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Well, just though I would get them all done with at once.

Basically the whole outer part of the rear drum. The cover I guess you would call it. It looks like a bowl. It is very rusty.

Ok so I am up to now: Front Rotors Front Pads Grease Inner Bearing Grease Seals Rear Shoes Anything else I am missing? My rear brake drums are rusted pretty bad. Do I need new drums?

i'll take one.

I have the exact same noise as you. I wouldn't worry about it. I think it is the normal operation of the pump they have spoken about. The sound is like a faint whilring or buzzing noise when the 4wd is engaged. I have had the sound and my TC has been fine.

Going to change my brakes coming up here. What all exactly do I need to do this. So far I have come up with new rotors (www.stillen.com), new brake pads, and new rear drum shoes. Could some one fill me in on what I need for the rear drums. I know there are a ton of springs you have to replace and didn't know which ones could be reused. Also is there anything else I need for the front brakes I think my mechanic was talking about some type of shim or something? Thanks.

I have an 03 with a Lift and around 75,000 miles. Just wondering if there is any specific time when the bushings should be replaced in the rear control arms and the front lower control arm?

Send them back. What happened was the white strap holding them compressed shifted or snapped while being shipped and the strut was released. Same thing happened to me and they sent me new ones.

I highly recommend not getting an exhaust for your 3.5. I have a flowmaster 50 series SUV muffler with 2.25 tubing and 2 into 1 muffler. I honestly felt that I lost alot of torque after getting the sytem put in. Stick with the stock muffler.

How come Pezzy's bumpers have seperate side wings and Venegeful's has them welded on? They look to be the same bumper?

Well atleast I tried. I am trying to find some reasonable way to replicate a TJM without paying 1K+ for an ARB.

What is so funny? Found what I needed.

Pezzy, I am not sure if you be willing to do this or have the time but would it be possible for you basically measure and draw out every part of your TJM bumper? From the pictures it looks like the front is basically one piece then there are two sides which bolt to the front in order to meet up with the fenders. Me and a friend are tyring to build a replice TJM and were just trying to see if it would be feasible.

The ARB looks amazing but I just don't know if I could warrant spending 1200 for the bumper, 300 for lights, and then another 160-200 for shipping.

One time when I was buying a Mobil 1 Oil filter I must have accidentally been looking at some other nissan in the book to get the number for the oil filter. But anyways it fit and was fine and was much bigger than the recommended one. I think the pathy takes a 1-108 and the bigger one was 1-110.

I also have an 03 pathy with 71K milles. I don't believe you even have to change the PCV valve. In the service manual it says change PCV only on the xterra and frontier. I don't think you even need too unless you get a check engine light....

Nice. Do you have any more pics of your truck. It looks nice! Are you going to upgrade to the 265/75 or do you just like yours 265/70? Which would you recomennd?

Haha. Alex what size tires do you have? From your pic they look stock?

I meant just as far as loosing power. You didn't have any power loss with your 3.3 and the 32s?

Would not having 4.6's matter much? The 3.3 has the 4.6 gears but it also has a smaller engine so doesn't the 3.5 with 4.3s really just equal out with 265/75/16s?

So basically there is no hope ever again for a tjm pathy bumper? Do many people in AU have them? Any way to get one from there?

Well according to AR's site your wheels have 5.0 bs. I am just going to try as small as I can get.

To be honest many places have the tuner wheels you are speaking of. But not many places have Truck wheels in stock. There are many places that are more than willing to order them for me but there is no place that actually has some in stock to test fit on my vehicle. Currently the Pro Comp 8069's I am looking at are on a 4 month backorder! Hey I was reading some of your threads, whatever happened with the TJM run AC was doing in 2006. Did those people ever get bumpers?

Well that is actually my problem. There really aren't any places around here to get the wheels from except "offroad" stores and I don't want to pay all the money they want so I have to order off line....... Thats why I am trying to figure this all out. Sorry I am not trying to annoy you guys. Its just so frustrating to get wheels and tires. 4wheelparts is rediculous and does not carry any wheels so its hard for me to find some. Dean do you recommend Al or steel wheels?

If you want to supercharge a 3.5 I think the best thing to go for is a centrifugal type supercharger. The 350z and g35 and Pathfinder share the same belt pattern on the engine so the supercharger would actually bolt up and the belts would route completely fine. The only problems you would run into is route the air lines, engine management, and fuel. If you could figure that out it would work.