2.5” lift built by me ..35’s on stock wheels.

Wow that’s not good. When I was building pathfinder’s no one made lifts for them so I did what could to figure out stuff that works. I would contact iron man and see what they say. Could be the shocks your using can’t dampen the heavy springs allowing a lot of weight transfer

@@theclan4adventures yeah man, looking to buy ranchos xl9000 dampers to adjust after applying air bags in the coils today held up tight But some air came out so I'll check where I failed at later. Thanks 👍🏽

Yeah they like giving high 5’s! 🤣

4.0 v6 gas. We don’t have the diesel in the states ..Nissan jerks.

@@theclan4adventures Lol

Yeah we still wheel this one to this day.. great vehicle with minor work needed

Yes all three pathfinder’s I’ve built ran 35’s on stock gears .. Vic also has run 35’s on stock gears for over 10years as well.

My original set up was done with 40” tires in mind but after wheeling the truck in Moab and other places across the country I decided that it would be over kill and too costly to continue down that road. most of what I’ve done to the truck are tests to see what I like and what I don’t .. in order to find a final direction for the build.. still haven’t decided lol I wanted it as low as possible for a few reasons the look ease of getting in and out easier to work on bla bla but I drive the truck everywhere everyday I don’t have down time and certainly don’t have months or years to build it while letting it sit nor do I have a shop with ac or garage so 99% of my decisions revolve around that

Thanks brother. Little by little

Sweet and thanks! yeah we run butcher all the time when we are in az.

@@theclan4adventures you'll be in my next video to be posted on Monday

@@BuckinLifeoffroad right on. Appreciate it I’ll watch for it

Thanks brother we got to get the pathy back up and out on the trails!

Oh it’s been awhile I’ll check and see what I need to do.. got some other stuff coming soon

No lockers on my pathfinder’s and I ran stock diffs. 0 issues on 35’s Vic runs a lokka brand locker in the front of his “pathy” and it works pretty good

@@theclan4adventures is the diff strong enough for a lokka? Or would you not recommend it? I just got an 08 v6 pathy so I’m trying to build it up

@@wadesafool the weak link is the cv joint. The trick with wheeling a vehicle that has traction control is to be smooth on the throttle and avoid hitting the brakes or smashing the gas while going over or through an obstacle be smooth and consistent with the throttle and use low range whenever possible does your pathfinder have vsc? And hill descent assist?

@@theclan4adventures it has vdc and ABLS, no hill descent though, would it be best to just buy a winch instead since this vehicle isn’t built to handle lockers? And how do I limit breakages? Is 33in tires too big for stock axles? What about 32s?

@@wadesafool 35’s is fine with stock diffs 33’s even better it can handle lockers they are just priced too high for my taste.. you would be surprised where a stock r51 can go with a decent set of tires and good driver

Nah.. just don’t look closely lol some day I’ll get it together.. you should definitely pick one up ..hands down one of the best vehicles I have ever had..

Feel free to email me and I can help you out.. [email protected]

This one had a factory recalled rework done already when I got it so it has the bigger trans cooler not running through the radiator but I had to mod my white pathfinder using an aftermarket set up way back in the day.. it’s worth the hassle

@@theclan4adventures nice, after this I’m going to get a 2” lift kit with shocks and coils, I read that I need to change the upper control arms to avoid the stock ones hitting the shock towers, so I really need to change the uca’s too? Or is it just for when the lift is more than 2”?

@@dvazquez28 unfortunately any lift will cause the upper control arms to contact the shock at droop. If your on a budget look for some aftermarket used ones for a Xterra or frontier they are a little more popular than the pathy is but any aftermarket upper will work for a mild set up

@@theclan4adventures awesome, thanks a lot for this info now I have it clear what to do

So the coil overs are over 5 inches longer than the Rancho 9000 I had on it originally so I ended up building a mini tower off the top of the original coil bucket location. I just finished reworking a bunch of stuff, so I’ll post up another short update video real quick in a couple hours.

Bar was 42 inch curved. I made the brackets and the light deflector shield. It’s attached to the bottom of it.

I don’t have any issues with my VSC track lights engine, light coming on. Typically there’s a code associated with that so you would wanna run the code and find out what the initial cause is. I’ve had a temperature sensor, cause a faulty code in the past, but I found that usually it’s a bad wire or connector somewhere in your ABS system that causes those types of failures you would have to have it checked or check it yourself.

