very easy to pull all that stuff out and there is a lot of room behind it (though not a lot to attach to). I intend on cutting out the stock cubby space just leaving enough material so the stock panel can go back on. But like I said, very easy to get to, the panels and flooring all come out quite easily.

I don't know squamish very well, I'm from Coquitlam. Squamish is just a place I drive through to get to Whistler (did get my dog at the pound there though many years ago)

looks good man how far out of squamish is that?

That is a sexy job plumbing it through the fender, haven't seen that one before.

Sorry to hear, but you're alright which is the important part.

SAS and exo the kia, it'll be a beast.

I've got to agree with you on the first point. I bought my R50 because I needed something reliable and capable for a winter working up in the mountains, and also in large part because a family friend happened to be selling one. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my pathy, but in hindsight for the type of terrain up here and the small budget I have I'd really rather have something on frame thats a bit cheaper to modify. Oh well, ambitions are always larger than reality.

Great stuff, very ambitious project. Were you the guy that was planning on doing an SAS as well? edit; nevermind, looked through the forum and answered my own question.

I don't know how yours is supposed to work, but I posted how mine does. Can't say if thats the standard or what, I just know thats how it works on my 96 LE

I lied. I've never actually used the key to lock/unlock my pathy so I just went out and tried it. Locking or unlocking the driver door locks/unlocks all the doors in the vehicle with only one turn of the key. The passenger door only affected the passenger door no matter how many times I turned the key. Turning the key to unlock twice on the drivers door set the alarm off.

Thats how my 96 LE works.

I've never had a problem with it, I've got to be pretty hard on the gas to get the back end to budge. Tires aren't low on tread? Snow is different though, back ends all over the place if I'm not cautious, did most of the winter with 150+ lbs of sand and good winter tires. Handled like a champ in 4w though.

I probably won't find out until sunday, as thats the only day I have off and the only time I'll be able to fit more than my front tires in the shop Related question: My Haynes manual said that the power steering resevoir on all 96+ pathies, frontiers, and xs were on the passenger side, but mine is on the driver side (3.3L 4WD). Anything else about the power steering system different?

Aye it was below the low line, hopefully thats just the problem. Didn't really think to check since I just had it serviced a little over a month ago.

Thanks! I'll go check right now.

So for the last month or so the steering on the drivers side has been making an awful squeal. I got it nice and muddy one day and took it to the car wash, and after that the noise started. After a few days it went away but within the last 2 weeks it's been doing it again. When it first happened I lifted it up to look at the suspension but the strut was fine and I admittedly didn't know what else to look for. It squeals loudly whenever I turn the wheel. It sometimes squeals more quietly when I go over bumps (did some offroading today and listened to that the whole time instead of the radio). It's only on the drivers side. Any idea what this could be? The common problem page lists a problem between the strut rod and rubber spacer, however this sounds more like it has to do with the steering. 1996 Pathfinder LE 211,000 KM with all it's regular services done. Suspension was all done at 160,000km by a dealer (previous owner). Thanks in advance.

Having seen the kind of offroading you want out of a rig, I'd choose the Landcruiser or 4runner over an r50. Don't get me wrong, I love my pathy, but I wish it wasn't a unibody. I find it very limiting in what you can do with aftermarket parts, especially given a tight budget. Sorry to derail the thread

Part of the platform our current Premier used to get elected was the removal of photo radar. Still have red light cameras but I'm not dumb enough to run a red.

Why do you want to put lift springs in a 2wd street ride?

From Hayne's Repair Manual: My 96 falls under half those conditions. In Vancouver the Nissan dealers recommend doing them at 80,000km, and likewise my truck had two replaced before I bought it (80,000 and 160,000). 52,000 miles is approximately 83,686km, so same as my vehicle.

Yeah, my budget is somewhere between zero and I shouldn't have spent what I have, so unless I can find a good bargain then won't be getting them I'm just waiting for my suspension to go so buying a lift doesn't hurt as much. And on the good side someone hit my car while it was parked at work so I'm another step closer to justifying building a new bumper

Aye I noticed afterwards he was from Manitoba, just hoped that since he had a shaw email and HitTheTrails is from Surrey that he was BC based. Wishful thinking