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Boys! Take it somewhere else! To each his own, right.

To answer your question, yes, an LSD will aid in on-road traction, just like it will aid in off-road traction (to a certain extent). The information above about re-building the LSD with additional clutch packs still applies to "tighten-up" the LSD and increase the break-away torque. With your BMW, you're probably used to a fairly tight LSD. The OEM R50 LSD is anything but. You'd probably notice a marked improvement in winter traction with a good set of all-terrain M&S tires, such as a Bridgestone Dueler AT REVO, if you can find one in the size you need after lowering your truck. (Boy, that sounds strange for this forum!) That would be my first step, before starting into the Diffs. Get a good set of tires, and see where that leaves you. Then if you're still not satisfied, you can add the LSD.

Guilty!

Just because Jeep never put a 60 on a Waggy, doesn't mean that there isn't a Waggy with a 60 rear under it. Now, that said, most Dana60s are Full Width axles, and wouldn't match a Wagoneer width front 44. Seems like either the guy's got set of full-width axles that he put under a Waggy, that he's trying to sell, or he doesn't know what he's talking about. Either way, I'd be skeptical, and would want to see detailed pictures with WMS to WMS measurements before determining weather or not it's a fair price. But, as 87 said, for an R50, you'd be better off with a HP44 front/9" rear combination...or, even keep the 233b, as that's a pretty damn stout axle to begin with.

Also, you may want to try http://www.car-part.com

I may have a rear defrost switch floating around somewhere. Let me look today and get back to ya.

All, 1990 on V6 Hardbodies had the 28 spline shafts. Actually, all V6 4WD Nissans had the same shafts and hubs, Pathfinder, Hardbody, Frontier, and Xterra, up to 2004.

Hubs from an 89 will NOT work on an R50. MY1PATH has an 89 Pathfinder, that's why he could use them. I'm not really sure why he posted that info here, as it's not relevant.... The spline count for 86-89 was 27. The R50 spline count is 28. However, all 1990-2004 V6 4WD Nissan Trucks used the same 28 spline hubs, so they would be interchangeable. If you were to find the OEM units from a 90+, you could use them.

A Pathfinder isn't THAT light. Curb on a WD is about 4000 lbs. Take this however you will, but I don't mean any disrespect. You and your friends obviously have no idea what you're doing, so please, save the entire 4x4 community some grief and go wheeling with people who do and get some experience/knowledge under your belt, so that this doesn't happen again. You wouldn't have gotten stuck if you had any inkling what you were doing and aired your tires down to even 20psi. The Warn 9500 winch, depending on which one it is, but I'm guessing it is either the 9.5XP or the 9.5TI, are the number one and two rated winches under 10,000lbs. There is absolutely NO reason that it should have broken, unless it was used improperly, or very badly neglected. See point above.

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Wierd...it works for me... I'll see if I can't figure it out.

Me too! It looks great. Kudos to whoever put it together! I'm especially liking the rotating images of members rigs...looks great.

That mounting point will be totally fine, UNLESS you have rust issues present when you install the sliders. I had removed my stock step rails about a year before I installed the sliders, and that was a year in upstate NY salty winter, and the bolt holes had become corroded and weakened. If you live in an area where rust isn't an issue (Dean), or you don't remove the step rails, until you're ready to install sliders (Pezzy), then you don't risk weakening the captive nuts. However, once those nuts are weakened, they're prone to being stripped and they're very difficult to tap effectively.

Link to Keelhauls winch mount thread

Oh, there's ways, but there aren't any products out there other than the ARB and KMA bumpers that you can purchase. The other solutions will require a little creativity and ingenuity on your part. You could implement a front receiver hitch, for a portable winch option. That would allow you to remove the winch when you're not using it, and protect it from theft and the elements. It would also allow you, if you were so inclined, to run winch cables to the rear of your vehicle and winch from either end. The downside of this is with the winch mounted, you do sacrifice quite a bit of approach and/or departure angle. Another option is a "hidden winch mount". This is basically a winch mounting plate that you fabricate to mount a winch between your front frame rails, in front of the radiator/AC condenser. It's definitely possible to do, Marcel from BP did one a while ago, but he's not building anything currently. This would be a permanent mounting solution, that would allow you to retain your OEM bumper (with a little modification), and not sacrifice approach/departure angles. However, being a permanent mount, the winch would be exposed to the elements, and vulnerable to theft.

With the recent cold here in DC, it's not surprising that your fuel economy has taken a bit of a hit. Even my Acura has suffered a bit. I only got 24.6mpg on the tank where it was 10 degrees out. LOL Also, as is said below, the 2 mile drives are KILLER on fuel economy. You'll use as much fuel in the first 2 miles of driving as you will in the next 4 once the engine warms and goes into closed loop. +1

Been tried before. The supercharger sticks about 4" above the hood...not exactly stealthy.

That's odd man. Do you have any DTCs? Has the fuel filter ever been replaced?

That may just be your driving style ARex... Yes, the Warn Hubs SHOULD benefit fuel economy. They will definitely make the truck roll and steer much smoother as the front wheels will be disconnected from the driveline. It also reduces driveline wear. That said, I saw an immediate 2.3mpg increase across the board when I installed my Warn manual hubs, and was able to attain 17.3mpg towing a 4200lb trailer through the mountains of PA.

Here's an exhaustive PDF guide of everything you will need, and step by step directions: http://www.overlandtrucks.com/system-f/NPTC.pdf

You should put a harness in, that way, if you ever sell the truck, you can say it's got the tow package.

I paid $110 for my hitch with free shipping. Installed it myself, free, in like 20 minutes. Got a harness from Advance for $20 and spent another 15 minutes installing that.

I had a "Hidden Hitch" brand tow hitch on my 99. It was a very good quality, but a bit of a mis-nomer. Not even hidden in the least bit.