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I am trying to decide if I should/can put the manual hubs on before the 7 hour drive back home from school. How hard is the installation? Can it be done in a parking lot with the right tools? Thanks in advance.

Yea I have NEVER seen a R50 in a yard... never. How DJ got so lucky I have no idea..

ha, that was funny

they aren't THAT bad.. better than Nissan

Which is funny because (i have a 5speed BTW...) but there is still definately a spot for them in the center of the cluster between the speedo and the tach

I usually cruise around in 5th if I am going more than 40.. you should be fine I would think, the motor still warms up it seems.

yea I botched that one... I didn't have any idea what was good at the time and I really needed it fixed before I moved home.

yet I still think its a good idea to take my daily driver off road...

My 3.3 5 speed hovers around 3K on the highway... I was noticing that too, they do rev slightly higher on the highway (maybe thats why my city and hw gas mileage is the same! )

If you want to just take it out of your hands completely, last spring I had a AAA Auto Care Plus (which is now my favorite chain automotive replair facility) do my struts. When I would go over a bump the steering wheel actually turned itself from side to side. Turns out it was the links, so they did struts and links for around 600. This included new mounts, bearings and the like. They got me Monroe struts, which I know nothing about... However they have held up for at least one year of abuse. You could just order the struts and let a shop take care of all the other little parts.

Driving with them locked on is the same as the set up in the 96+.. Our front end is always spinning so doing 60mph with the hubs locked isnt a problem. Furthermore Nissan states that you can be traveling up to 60mph and still pull it into 4HI

Those are fairly agressive looking, how do they do off the beaten trail?

yea that stuff works pretty well. My first car, 87 Subaru, was starting to slip, changed fluid and put that stuff in, felt like a new tranny

Would be sweet if we had a frame. I want one.

I don't think VW offers a dual range 4x4 on the GTi...

Thats strange... I really wonder what would cause it to bog down like that.. some sort of blockage? did the SES light come on?

loose plug wire?

Didn't we just post a link to another board where this was going on? We aren't here to tear each other down, this isn't some who's got the bigger wank contest. From what I understand this board is to allow members to share ideas, what works, what doesnt, and allow everyone to benefit from it. Just because you don't think someone's snorkel idea is any good is no reason to tear them apart for it. Let them learn, come back here and share what went wrong and what could be done differently.

you mentioned Nissan automatic hubs -- has anyone updated the flanges on the 96+ to auto hubs?

Second that. If you look the springs themselves aren't any longer than the stock ones, however when they are under load they do not compress as much causing the truck to sit higher off the groud. This gives room for slightly bigger tires which will also increase your clearance. You have basically two options, the AC 2(3) inch lift available from 4x4parts.com and the Old Man Emu 1 inch lift. The 1 inch lift basically clears the truck enough to put one size bigger tires on. The idea behind the OME lift is that it allows for CV joints in the front 4x4 equipment to be at a less extreme angle, preventing premature wear. You can search, there has been alot of discussion of these topics on here. Good luck and welcome!

yep, good bye stock. Also got the bushings done, only cost me 130 bucks for all 4 bushings and shocks (labor price, ordered parts from 4x4 parts)

picked up my pathy today with the 5000's installed huge difference to stock. They are by no means harsh, but they are stiffer and I like em.

I just ordered the 5000's because, well im poor as hell and they are half the 9000's. They are being installed right now so I will let you know how big the difference is. I really dont care how "harsh" the ride is, i think its uber soft as it is, I want something stiff

I just ordered the bushings, ordered monday night, had them by friday morning. And I am in Ohio, so it's not like i am in Florida or anything. Best part is found a shop to do that and rear shocks for 120 bucks in labor. woot!

With the 97 you unscrew the screws than just pull off the rest. The 99.5+ has a two part bezel and the upper part must be removed before the lower. It's pretty easy, good luck