gabod7 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 So, like the title says, has anybody taken their doors off their pathfinder? i'm very, very tempted to do it. my dad says they will never line up good again.. but i dont know. just wonderin if yall have done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Yes they will and no I have not. Why would you want to do that anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mookie Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Having the doors off makes a night and day difference on technical sections. You can lean way out and see where all your tires are. However, in dusty areas it's really quite the pain in the ass. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 If you take them off by pulling the hinge pins then they will line back up perfectly, also leaves a nice place to attach tube doors if you wanted them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Having the doors off makes a night and day difference on technical sections. You can lean way out and see where all your tires are. However, in dusty areas it's really quite the pain in the ass. :o I'd rather have a spotter if its gunna be that hard. I would not like to roll without the doors on either. Some rocks are large enough to do some serious damage if there is nothing to stop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 As V6 and GG said, yes they will. I replaced the hinge pins and bushings on my driver’s door. Although getting the old bushings out was a PITA, the door fits as good as when it was new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 (edited) If you do do it, take GG's advice and take them off by removing the hinge pins. Also, V6's point about rolling without doors is a valid one and worth serious consideration. Edited August 31, 2005 by RedPath88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filthy Luker Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Was recently posted on N4W.... complete with baby seats and all (cliky on thumbs for large) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Was recently posted on N4W.... complete with baby seats and all (cliky on thumbs for large) Child services would love to see those. What a fool. I looked as hard as I could to see if there was a roll cage to make up for the lost support that the doors would give to the roof if it fell over, but saw nothing. I love the safety aspect. Nothing has been spared! He has even got sh!t tied down in the back using his slider as an anchor point. Here's a rock in you eye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 That's Taylor's Pathy from Eugene. He lives about 60 miles south of me. I might even go wheeling with him this weekend. I think that pic was taken near or at the Rubicon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I just talked to Taylor on the phone, and I'm pretty sure I'll be going on Saturday up to Brown's Camp/TSF again. He said there's a whole offroad shop worth of trucks going, as well as a film production company that wants some offroad footage. Guess it's time to put on my long-travel shocks in the rear and check everything over before I go...refill the co2 tank, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Cool !! Try not to show off for the camera too much and wind up breaking something lest we get a video of your truck floating around cyberspace... Have fun ! B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I'd rather have a spotter if its gunna be that hard. I would not like to roll without the doors on either. Some rocks are large enough to do some serious damage if there is nothing to stop them. Hence my recomendation of tube doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Would any of you have your kids in a car like that on the highway letalone on the track? No one else sees any health & safety issues there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 If you're careful and a good driver, no. They're seat-belted in. Taking risks with kids inside like that is a big no-no, but just driving around on the trail wouldn't be such a big thing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Would any of you have your kids in a car like that on the highway letalone on the track? No I would not! A vehicle that was designed to have the doors removable is one thing, but Pathfinders were not. The door is part of the structural integrity of the vehicle as a whole. Without the doors that integrity has been compromised. No one else sees any health & safety issues there? Nope, you’re not the only one who can see a problem here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 92mini van Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 That’s funny. Everyone has an opinion. Doors off is an awesome way to go. as for the guy who needed a spotter, some of us are set up well enough that we can just looking down can get by that obstacle that some may need to work there little Nissan over and over and a have a friend tell you how to drive. The trip to the Rubicon was a total success, lockers both ends, t-case gears; 63” Chevy springs in the rear and 44044 front springs up front seemed to work just fine. With enough travel and low gears you realize that the chances of tipping over and testing the strength of the roof and pillars is not ever close to what it would be with some 33’s IFS and open diff’s. Here is a simple test, park your finder on a 42” tire and tell me if your rear tire comes off the ground? Mine doesn’t. Happy trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 That truck is absolutly sick, I can only imagine how fun that ride must be, and as for safety, it is the -drivers- right and respons-ability... << notice the spelling, abillity! Right on Bro! -g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 some of us are set up well enough that we can just looking down can get by that obstacle that some may need to work there little Nissan over and over and a have a friend tell you how to drive... park your finder on a 42” tire and tell me if your rear tire comes off the ground? Mine doesn’t. Happy trails My, my, my... How gloriously smug. Congrats. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 (edited) That’s funny. Everyone has an opinion. Doors off is an awesome way to go. as for the guy who needed a spotter, some of us are set up well enough that we can just looking down can get by that obstacle that some may need to work there little Nissan over and over and a have a friend tell you how to drive. The trip to the Rubicon was a total success, lockers both ends, t-case gears; 63” Chevy springs in the rear and 44044 front springs up front seemed to work just fine. With enough travel and low gears you realize that the chances of tipping over and testing the strength of the roof and pillars is not ever close to what it would be with some 33’s IFS and open diff’s. Here is a simple test, park your finder on a 42” tire and tell me if your rear tire comes off the ground? Mine doesn’t. Happy trails. You, dear fellow, must have exray eyes to be able to see what is on your blind side. I find that truely amazing. Doors or no doors, not even professional drivers can lay claim to that kind of driving skill! Lest of course the tracks you drive are tame. Even professional drives have the sense to wear a helment for protection. This guy can't even be creditted with that. I don't want to second guess you here, but it seems the higher you go the COG gets higher too. Top heavey makes it easier to roll does it not? Not only that. The more modified you are, tougher and more dangerous are the tracks you tend to travers; correct? Thus again you are more susceptible to something going wrong. Never lost traction half way up something and come down it locked up and sideways, unable to control it untill it stopped? NEVER! Never lost traction climbing an obstical and been thrown sideways off it? NEVER! There are literaly hundreds of thousasnds of examples all over the net of what DOES go wrong. Even on easy tracks. This guy is an absolute idiot for having the kids in a car setup like that. I would hate to imagine getting hit in the side while driving to a destination letalone taking them out 4wding. You'd have no problems with another 4wd kicking up a rock and hitting those innocent kids? The driver would be fair game mind you. What about catching a fallen branch on your blind side and it ficking back into the car? Oops, I forgot, you can see perfectly well on your blind side. If things look iffy when I am 4wding the first thing out of the car are the kids. I would have thought that to be common sence. There are so many scenarios that could have happened. When you go 4wding you are suposed to prepare and be prepard for the worst. Not this guy! In fact he was a major event waiting to happen! What's the first thing those little kids would do if the Pathy fell over? What was that? Oh, put their hands out did you say? Think about it! As I said earlier. Child services would have a party if they saw that. And no, there is nothing funny about it! Nuff said. Edited October 1, 2005 by Vsicks Pathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 (edited) some of us are set up well enough that we can just looking down can get by that obstacle that some may need to work there little Nissan over and over and a have a friend tell you how to drive... park your finder on a 42” tire and tell me if your rear tire comes off the ground? Mine doesn’t. Happy trails My, my, my... How gloriously smug. Congrats. B What a tossa ay B. :oops: And I thought I was bad. Edited October 1, 2005 by Vsicks Pathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabod7 Posted October 1, 2005 Author Share Posted October 1, 2005 well, i did take em off last week and left them off for the weekened. it was def. fun ridin without em. i swear it cut my gas mileage in half. maybe next time i'll keep the back glass open. 17 years of crap in the pins made it a little hard to get them off though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Does that mean you you were just cruising around town like that ? I recommend rigging up some safari doors... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 some of us are set up well enough that we can just looking down can get by that obstacle that some may need to work there little Nissan over and over and a have a friend tell you how to drive... park your finder on a 42” tire and tell me if your rear tire comes off the ground? Mine doesn’t. Happy trails My, my, my... How gloriously smug. Congrats. B Addmy congrats to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 You, dear fellow, must have exray eyes to be able to see what is on your blind side. I find that truely amazing. Doors or no doors, not even professional drivers can lay claim to that kind of driving skill! Lest of course the tracks you drive are tame. Even professional drives have the sense to wear a helment for protection. This guy can't even be creditted with that. I don't want to second guess you here, but it seems the higher you go the COG gets higher too. Top heavey makes it easier to roll does it not? Not only that. The more modified you are, tougher and more dangerous are the tracks you tend to travers; correct? Thus again you are more susceptible to something going wrong. Never lost traction half way up something and come down it locked up and sideways, unable to control it untill it stopped? NEVER! Never lost traction climbing an obstical and been thrown sideways off it? NEVER! There are literaly hundreds of thousasnds of examples all over the net of what DOES go wrong. Even on easy tracks. This guy is an absolute idiot for having the kids in a car setup like that. I would hate to imagine getting hit in the side while driving to a destination letalone taking them out 4wding. You'd have no problems with another 4wd kicking up a rock and hitting those innocent kids? The driver would be fair game mind you. What about catching a fallen branch on your blind side and it ficking back into the car? Oops, I forgot, you can see perfectly well on your blind side. If things look iffy when I am 4wding the first thing out of the car are the kids. I would have thought that to be common sence. There are so many scenarios that could have happened. When you go 4wding you are suposed to prepare and be prepard for the worst. Not this guy! In fact he was a major event waiting to happen! What's the first thing those little kids would do if the Pathy fell over? What was that? Oh, put their hands out did you say? Think about it! As I said earlier. Child services would have a party if they saw that. And no, there is nothing funny about it! Nuff said. ^^^Everything said is worth repeating^^^ I agree 100% V6 To anyone who disagrees -thnkboutit- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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