crazyhayseed

I'm more concerned about what's going on behind the obviously missing headlight and marker, dude. That's looks pretty rough... and I say that with this in mind:

Good tread or not, you have @!*% tires. I had the same problem. Did the same thing in front of a cop (he let it slide *pun*). Then I changed to 12.50 Pro Comp Mudders.... Never lost traction again. Cheap, hard-compound tires with f you in the a.

Mine is "The Truck"... as opposed to "The Porsche". "The Pathy" is also acceptable, which the kids get a huge kick out of. Apparently its a rather effeminate term for dad to use.

Look closer... I've got to complement you on getting it as far as you have. I'll try to remember where I found those 240sx articles. I'm digging the smoked tails too.

I'm from CA originally. I miss it, but I'm not coming back. I wonder what the emissions regs are like in TX... Anyhow, I suppose I'm gonna get these headers and just have a new exhaust built around them. Who needs a vacation savings, right? For those who've had them for a while, how are they holding up? Obviously the SS is going to blue, but have you had any corrosion issues? Also, does anyone have any experience with Thrush mufflers?

Is it wrong that after all that @!*% they put it through, I didn't really feel sick about the situation until they crushed it? Still, I'm glad to have a demonstration of the truck's limits. gv280z, I don't think there were any problems with the rear end. It looks like the back half of the chassis gave out. Watch the slow-mo at 4:20. It looks like he's dragging the fuel tank and whats left of the frame... God knows where the springs went. So, zombie apocalypse... We're good.

I feel for you. That's the nice thing about living in Kentucky; We have these things called "trees" that we use for filtering smog.

Screw the Pathfinders; I wanna know what the odometer reads on this thread! Das an ol' somebish!!

Wow! I'd love to build something like that for the garage. The rounded braces at the top are a nice touch. How much do you think you spent on metal here? I'm trying to appreciate your work, but all I see is price tags on all the components.

About $325 more expensive than OBX and not as flawless as one would expect, according to what I've read here. Did we ever get a confirmation on the collector diameter on these?

Pointless. This question is like asking "Do you prefer white or brown?".... Its all gravy to me. These trucks are as common as fleas on a dog. If yours is missing a feature, find it and install it. The only factory option that I miss on mine is the rear diffuser. I hate using that damned wiper all the time. I'll get one when I replace the lift gate... someday.

Bummer. Mine is pretty rough on the driver-side too. It took a lot of beating and banging to get the HB headlight bucket to go in. I'd say your best bet is going to be to find a good donor. I've seen a few good write-ups by 240SX owners who were forced to go this route. Check Google. Be sure to check your frame too. If it's hounded, you might be better off finding another truck to swap your old parts onto. After years of wondering about it, I recently confirmed that my chassis was bent when the previous owner wrecked it. Now all I can do is thrash on what I've got until I find a deal on another in better shape. The give-away on mine is the space (or lack thereof) between the chassis and the torsion rods. I have a good 2" clearance on the p-side and it rubs on the driver.

You should be able to find a radiator support on eBay for cheap. If not, I'm pretty sure I saw one on RockAuto the other day. Now, that's just the front part (whats showing in B's sig photo there). If you're talking about what the fenders mount to, thats something else entirely (nissan calls it the Hood Ledge?). Nissan might sell those parts to you, but it'd be expensive and difficult to rebuild piece-by-piece. From what I've read, most major rebuilds involve cutting the trashy fender supports off and welding in the whole dog-house from a donor vehicle. Another option is to hook you truck to a tree and pull the squished parts out yourself. Just don't rip your front-end off on my account...

Yep, I'm totally jacking a 3-year old thread... Blame the search engine. I'm really interested in these OBX headers. I installed one of their first runs (before they even started marking them with their name) on my B13 and was very impressed. The price is awesome and I'd bet on them before I trusted Pacesetter. The lack of a Y-pipe is a big issue though. This is the only write-up I've seen on them and it seems like integrating them into the stock system was pretty complicated. I'm on a shoestring budget after replacing my transmission so I'm wondering, how bad would it be to get these, just clamp a set of turbo mufflers to the ends and call it a day. I can work out the rest later, but I don't want to risk hurting my engine... or upsetting me sposa.

Me too!

I thought about that, but as far as my tires stick out, I've never really bothered folding them. With these rims, if I'm close enough to rub the mirror, I'm prolly close enough to rub sidewall. It's the crazy unforeseen stuff like I mentioned that I'm focused on avoiding. However, I think this could be also be done by using the two screws at the bottom of the mirror base for attachment. I think a swivel would be easier there.

Well, I suppose I'll have to be content with being alone on this. I still think its a good idea... or one that I'll obsess over for a while anyway. Re-engineering ANYTHING is easy. Building is less so. Case in point... This sandwiches between the door and the mirror's base. Plate 1 is a spacer for plate 2, which should save the need to bend the tabs to match the door's contour.

No, it was a stock power mirror donated from the same year as mine. Snapped like a twig tho. I couldn't believe it. Its not like I jumped up or anything. Just the act of raising up from a crouch and catching my shoulder broke it at the swivel. Leo, I think you've got it right about the vertical impacts. If nobody else has looked into this, I may tool around on Sketchup and see what I can come up with. I don't think it would take much to keep this from happening again.

So, while I was changing the transmission, I rolled out from under the truck, stood up and my shoulder bumped the D-side rear view, snapping it at the base. This is the second power mirror I've had to replace. The first had been broken and swapped with a manual before I bought the truck. I get the impression that these things aren't very sturdy. I'm thinking that some sort of guard is in order. If nothing else, to protect my truck from it's clutz of an owner. Has anyone ever built or bought anything like this?

It looks like an Isuzu Amigo (two door Rodeo). I almost bought one of those when I was stationed in Chicago. It was lifted on beefy tires, but it was salmon pink with green pinstripe. *gag*

There's too much cool going on here for me to bother listing any knit-picking complaints. Awesome truck.

We're veering from the point. Pathfinder... Racing Paint... Possibly Baja... Trying to match Spencer Low Hardbody clone... GO!

Ya, that'd be awesome. The nice part about Nissan's parts-bin designs is that you can swap in a lot of the race parts from the more popular cars. Jim Conner! I think thats it... Though, I can't find anything on the baja pathfinder now. SPD Fabrication says they built two of the trucks pictured. I'm sure I saw a few with the factory livery before... maybe Connor. I don't remember. http://www.spdproducts.com/trucks.htm

It looks like a good part of the body's floor has been cut away. I'd venture to guess that much of the exterior has been replaced with fiberglass. The back windows are filled for vents and fuel fillers. I saw another company team that ran a setup like this at Baja. I wish I could remember the name. They made WD21 parts back in the day, which is how I stumbled across them in the first place. Though, they specialized in 2x4 pre-runner stuff. I'll bet the parts would be worth a lot now.