dhardison

Yes but thinking back I've never seen any dealer specials with the manufacturer logo on the id plate. Even some of the big ones I can think of like Choo Choo customs for GM trucks or in my case an ASC McLaren foxbody mustang convertible I once owned. They couldn't or wouldn't use the Chevy or Ford logo as part of their ID, logo, or numbering plate.

I've heard some people use traffic signs and they could be free. Sorry meant to reply to the main thread. My Bad

And then I woke up and *poof* they were all gone. Stacks of unsold Mitsibishi 3000 GTs on dealer’s lots. New unloved and unsold Subaru SVXs that were over a year old with their window stickers sun faded yellow from age. Dodge Stealths Dodge dealers couldn’t give them away, and the list goes on. Nissan pulled the plug on the ZX but kept it on life support for two years. Toyota fought the longest with Supras but in the end they caved in too. What killed that golden era that will never be repeated? The SUV of course. The very reason this forum exists. The finicky American public suddenly couldn’t get enough of them. Jeep couldn’t keep enough Grand Cherokee Limiteds on the lot. Nissan started loading the Pathfinder with options, and toyed with idea of starting up production in the Tennessee to meet demand as stated in another post running in the forums. Toyota turned the 4 Runner into a true 4 door SUV with a fixed roof. Every GM divison got a version of the baby Blazer. Every Ford division got a version of the Explorer. I realized the world was never going to be the same. I got sucked in too and traded my 300 for a Grand Cherokee Limited V-8. It was a wakeup call that made me realize two things. 1. An SUV back in those days no mater how plush was never going to handle like a sports car. 2. The only thing Limited was the amount of time I would spend driving it because it spent a huge amount of time laid up for repairs and parts at the Jeep dealer. Then an interesting thing happened to me the new Maxima came out with the first VQ. It immediately went on Car and Drivers 10 best list and the VQ won a best engine award from Wards. Suddenly I could get a Maxima that was as fast as an NA ZX and would melt the front tires in a glorious front wheel drive power slide. I’ve got an abscessed tooth and I’m taking serious pain meds so if this opinionated reply got way off track then forgive me. Or you’ll have to wait until my next toothache to find what out happened in the next decade of my automotive life. This topic was getting so off track from the original posting that I don’t think it maters anymore at least it was off-topic to begin with.

That makes the most sense. I could see Nissan building a test run of 300 Pathfinders at the Smyrna truck plant to see about moving assembly from Japan.

A trick they learned from GM building "Collector Edition" Corvettes in the '90s

You've voiced your opinion on all Z's since the original before and in some ways I agree except I make an exception for the Z32's 89-96. My personal choice for Nissan's design home run. And the Z I wish I had kept back in the day in spite of the rear main leak (no surprise there). So I guess I was shocked to see you throw up a pic of a 370 sport wheel. IMO not the worst factory wheel but not the best either. For me the real beauty in that wheel is what it represents, the sport package which gets you Nissan 4 piston front disc brakes, formerly Brembos, among other things. And they're Rays forged so quality wise you can't get much better. I've got to say this because I mostly sold my black 95 pathy that was going to be my off-road one to get the extra money to get my 370 with the sport and nav packages. Still wish I had both Pathfinders but I need my sports car to have real brakes not Altima calipers. Living with my decision every day.

Been around Nissan's for a long time and personally never thought they ever made a best looking ever factory wheel. But hey what do I know I'm just an old guy who thinks a Pathfinder or 4x4 pickup on period correct legos is cool. Or, now that most of them have been restomodded to death, an early 240Z on it's factory steel wheels and hubcaps is cool too.

Had me stumped too and then I found this instruction sheet which explains it in procedure #5. Programming instructions PDF

It's 3 inches wide by about 2 1/2 inches tall.

Cleaning out the garage and ran across this unused adhesive sticker. Anybody want to take a guess as to what it's purpose is.

And it must be a difficult to overcome clearance issue too. If I remember correctly my 92 NA 300 was rated at 225 OR 222 HP. Before I got schooled by the forum I used to think when the time came for an engine I would just drop in a 225 HP VG out of a wrecked Z and switch to a 4.88 gear to compensate for the power coming on at a higher rpm. Sounds easy in theory but must be almost impossible in real life. For comparison the first VQs in 3.0 displacement claimed 190 HP.

My truck has been running great on NGK iridium plugs for about 10,000 miles. But once I put a set of Bosch platinums in a car and within 300 miles it was running so bad I almost had to tow it to the dealer. The dealership replaced those plugs with OEM plugs and everything was great. So I agree not all engines like platinum plugs. It's worth checking out.

