01silvapathy Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 What do you mean properly made? I have camber bolts now to correct my alignment and its out of alignment now has been for awhile lol. What can make you have a bad kit im guessing something with the strut spacers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddfildvaynes Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Good to see so many people modifying their rides, I personally LOVE my SFD and thanks Andrew for hooking me up with it; I trust his work and have definitly put the SFD to the test with some crazy wheeling and it held up. I am however already starting to do research on my next project which will probably take a little longer and more saving up but I want a SAS! I am in the beginning stages of doing research just like I was a year ago when I found out about the SFD, but I am definitly enjoying my lift the way it is and can't wait to start modifying more. I love customizing my pathy and knowing that you did it all yourself and it will hold up to some abuse is even a better feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morpheus Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 A properly made SFD kit will not need camber bolts. So if he doesn't have them now, he shouldn't need them after. Just installing the AC lift springs alone needs camber adjustment afterwards. I guess if you made the SFD using stock height springs it would work, but I think most people are using the 2" AC coils + the 4" SFD aren't they? At least that's what I'm using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift220 Posted May 28, 2010 Author Share Posted May 28, 2010 Just installing the AC lift springs alone needs camber adjustment afterwards. I guess if you made the SFD using stock height springs it would work, but I think most people are using the 2" AC coils + the 4" SFD aren't they? At least that's what I'm using. I think a lot are using the AC springs in combo with the SFD. I myself just used the stock springs for a 4" lift. I say properly made because the strut spacers have to offset to correct the angles for both caster and camber. If this is done then there shouldn't be a need for camber bolts. Yea, you will need camber bolts with the front lift springs regardless of a SFD or not. One could actually design the strut spacers for additional offset when using lift springs and eliminate the need for camber bolts. I don't think the spacer would clear the body though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAK Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 (edited) If it was legal to weld on the body and frame here in the UAE i would have welded my blocks in with small welds. I also would have test driven my spacers for a week or so and then weld in steel braces from the bottom of the strut spacer into the body at different angles around the spacer. I really wish I could do that now but its against the law here, it would help the body handle the off angle stress that the spacers produce. A colleague of mine who rallies a pathfinder did a jump that pushed his racing coil-over up through the body and folded it in toward the engine. I don't drive my pathy like that but its just to say that those strut mounts are not overly strong. Here is a little of what he did to correct the problem. These braces were added after he already reinforced the mounts with a second layer of metal. And the braces are welded to the pathys full role cage. Its not pretty but it also wasn't finished. I didn't get any other photos and the car was sold a week later to a guy from Saudi Arabia. I am also planing a 10-12mm solid aluminum bash plate to add some extra strength to the sub-frame. I just need to find the aluminum. Edited May 29, 2010 by DanAK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Dang thats some pretty hard abuse for a truck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180sx Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 i didnt get what i was looking at... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAK Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 It was basically the start of an engine cage for a pathfinder, but it is limited by the class of racing the guy dose. Anyway I am just saying that the strut mounting location is not the strongest in the world and that bracing the strut spacers to the body might help even out the stress. Most of us probably are not ready to put in roll cages and engine cages, I would love to but I can't. Oh! and by the way a pathfinder came in second this year in the UAE Desert Challenge (a five day desert race) driven by the french team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 A strut tower brace would probably be good for us unibody-ridin' goons. And it's still road legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Ha Unibody Ridin Goon....had to make it my title LMFAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Ha Unibody Ridin Goon....had to make it my title LMFAO Noice! I also changed mine a bit... This got me thinking. Didn't NX4 have a strut tower brace listed on the site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Well... Maybe in the works... NX4 strut tower brace I'd so buy one, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Noice! I also changed mine a bit... This got me thinking. Didn't NX4 have a strut tower brace listed on the site? Always one upping me.....damn you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180sx Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 (edited) This is funny. A local radio station made a song about "Goons". Haha. Jose Edited June 1, 2010 by 180sx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Always one upping me.....damn you No way man. This would be the first time. And besides, you're the one rockin' 33's... This is funny. A local radio station made a song about "Goons". Haha. Jose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qx4paulo Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 i got my shift220's kit... installing it now... anyone attempting to do this goooo for it looks so much better.... front is done on mine...lunch break b4 i do the rear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 I want some pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manifesto Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I want some pics too!!! this thread is awesome guys, might just start to love my R50 more than my WD21 (shhhhhhhhh don't tell the other guys that) Definitely considering an SFD within the next year For now, I'll just have to hope and pray the 33"s fit off my old truck on to this one without too much screwing around with just AC 2" lift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift220 Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 I want some pics too!!! this thread is awesome guys, might just start to love my R50 more than my WD21 (shhhhhhhhh don't tell the other guys that) Definitely considering an SFD within the next year For now, I'll just have to hope and pray the 33"s fit off my old truck on to this one without too much screwing around with just AC 2" lift Your just down the trail from me... I'll keep an eye out for you, but I'll warn you, if you see my R50 with the SFD, you might get the bug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qx4paulo Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 heres a few it got dark out real quick so ill take some real pics in the am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick13 Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I thought I had posted up at lunch today...but maybe it didn't go through? I started my install yesterday and got all the spacers/strut towers installed and buttoned back together (weird seeing my baby all torn apart). Thank goodness Thunderbolt offered to help me out... Still have to figure out the steering linkage piece...I'm slightly car-tarded so this is quite a feat for me... I'll post some before/after photos within the week (after new tires, rear coil spacer, front wheel spacer, and an alignment...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qx4paulo Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 one of my boys showing some flex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qx4paulo Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 i am pretty sure i need more lift..... had this on for about a day.. feels like the truck should have come stock like this.. i need to go higher tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manifesto Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 how lowwww can that subframe gooo?? I sense a new kit in the new future, the SFL Sub Frame Limboooooo xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Or Subframe Drop-Drop for people who want to slam their r50's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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