Torsion Bars

[Guest Will Snedigar]

I am trying to find out if a rumor I heard is true or not.

I was told that if you turn the torsion bars over it will lift the front enough to fit 32's on it. Will this work or is there something else I should be doing.

[sw]

no, you will need to do a suspension or body lift

[JeepRescueService14]

screw 32s go with 33s HAHA

dont go halfass

[Guest Will Snedigar]

Eventually I plan on going with 35's, even 37's if I can trim enough fender well off.

 

4" Trail master suspension and a body lift of minimal proportions.

 

I'm gonna go to the rubicon with this baby since I live in Auburn wich is only about 30 min. from loon lake!

 

Lockers and crawler gears the whole nine yards.

 

Don't forget the '87 was 4x4 of the year!

[Mookie]

Great place to live! I bet you see a ton of rigs around your area eh?

 

Do you have one of the steering upgrades? I'm assuming you're still IFS.

[JeepRescueService14]

yer gonna need a about a custom 4 in body lift for 35s even with a 4 in suspy lift... or.... GO SAS!!!

33s fit kinda tight (no rub tho) with 3+3 lift

[88pathoffroad]

I've SEEN a Pathfinder with 38's on it and it was not pretty. The tires were so close to everything it was insane. All it was was for looks. It couldn't go anywhere because the tires rubbed horribly everywhere underneath. Unless it's JUST a trail rig, I'd advise against it. The biggest you should go is 35's on the stock Pathfinder drivetrain, and that's an absolute limit. It'll be terrible on gas mileage, terrible on offroading because of lack of gearing to turn the huge-arse tires, and terrible on-road due to the ride height and small turning radius. There's just no power there to run that large of a tire, man. That and the lifts available won't give you enough room to run those tires. With the 4+3 lift combo you can run 33's comfortably, or trim the crap outta your fenders and run 35's. And I don't mean a little, I mean, break out the SawZall and cut the finders OUT, cut parts of the firewall out near the front rear sides, etc. I sincerely doubt you'll get anything bigger to fit with any amount of real useability out of it.

 

Oh, that and your steering components will tweak into paperclips after every offroad run. You'll be replacing centerlinks, idler arms and tie rods like they're candy. I'm not kidding.

[Guest Will Snedigar]

Well I really appreciate all the feedback on this; looks like I'm going to have to go with a solid axle conversion. It might be pricy but if you want to play with the big boy's you gotta have the big toy's. If a S-10 can run 2.5 ton axles I should be able to find something that will work.

[88pathoffroad]

Hehehe

 

Keep us posted, then! We'd love to see it.

[ChromoTech]

Yea i saw a Pathfinder with what looked to be like 36s

with hardly no lift!!!!

and the fenders were gone, destroyed, ruined!!!

[87mudfinder]

Hey i might be selling my T/A Mud Terrains BFgoodrichs 31inchers on the stock rims off the 87 I wanna go 33inchers soon with some new rims

 

Bigger is Better thats what my Girlfriend says.....

 

Oh 88offroad what brand of rim you running and your tires what they worth? Might just be a -> c o p y c a t <- and do your Pathfinder idenitcal LOLOL