As has already been said this site is going to turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to your Pathfinder. You've got a rare 95, a non LE with leather and a five speed. My Z is fun, one of several I've owned, especially this time of year when I wake it up after a long winter nap and start driving it. But it's like most new cars, almost too good and way too expensive. 95% of the time it's almost frustrating to drive. Stuck in endless traffic wishing everybody would get out of the way. Escort constantly going off from all the radar traps as the counties / cities try to re-coup all the tax money they've lost due to the bad economy so now they're trying to make it up in traffic court revenue. The other 5% is pure heaven. I could go on but this isn't a Z forum and I don't talk about it too much here. I'll just repeat something I've heard a few times that's really starting to hit home with me now that new cars are getting faster every year and traffic is getting worse every year. "It's a lot more fun to drive a slow car fast than to drive a fast car slow" Best of luck and I think time and this forum will prove that a Tennessee 5 speed Pathfinder is a pretty good place to start.

Welcome from another Pathfinder owner in Middle TN. Lots of decent used Nissans including Pathfinders wind up for sale in Rutherford county. Many of these good used Pathfinders began life here new as a 2 year Nissan employee lease for the Smyrna plant back in the late 80's early 90's. Back in those days plant employees could lease a new well equipped Maxima or Pathfinder for 2 years at $200 per month. After the 2 years many people loved them so much they bought them when the lease was up and from there they just started getting passed down through family generations.

Hey it could be worse and have this dash on a D21 I looked at recently that didn't even have a factory tach. Now that's a stripper.

I want to be a Nissan transvestite and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Every day I search Craigslist, Autotrader and ebay for my bucketlist D21. You think it would be easy, NOT. I'm in no hurry so I'm holding out for the right one. You've all seen the right truck, good color, extended cab, SE, V-6, 4X4, factory buckets and console, sunroof, no rust! I know mine's out there I've just got be patient.

I double checked with my friend that did the work and what we ordered and replaced was correct. The bottom bushing on the stabilizer rod is part of the rod and that's why I had to order two rods, one for each side. The bottom of the rod which actually bolts to the sway bar has the pressed on to and part of the rod itself bushing, the threaded top part that bolts to the frame has the two bushings. 4 bushings do both sides. I looked and I didn't see an upper and lower rod, only a single rod on each side.

Sorry, If I remember correctly I just had to do the long lowers or maybe just one side. I had a friend that works at Pep Boys look at it and told me what I needed to order. He put them on in his spare time. I was quoting what I ordered off my Courtesy Receipt.

I replaced my links and bushings to get rid of a clunk in my rear every time the rear body weight would shift from left to right. I didn't know about 4x4 parts or Alkoril back then so I ordered everything from Courtesy Nissan. The rods were a back ordered item back then so it must be a common wear out problem. Anyway here is a list of what Courtesy called them and what I paid. 2 Rod Assembly-Connecting stabilizer 56260N 1987-95 $58.92 total for 2 4 Bushing Rear stabilizer 56243 1987-95 $14.20 total for 4 I must have been dumber back then because I thought I had to order the rods because there was a bushing that was pressed on the rod too.

Thanks, I've thought about re-indexing after reading about it in some forum posts. The trans was out for a rebuild at 168,000 before I bought it. The shop that did it has a good reputation in our area for transmissions but their focus was probably on the trans and removing and replacing the tbars was an afterthought.

That's my biggest fear too. Worry about it more than the Z, it's pretty hard to steal chip coded new cars. Got any thoughts on that rotted torsion bar dust boot in the first set of pics? It looks like the whole bar has to come out to replace it.

Thanks, I'm going to check that idler pulley. Sometimes I listen and think that's it then other times I'll listen and I'm not so sure. Didn't know there was a way to check it, just replace it. It doesn't really sound like belt noise but I've had some belts make strange noises over the years. The belts were all changed 22,000 miles ago with Nissan belts as part of a 178,000 mile timing belt service done at a Nissan dealership right before I bought it. I asked the lady original owner I bought it from why she paid all that money to have the timing belt service done at a dealership on something that old and she replied that she wanted to make sure it was done right. That's when I knew out of all the Pathfiners I'd looked at this was going to be the one I would buy and keep for a long time.

It's tracking straight and the suspension seems tighter than any other 200k car or truck I've ever driven.

No, and after reading posts in here about getting the filter off I knew I never would.

exceeded the picture limit in my first post so here are the rest