Phantom01Pathfinder

Post it A while back i posted a pic of my 328i i bought...yah there was plenty of hate :lol: I will say...those Toyota trucks sure do look nice tho...And its a great color :agree:

I helped my girlfriends dad move steel and woodworking equipment and supplies from michigan to indiana... the pathy was loaded down with hundreds of pounds of wood in the back and steel tables in the trailer (5'x10') i was towing. i was surprised how much the rear springs compressed when it was fully loaded. my pathy looked tiny compared to the 1 ton chevy dually with a 18' trailer it was towing, it was a 2.5hrs there, 2hrs loading, and 2.5hrs back...and it was a blast!!

What you'll do is take it in, and wait a while for them to fix it, and you'll get it back. Ive heard of waiting periods from weeks to months. Its a real shame to see that much rust under your pathy. I thought mine was bad... good luck

i want! i want!! so what are you looking at for production time?

Ive got black procomp steel wheels...16" with 3.75bs and they clear my warn hubs perfectly. wheels were almost $80 each and got a set of goodyear duratracs for $155 a piece. i am also in the market for a roof rack for my matching fullsize spare... check out my pathy and upgrades...

Fleurys is correct. You do need the snap ring. The shaft will shift back and forth if the snap ring is not installed...

installed new drive belts...woohoo was it fun

+1 for what Dowser has explained...got the same boots on mine and have been great so far!

the lift definately give it a good stance

you can find good cars/trucks for $4200...your just gonna have to shop around pretty hard... i bought a '97 BMW 328i for $3000 and only have $500 in it...and with a 100k on the clock, i couldnt pass it up. if i were you id look for a WD21 or a frontier...unless your looking for a good mpg car...

I am thinking because it is not a safety issue. I am sure there are tons of other engines with the same problems. If it doesnt involve bodily harm, then they are not going to try to fix the issue. At least thats how I look at it... There has been reports of crashes due to the strut tower housing failing...

So i dropped my pathy off on thursday morning for the recall. Waited all day patiently for the dealer to call me to tell me what was going on. Found out Friday morning that all they had to do was the level 1 underbody sealant coating. Picked her up today and am soooo happy everything worked out well . I had a feeling it was going to be ok after i saw the 3 other pathys in the dealer lot that had holes rusted all the way through. One actually was leaning real bad on the drivers side... Now time to invest in some lockers and sliders!!!

i wouldnt add spacers until your lift settles...how are you CV's holding up? i know it sounds like a PITA, but if you lift it too much your CV's will hate you! like mine...lol

550-600rpm idle doesn't sound like a bad range for idle. My R50 will idle at 1100rpm when first started up...then slowly gets down to 6-700ish rpm. Are you looking to get the idle higher or???

Well i got my second recall notice yesterday Looks like ill be taking it in soon before the snow falls...I pray that i just need the rust proofing done...

I had my power valves done back in '07 and the dealer charged me $200. I even got to go back and watch the mechanic for a bit, usually they are real sticklers about that...

sounds like struts topping out to me. It happens to me every once in a while when driving too fast over any type of hill or dip in the road...but i could be wrong...

Wow that is a great write up!!! I wish i had the time and motivation you have!

looking good!

dang that looks nice! Im really liking the paint colors and frontier wheels how difficult was it to rhino line the bottom half...because i considered doing part of my pathy...maybe not half the truck but a little lower

Amen to that!

Dowser explained it better then me...the subframe holds your differential, CV shafts, and suspension in place.

No because our style Pathfinder's are a unibody, so this "lift" drops the front subframe 4in. In the rear you would have to get longer coil springs to get close to equal height with the front. Its called a subframe drop or SFD. Some members on here have done the 2" lift from AC and combined it with the 4" SFD from krypton fab. to get a total of 6" of lift. But remember, when you change something like suspension, its a domino effect. One thing effects another, that affects another and so on. (i.e. longer shocks, brakes lines, steering extension, CV boots, panhard rod drop)

Check this out... http://www.krfabs.com/product_detail.php?productID=2 And there is loads of info on this site...