deltaR50 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 have anyone tried fitting one of these bad boys? i see them a lot on my local junkyard and i am very tempted of getting one and make it fit for my 01 pathy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green180 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I've been wondering the exact same thing, has anyone done this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle94 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 better off getting one from a '96-'99. the wd21 pathfinder's are different shaped and it won't fit right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpe991 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 and have fun trying to find a r50 tire carrier they more of a myth haha iv only seen them in pics so who knows if they really exist haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrariowner123 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Theexbrit apparently tried to make to make a WD tire swing work, i offered to send him a junkyard swing from one my yards up here, they aren't particularly hard to find in the northwest (apparently ) . But keep in mind, its more than just the swing that is attached to the car. Its all of the support brackets and hardware behind the passenger tail light that makes that swing work, i have no idea exactly what is back there but its alot of parts that are going to be needed, I want what you want, updated pathy with a tire swing, happily my starting platform is one that came from the factory with a tire swing, so the rest is just bumper and lights. but going the other way, you're talking a whole quarter panel swap, you're better off buying the swing away bumpers from TAG. -Kyle EDIT: Thorpe is right though, tire swings were only featured on highly equipped first gen R50's between 96-97, so they are definitely getting hard to find , but not impossible, i'm starting to think it was a regional thing, because alot of people say they NEVER see factory tire swings, and i see them enough to think otherwise, at-least around here... Edited January 28, 2014 by ferrariowner123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchballs Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I looked into this a while ago as in NZ pathfinders sold new didn't have the gate, but we get a lot of imported ones from japan (called terranos) which all have the tire gate. I came to the same conclusion- too hard as there is a lot to change in the quarter panel. My new plan is to bastardize an early 90's jeep cherokee gate as they are mounted on the rear bumper rather than the body. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I see them all the time around here. And I see a few post-facelift r50s with them too...They are always silver or black though lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltaR50 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 fuuuu. i see them all the time here in oakland when i drive around with my work truck. im just waiting for someone to send their trucks to our local junkyard so i can snatch them lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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