In my case, I had my "VSC off", "VSC TRAC", Parking brake, and "ABS" lights all on. I had to replace a whole bunch of stuff, and it came out to about $3700 after spending 3 weeks in and out of the dealership. They ended up replacing the abs control module, the abs actuator, the entire steering rack(it has something to do with the yaw rate sensor, and detecting the position of the wheels to determine whether your turning or oversteering), and the yaw rate sensor. That whole system is super finicky, and I ended up getting screwed more than most people. Point being that this system has a lot of failure points, and can be a huge number/combination of things. Unfortunately even after all that, the VSC lights still come on sometimes. I usually turn the car on and off to get rid of them though, because I'm tired of dumping money into it lmao. Despite all that, I never actually had any issues because of it connected to the 4wd though. The only time I had issues was when I messed up a wheel speed sensor doing a lift install and there was something going on up front with the traction control trying to cut power because it thought it was locked up.

Don’t tell anyone, but my fender holes are just covered by piece of vinyl that happen to be the same color as my truck and then I painted over it again with the black paint. I plan on actually filling them one of these days. People are getting stupid and you know they took it just so they can turn around and sell their truck with no intentions of actually keeping it or they did it just to be a dick.

If you watch the first video I did it goes into detail what was done typically in the rear. I recommend an armada tow package, rear spring, and a really good reservoir shock. But when I was doing this there wasn’t a lot of aftermarket support. The silver pathfinder is my second one. My original pathfinder was white the standard titan swap in the front is the way to go for sure ..I didn’t change gears ..35s doesn’t really bother the truck that much plus gears were not available back then. I may be designing a front lower and upper control arm kit for these in the near future so I’ll keep you posted.

Yes I sold it like 3-4 years ago

@@theclan4adventures dang that truck was cool. I would watch your videos sometimes looking for mods on my pathfinder. But that sequoia looks mean

@@PYROtheNomad I love the pathfinders just needed more interior room. If you have any questions let me know

I was running the 3” lift ome overland springs and a 2nd gen tundra shock made for 4-8” lift but no rear sway bar is the trick. I would recommend them if you don’t mind the lift height. I’m currently building all new stuff so I’ll be posting new videos soon

@@theclan4adventures Cant wait to see how the build is doing. WIth the 3" springs and 30" shocks, did you ever have the springs pop out? I didn't see any other mods to the rear (besides sway bar delete and disconnected brake line bracket) in your other videos

The passengers side did move slightly once. That’s why I ran two screws into the isolators So they would act as guides the exact measurement for the shock I was running is 29.49” about 1” longer than the long travel dobinsons

It does the job for sure

If you watch the video, I actually talk about them the ones at this time I was using our old man emu 3 inch overland springs the truck as of today now sits on stock springs. My plan is to run 35-37s at stock height with 20” travel in the rear and about 18” travel in the front.

@@theclan4adventures Just saw your latest videos. So with stock springs you're running that tundra 30" shock? How's the articulation, I'd imagine the stock springs would pop out no?

@@ricardobaez459 with the stock springs I’m running basically the same shock only it’s made for a tundra with 3” lift (26.46” long) not the 6-8” lift (29.49” long)shock I had before I also run limit straps and my coil spring isolator that sits on top of my springs is bolted to the spring seat so even if the spring comes lose it will act as a guide to put it back in the correct place. I eventually will run all new links and coil overs in the rear but we will see.

Yes currently it’s on the factory 17’s running a 1.25” spacer up front and a 2” spacer in the rear. I have some bead lock style wheels that will be going on soon though..

That’s sick! I saw some factory 17s on Craigslist I might get! The 35s I want are only offered in 17x10.5 not 16” only 12.5. Mines an 02 so 16” . I plan on doing big brake upgrade eventually. Also have 1.25” spacers ready for all around

@@jimskatr103 if your local to az I’ll sell you mine for cheap 😂

@@theclan4adventures I wish amigo. I’m in Colorado. A broad spectrum local haha! What width tire you Runnin on those 17s? I think the rim width is 7” or 7.5” if I remember

@@jimskatr103 they are 35x12.50r17’s wheels are 7’s I think I’d like to get my hands on some 10.50’s just cause slightly less weight and rotation mass but we will see

Yep az … It’s butcher jones 4 peaks areas

Yes I ran stock gears in this and my white pathfinder with 35’s Vic also runs factory gears and 35’s. The 4.0 v6 doesn’t care too much and has plenty of low end even after the tires. Most normal people wouldn’t even notice except when braking witch is an easy fix next time you install pads get the best ones you can get ..

