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About the face lift -- I have looked into it, the fenders are cut the same, the issue comes in with the hood. All you need to do it are sidemarkers, headlights, grill, and hood. It is a feasable upgrade, and I do at some point plan to do it as I love that front end (I think it looks more aggressive).. just my two cents

I dont understand why it had to look like a sized down Armada. And the thing is boxy as all get out... Oh well, I am just bummed that a new body style = lower resale or maybe its all the trail rides that = lower resale... Anyways Nissan claims this one should be more off road capable than the 96+, however making it suburban sized kind of detracts from the effort they made by putting it back on a frame

sooo if Nissan makes lifetime struts why weren't they on there in the first place could've saved this poor college student some serious coin....

Wow, that is quite a difference. I had mine done here in Columbus while I was at school last spring and one place quoted me 710 and the others 650. I didnt really know where to even go to get work done so I took the 650 at AAA auto repair and that was that. I am guessing the place that wants 360 just has better labor rates. I hope the struts fix the problem for you because that shaky steering wheel sucks! good luck! -cameron

I had something similar to this earlier this year.. When i would go over bumps and such at low speeds the steering wheel itself would actully move around, pretty bad. And then at speed it would also do it. Took it to my mechanic and he reccomended new struts. (great....that was cheap) BUT it did fix it. How old are your struts? -cameron

I am interested in the 4Runner rim/tire combo. What can you tell me about them? Have they been sold yet? Any chance you could e-mail me some pictures of them either on your truck, or how they are now. What kind of tires? etc. thanks! -Cameron

Ok, so I spent some time in the garage section of the forum looking for info on how to bypass this factory amp. It seems all the information there was for the previous pathfinders. Heres my dilemma, I've got a Pioneer MP3/Cd player and when it is loading a CD or between tracks you can hear it spinning the CD through the speakers. That bothers me. Soo I would much like to kill the factory amp, however I really don't want to run all new speaker wires as that tends to be a huge pain. Is there anyway to bypass this amp without running new wires? Any advice would be much appreciated! -Cameron

hmm tricky one there. what 99 are you talking about? The 99.5 (i.e. newer looking) or the older one (96-99) If its the 99.5+ the taillights will not work because the reverse lights on the newer QX4s are located next to the license plates and not in the taillight itself. however, the 99.5 Pathfinder tail lights do fit, but you will need to make sure the sockets come with the lights as the sockets from the old lights do not fit. its a quick splice and definately worth the time. I put 99.5 tail lights on my pathy and really looks nice. hope this helps.

that was my thought, push comes to shove i will just ebay it back to the free world.

yea, I have considered that. I was looking at the faces offered by Import Intelligence, kinda plain, but apparantly fit pretty well. I also saw a website on making your own faces, will look into that too. I was just asking about the newer cluster because the guy who is selling me my tail lights said he would throw it in for free. When i get it I will check it out.

I dont know what year you are working on, but I just did both on my 97. I twisted the who plastic unit counter-clockwise like half a turn, then it pulled out backwards. Then just unplug the electrical connector, connect it to the new one and screw it back in. Its a little awkward down in there, but it is possible to do without taking off the headlights (as the haynes manual suggests) Hope this helps.

Hmm... well the guy is including the unit with the tail lights I bought, so I will give it a shot, if it sucks, well so be it, i can yoink it out and throw in the manual controls again. Looks like I will be having a fun weekend. Thanks.

Well unfortunately the other boards were for my other car... I have done a cluster swap before (75 camaro) but never on one so new. I would love to have the white face gauges that came with the newer models, so I will give it a shot, and let you know the results. Looks like its time for the haynes schematics.........

This has been a topic that seems to come up on other vehicle boards I am a member of, but is there any way to put the new(99.5+) gauge cluster into the 96-99? i.e. will it plug directly in, or is a wire splice necessary? Furthermore, is there any way to crank up the miles on a digital odo so they match the miles on my analog? thanks!

So in an effort to make my XE a little nicer, I came accross an automatic climate control unit on ebay. Is there any way to put the auto control into a car that did not have it stock? or will this be an hopeless job. On a brighter note I am changing out my tail lights to the 99.5+ tail lights, should help make the rear end look real nice. thanks, cameron

Aha-- i just had to look under reat suspension a couple posts down, thanks!

Hey all, This is my first post here, though I have been reading since I bought my Pathfinder back in December. This year I replaced my 88 BMW with a 97 XE V6 4WD 5Speed Pathfinder, basically the truck I have wanted for quite some time. Had 68K miles on it when I bought and runs like a dream. The only problem I have had (besides burning my clutch off in the mud...) is that everytime I hit a bump the steering wheel seems to shake or rattle. I don't believe it is the struts because when you push on a corner of the truck it rocks back to level within one or two rocks. A friend of mine said maybe the sway bar, but I am not exactly sure whats going on and thought I would check to see if anyone else has had a similar problem. Thanks, Cam