Drakec Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 (edited) First off, I have a 92 SE 4 door 3" body lift and cranked torsion bars to accomodate my 15 x 10 amarican racing wheels wrapped with 33x12.5 mickey thompson baja claws(got the rims and tires used for $1000 couldnt say no) I have my aftermarket stereo with a much too large sub and a lot of time into this thing. I live in saskatchewan (Canada) and am not sure how the winter will take its toll on the pathy. I have owned my pathfinder for about 6 months now, LOVE IT! but don't know if i should keep it. I have replaced the classic bad spots on the frame, patched another spot where the clamp for the running board was because the clamp held mud against the frame and rotted it there too. I have replaced the floor panels in front of the front seats, and the floor underneath the backseats needs to be replaced. What i'm wondering is, with the frame being in such bad shape on the inside (it was half full of mud when i opened it up) how long is it going to last me before it rots a hole in a different spot. I have thought about spraying the crap out of the inside as best i can with a stop rust but dont know how effective that will be anyhow. I have also replaced the rocker panels (not professionaly as im not a body man) but I put new ones on and left the hole behind them open. Is it worth keeping or should i sell it while im ahead? I also have quite a bit of mechanical work into it so the engine should be good for at least another 50,000 - 100,000k. And what did you guys do about the airbox when you put your body lift on? I ordered one of those cheep intakes off ebay Drake Edited October 16, 2010 by Drakec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 If you've got that much work into it I would keep it as they last forever and if you can keep ahead of the frame rust (keep the frame clean inside and spray with fluid film) you have a very very cheap vehicle to operate other than fuel. If you can keep the inside of the frame clean for the oil to reach you should be ok. I have considered filling mine with some moisture resistant foam but I am not sure yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbdevega Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 I heard from a friend the best way to deal with a rusty fram is to strip all the rust and paint off and then repaint the whole frame using a Epoxy enamel...lots of work, the only other options are either reinforce the frame as best as you can(this doesnt work too well i heard) or cut bad peices of the frame out and weld in plates(heard this works much better but eventually theres a limit to this method) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejin4499 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 First off, I have a 92 SE 4 door 3" body lift and cranked torsion bars to accomodate my 15 x 10 amarican racing wheels wrapped with 33x12.5 mickey thompson baja claws(got the rims and tires used for $1000 couldnt say no) I have my aftermarket stereo with a much too large sub and a lot of time into this thing. I live in saskatchewan (Canada) and am not sure how the winter will take its toll on the pathy. I have owned my pathfinder for about 6 months now, LOVE IT! but don't know if i should keep it. I have replaced the classic bad spots on the frame, patched another spot where the clamp for the running board was because the clamp held mud against the frame and rotted it there too. I have replaced the floor panels in front of the front seats, and the floor underneath the backseats needs to be replaced. What i'm wondering is, with the frame being in such bad shape on the inside (it was half full of mud when i opened it up) how long is it going to last me before it rots a hole in a different spot. I have thought about spraying the crap out of the inside as best i can with a stop rust but dont know how effective that will be anyhow. I have also replaced the rocker panels (not professionaly as im not a body man) but I put new ones on and left the hole behind them open. Is it worth keeping or should i sell it while im ahead? I also have quite a bit of mechanical work into it so the engine should be good for at least another 50,000 - 100,000k. And what did you guys do about the airbox when you put your body lift on? I ordered one of those cheep intakes off ebay Drake tell ya what if you dont want it I'll give you a great deal a bridge in trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakec Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 I have stripped most of the frame and used a rubberized undercoating on it, its the inside im worried about. I feel like if i go off-roading once ill fill the frame up with mud and shorten the life of it by half. adamzan - I am going to spray the crap out of the inside of my frame with rust stop, but im worried ill have no idea if it even covers half of it... I guess ill just do it and hope for the best jbdevega - I have cut out the really bad spots and put plates in, but when i cut them out i was able to see how bad the inside was, only way to "fix" would be replace and.... no thanks haha What else have you guys done to make sure it doesnt rot out faster than it needs to? is the stop rust/fluidfilm going to be enough on the inside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbdevega Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 dont use the rubberized undercoat. everyone i know that has used it says it ends up causing more harm then good (water gets trapped in it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 I have stripped most of the frame and used a rubberized undercoating on it, its the inside im worried about. I feel like if i go off-roading once ill fill the frame up with mud and shorten the life of it by half. adamzan - I am going to spray the crap out of the inside of my frame with rust stop, but im worried ill have no idea if it even covers half of it... I guess ill just do it and hope for the best jbdevega - I have cut out the really bad spots and put plates in, but when i cut them out i was able to see how bad the inside was, only way to "fix" would be replace and.... no thanks haha What else have you guys done to make sure it doesnt rot out faster than it needs to? is the stop rust/fluidfilm going to be enough on the inside? What I have done is gotten some of that rust converter from CT and it seems to have worked as my rear frame near the bumper is bad but it has not gotten worse over the winter. All you can do is just keep plating it eventually you'll have the old frame encased in new metal and you'll be good. I know its a bitch but they are too good of a truck to let die like that. dont use the rubberized undercoat. everyone i know that has used it says it ends up causing more harm then good (water gets trapped in it) X2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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