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another new guy
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:09 pm
by nismotr
Hi guys, my name is George and I'm a junior transfer geology major at Radford this year, I just moved down here from the Winchester area, which some will probably be familiar with for Big Dogs at the Cove. Anyways, I have been pretty homesick for some trails down this ways and you guys seem like the people to talk to.
I wheel/dd a 1998 Infiniti Qx4 (leather-seated pathfinder) with a 2 inch coil lift and a set of 31" wrangler authority tires. Its not much of a rig, but it has impressed me quite a bit in the past year. I also have a 1992 Bronco sitting at home waiting for an engine swap.
pictures:
Qx4 when I first got it
New tires
At my favorite trail at home, the pinnacle.
The Bronco
My brother also does some wheeling and has a pretty sick samurai, too many mods to list.
he recently upgraded to 38's so I don't have any pictures of those on it yet.
I look forward to meeting you all sometime!!!
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:49 pm
by KOTABAD
Welcome!! You will def get to wheel up here!
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:12 am
by Big Rick
sweet rigs
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:44 pm
by BadAssEddie
Hey, welcome to our club. Vome out to the the next meeting.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:30 pm
by nismotr
BadAssEddie wrote:Hey, welcome to our club. Vome out to the the next meeting.
when and where is it? or will it be posted up in the announcements?
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:48 pm
by Big Rick
and how are you supposed to Vome to anything?
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:42 pm
by BadAssEddie
Its posted up. Come on out to the commuter lot at the corner of Prices Fork and West Campus Dr. tonight at 7pm.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:35 pm
by nismotr
I won't be able to make it tonight, but hopefully I will be able to for the next one.
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:40 pm
by Matt612
Nice rig man. Looking forward to see the qx4 on the trails
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:05 pm
by nismotr
Matt612 wrote:Nice rig man. Looking forward to see the qx4 on the trails
thanks man, it actually does pretty well with the limitations it has, its a unibody like the xj's, but having an ifs does not help, the only lifts available are the 2 inch coils and a whole front end drop that isn't readily available. One day I'd like to build it up a bit more. With some chopping I could fit 33's, but since its a dd with horrendous fuel economy anyways I think I'll save up for the bronco rebuild.
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:13 pm
by BadAssEddie
nismotr wrote:I think I'll save up for the bronco rebuild.
You win
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:32 pm
by shelby500krz
Nismotr... I have your nissan counterpart, 01 Pathfinder and I face the same dilemma with the unibody and I have the same 2 inch lift kit.
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:08 am
by nismotr
shelby500krz wrote:Nismotr... I have your nissan counterpart, 01 Pathfinder and I face the same dilemma with the unibody and I have the same 2 inch lift kit.
It sucks, the kit that was in development for a 2 inch drop in the front combined with the 2 inch coils never came to fruition in the market, only a handful of people have them, but 4 inches of lift with a 34-35" looks just plain mean. Can't wait to check out your pathy!
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:41 am
by Big Rick
BadAssEddie wrote:nismotr wrote:I think I'll save up for the bronco rebuild.
You win
Broncos win....unless its mine...then it tries to diaf lol
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:25 am
by shelby500krz
shelby500krz wrote:Nismotr... I have your nissan counterpart, 01 Pathfinder and I face the same dilemma with the unibody and I have the same 2 inch lift kit.
There is the possibility of a subframe drop... Check out
http://forums.nicoclub.com/pathfinder-f ... forum.html
and
http://npora.ipbhost.com/
for more info about that and pathfinder stuff in general.
This guy has 6.5 inches of lift (by doing a subframe drop) with 35's. Needless to say he had to do some trimming, but the whole process is pretty complicated and custom.
If you have the money and want more lift check out
http://www.krfabs.com/product_detail.php?productID=2