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Yes I have For a long time now... (by the way, my front is in 1/4" aluminium too, not steel.) ... Back in 2010 I was testing different approach of manufacturing the skidplates and I basically dropped the truck many times on them. I literally slide down on the skidplate, wheel off the ground. Here's a picture of one of my first beta test for a full skid. It was all in one piece ( I welded the front with the mid-rear),, There was a slight deflection like you can on the 3rd picture, but the plate had done it's job..Which is to take the hit and save your equipment. I have twin lockers on my rig and I am an avid rock climber with it..I have NEVER broken any parts (transmission pan, oil pan, trans, steering rack, etc.. due to hit because I had these skidplates..) If you listen carefully , near the end of this video (2:44), when I finally make it up there, you see and hear when I fully hit the rock with the skid. This hit was directly on the transmission and transfer case... no damage and drove right back home.. Personally, I have seen many guys stranded in the woods simply because a tree branch just badly positioned on the ground went through the oil pan.. There is many thousands of dollars worth of items underneath our trucks. At the beginning of this all (when I was choosing the material for the skid, I did a sledge hammer test with 2 identical piece of material (square), one with 3/16" steel, the other 1/4" alu. I can honestly say the dents were the same on both.. So for me 1/4" alu is as strong as 3/16" steel, and the weight reduction, rust free attributes makes it a perfect material for these high end skidplates.

It is unlikely. Simply because the chances of finding a 95 that is not rusted out in Qc in near impossible. I was lucky enough to find a npora reader to help me design the rear spacers, but designing a set of skidplate is a whole different kind of animal... There is no way i can do this remotely. I am not closed to the idea, but i doubt everything will line up so that i can have access to a good, not rusted, straight wd21 in the near future... Also , do you think there would be enough interest? Envoyé de mon iPad en utilisant Tapatalk

******* EDIT ****** THEY ARE NOW AVAILABLE AS A PRESALE UNTIL DEC 31ST ONLY FOR NPORA MEMBERS... CLICK HERE : http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/42686-r50-crosslink-mid-skid-and-rear-skid-presale-ends-december-31st/?p=783943 I'm on the final details of the fabrication of a full set of aluminium skidplates that will be available before Christmas. I thought I would give a small peak for all those that patiently waited for this moment.. If you have any questions, just go ahead and ask them in this post as it will serve everyone. Here's a few facts : 1) No price yet - still have to finalize cost before that 2) All parts will be powder coated black for a durable finish 3) They have been designed to be symmetric... This means you can flip them if they become scratched and you're back with a new fresh set.!! 4) The 3 skids are not dependent on each other, but the Mid and Rear will need the crosslink for attachment 5) The items for a full set are : Front Skidplate, Mid Skidplate, Rear Skidplate, Control arm Crosslink 6) Only the crosslink is made from steel, the skidplates are from 1/4" aluminium T6061 7) The skids are water jet cut. so no distortion from heat 8) The mid and rear are compatible with the front skidplate that were bought from me in the past. Pictures :-) BEFORE : AFTER:

Mid skidplate, crosslink and rear skidplate will be for sale before christmas.... The mockups are all done i will have the first set finished in about a week... Envoyé de mon iPad en utilisant Tapatalk

Bienvenue... Wow, t'es chanceux d'en trouver un beau comme ça au quebec...

hahaha.. good...! Mine will have a plate welded under it for skidplate bolting... so It will be a little different, but I like the ends that you did... simple and no need to weld an additional plate (like I did in the past)...

How did you figure out that this ujoint would fit the pathfinder....? The list of diff listed does not includes ours... ( I ask because when I started looking for ujoint, I looked for spicer, but figured that they were not making them

are you serious ?

I love your design... Hope you don't mind if I decide to <borrow> it !

Love the choice of words here hahaha!

Man, I`m reading all the extra posts and saying to myself ' you guys were certainly not lucky`, because I remember when I did this post, it did take me about 4-5 hours to replace the u-joints, but at the time, I had next to no tools and I was doing this with a hammer and sockets... But I remember that once everything was back on, the vibrations were all gone... I`m starting to thing i was lucky ? Who knows, but I can tell that the u-joints are still on the truck and I had no vibrations since then... I guess there is a difference between the rear u-joint I got and the the one you had (hawairish).... I almost feel bad now LOL...

Nice Project.... Bravo ,,well documented. professionally done ! S.

Welcome!

yes, this is my main focus now. I am restarting the missing link first, then the mid and finally the rear one. S.

Do you guys have any codes to report ? no check engine light ?

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We're Almost there !!! Just a few more days....

Also, there is a huge difference between the 3.3 and 3.5. I am running 4.36 with 33" and I don't feel like I lost alot of power with it.

ouch... this was quite an impact...

Should be up around end of october...latest mid-november.... but I am shooting for end of october.

Maybe a video could help us spot something...?