One other question, did you have any issues with the 35s rubbing? Im titan swapped up front and the rear has Ironman 2" springs...but im not sure if ill have enough clearance. Do you have a body lift on the pathfinder? Im going to try and fit Yokohama Geolander 315/75R16 Thank you again!

@@josephnavarrete1623 no body lift just trimmed the pinch weld and beat the fire wall In enough to clear. the front bumper (stock one) will have to be trimmed as well. I think in the rear you’ll have to check but maybe at the front of the wheel well opening might need trimmed a little I can’t remember..

Unfortunately it could be any number of things as a rule of thumb I always go with the easiest cheapest thing first. Because you broke the actuator the actuator is right next to your rear drive shaft check it for any damage that could have caused it to go out of balance I wouldn’t rule out the front diff except the front actuator disengages the passenger side of the diff so the shaft still being there and driver not should not cause any vibration if I remember correctly you run wheel spacers like I do I’d check them it’s a pain in the ass but pull the tires stick a big screw driver in the brake and put a wrench on them make sure they are still tight if you suspect one is damaged swap it to a different location to see if anything changes and the easy thing to check is to lift each tire and spin it as fast as you can by hand make sure you didn’t bend or warp a wheel and check your tires for out of round conditions let me know what you find

@@theclan4adventures All good points, That's why I asked you. I checked my drive shaft out and it does have a very small dent in it. How big does a dent on a drive shaft have to be to cause vibration? Is it cool if I send you a message on Instagram of the dent?

@@treehouseoffroad yeah sounds good

Thanks man it’s a long way from where I want it to be so now the work begins

@@theclan4adventures For sure man, the upper arms look beefcake! I just finished my homemade long travel and took it to the Rubicon last weekend. It did great! Aside from busting a CV (which I knew would happen) and ripping my t-case actuator off on a rock it kicked ass! Saved a bunch of money though. Couldn't avoid paying for certain things like coilovers, LT axle shafts, limit straps, etc, but def still came out ahead. I'll make a video here pretty soon. Love the license plate btw 🤙🏻

@@treehouseoffroad oh my suspension is horrible looking lol works fine for what the intended use was (testing) now that I’ve decided to keep the truck I’m going to build it my way.. did you move the tire/hub location forward or did you just extend the arms out? I’m guessing you sleeved the stock cv’s to extend them.. gotta drill and pin them in at least two locations per side of the shaft if you do that and they will still break if to much go pedal is applied lol

@@theclan4adventures 3.5" out and 1" forward. Paid MCM Fab 650 for a pair of chromoly axle shafts and assembled CVs with OE parts. I cut and extended stock LCA's and SPC uppers (for alignment adjustments). Another thing I couldn't avoid buying were the coilovers. I used Fox 2.5 - 8" stroke piggyback reservoirs because nobody has external reservoirs in stock. I had to make the upper arms big enough to clear the piggybacks but it looks badass

I just uploaded a quick video if you want to check it out. There's no CV in the driver side right now because I busted it on the Rubicon

Mine is normally 4wd. Depending on the trails you’d be really surprised where they can go in just 2wd with the right mods and tires I have a video wheeling with my friends they had lockers and 4wd I didn’t and pretty much out wheeled them so look for a 4wd one if you can but you might not want to pass up a good deal on a 2wd

@@theclan4adventures I been focusing on the 4x4 since I am interested in overlanding but I am seeing way better deals on 2wd versions. Maks me want to look a bit more at what a 2wd can do.

@@Being_Joe all about the setup and driver. I run a different set up then everyone else does on my sequoia and I’m getting ready to change it again ..it was in storage for 8 months and I’m starting to work on it currently

@@theclan4adventures prices are dropping and I in no rush. May just hold out but if the price is low enough it may not hurt to have two.

@@Being_Joe i just grabbed a 2wd today for $3.2k for reference.

Good luck they are great rigs!