richardekirby Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 (edited) Hello. This is my first Pathfinder and 4x4. It's my wifes ride, so I cannot go wild with the mods, but a small lift and more aggressive tires are in the plans. I have friends with Jeeps and Toys and love to go 4 wheeling. We went to SE Oklahoma in early February and the Pathy did well in stock form. I don't see much here about the new Pathfinders, but hopefully that will change as time goes on. Edited March 18, 2010 by Precise1 cleaned up the image posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Welcome Richard!! Nice new pathy. No there is not a remendous amount of information on the newest generation yet, but it is growing steadily. Maybe you will be the first to post up specific modifications... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardekirby Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share Posted March 19, 2010 Yesterday I replaced the tranny, transfer case, and front / rear diff fluids with synthetic. I've acquired a set of American Racing Trench wheels to mount a set of Mud Terrains for 4 wheeling. There is not much in the way of lifts available yet. Cal-Mini makes a 5" lift, but it is not cheap. Rancho makes a fairly inexpensive front coil over shock and rear block kit that will raise it about 2". That is probably the way I will go and it will allow me to run a 285 series tire (32" tall). After being under it most of yesterday, I'm quite impressed with the construction. It has a full frame, unlike the previous generation, and plenty of cross and x braces for increased rigidness. The axle shafts are decent size but the diffs are pretty small. I'll keep ya'll posted as the mods progress. Hopefully, I can get the lift and tires done by the time we go to SW Colorado in early June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Hola, im right over in Denton kinda close to Garland. Hollar if you want any help with mods....I love to wrench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzy Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Welcome to NPORA! As B said, we dont have a lot of information on the newest pathy's but hopefully with more new members like you, the R51 section will get busier!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlFairweather Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Welcome, ive seen some of the new pathfinders on youtube. They perform good! I think after your done working on it you will have no problems keeping up with the other guys and our antiques haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardekirby Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Hola, im right over in Denton kinda close to Garland. Hollar if you want any help with mods....I love to wrench Welcome to NPORA! As B said, we dont have a lot of information on the newest pathy's but hopefully with more new members like you, the R51 section will get busier!! Welcome, ive seen some of the new pathfinders on youtube. They perform good! I think after your done working on it you will have no problems keeping up with the other guys and our antiques haha Thanks for the warm reception. 01silvapathy, nice rig, where do you go 4 wheeling? Do you go up to Clayton? I'll let you know when I'm going to wrench on it or go wheeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Thanks for the warm reception. 01silvapathy, nice rig, where do you go 4 wheeling? Do you go up to Clayton? I'll let you know when I'm going to wrench on it or go wheeling. I go wheeling whenever I can, I go up to Shiloh Ridge over in Alto which is in East texas. I go to college at Stephen F. Austin over in Nacogdoches Texas, which is about a 4hr drive from Denton, but im in Denton for all the holidays and over summer. We have a trip planned over the summer for a local park closer to the DFW area. But ya dude, let me know if u ever want some help with anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardekirby Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 I go wheeling whenever I can, I go up to Shiloh Ridge over in Alto which is in East texas. I go to college at Stephen F. Austin over in Nacogdoches Texas, which is about a 4hr drive from Denton, but im in Denton for all the holidays and over summer. We have a trip planned over the summer for a local park closer to the DFW area. But ya dude, let me know if u ever want some help with anything My wife went to SFA, but that was quite a few years ago (don't tell her I said that). I've been looking for a place to go April 17th and 18th. We are meeting my wife's cousin and her boyfriend somewhere between here and Houston. Your welcome to meet up with us. Shilo Ridge looks like a possibility. I've also been looking at Brazos Valley in Bryan, General Sam's in Huntsville, and Hidden Falls in Marble Falls. I've never been 4 wheeling in Texas because we always go up to Oklahoma, so I don't know what any of these places are like. I guess one way to find out is check out each one of them. I'll let you know where we end up going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 My wife went to SFA, but that was quite a few years ago (don't tell her I said that). I've been looking for a place to go April 17th and 18th. We are meeting my wife's cousin and her boyfriend somewhere between here and Houston. Your welcome to meet up with us. Shilo Ridge looks like a possibility. I've also been looking at Brazos Valley in Bryan, General Sam's in Huntsville, and Hidden Falls in Marble Falls. I've never been 4 wheeling in Texas because we always go up to Oklahoma, so I don't know what any of these places are like. I guess one way to find out is check out each one of them. I'll let you know where we end up going. Oh so your wife bleeds purple eh? lol. I do believe that my local truck club is going to be goin to shiloh ridge that weekend actually April 16-18 one of the days. I like shiloh I feel comfortable wheeling there, because there is a good variance of trails. Here are some videos from my youtube channel of when our club went two times lol. I was only lifted 2in at the time and on some little bad ass Michelin Cross Terrain tires. Never got stuck tho Now you will see that some of the guys in the club have bigger lifted trucks but thats no worry you could keep up with us, or even ride if u wanted too, or you me and whoever else could split up and go do our own thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 But dont quote me on dates yet though. I will def be in Nacogdoches that weekend, so hollar at me if yall are coming through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardekirby Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 But dont quote me on dates yet though. I will def be in Nacogdoches that weekend, so hollar at me if yall are coming through. We are going to Shilo Rigde that weekend. Looks like it may be a fairly large group of us. I'm calling them tommorrow about reservations. What kind of camping do they have? Get out there if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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