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August 26th, 2003, 06:56 pm
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Question regarding suspension lift
I have a 1989 Pathy on 32's with a 3" body lift, I would like to either do an SAS lift or stock suspension lift for a little more clearance... Question is which one should I do and why?The truck is not a hard-core bush beater just some occasional off-roading so I would like to do whatever is more economical rather than dump a ton of cash into it. Any ideas on where to get it done?
Thanks for any help or suggestions! Last edited by 7-up; March 6th, 2004 at 02:11 pm. |
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August 27th, 2003, 11:25 am
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On my pathfinder i cranked the torsion bars up lots. I took the 2 bolts on each A-arm out and replaced it with little bit longer ones then used like 4 or 5 washers(per bolt) as spacers too keep my camber alined on the front tires. in the back i had old chevy coils that were stiffer then stock nissan coils that i put in.
That with a 3" body lift and inner fender trim worked great for 33" tires and only cost. $120 body lift $15 metric bolts and washers $20 auto wrecker coils 
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August 27th, 2003, 11:57 am
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SAS = Tons of cash and time.
For a fraction of the cost you can get new control arms and torsion bars and have a decent IFS system. |
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August 27th, 2003, 09:33 pm
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I'll second that opinion with first hand knowledge of the cost, time, and frustration of a SAS. I've read good things about the 4" trailmaster kit. |
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September 21st, 2003, 05:30 pm
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anyone else??
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September 21st, 2003, 09:30 pm
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This is the best suspension lift I've seen for pathfinders. If you want an IFS lift, this is the way to go.
http://www.purenissan.com/wd21_3_kit.htm |
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September 22nd, 2003, 12:46 pm
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i did the crank up the torsion bars method and it was horrible the truck went through upper ball joints every 2 months and idler arm issues not to mention all those washers made it unsafe i used a solid spacer and after a few years of flexing one pulled out
i ended up buying the super lift upper arms it fixed the ball joint problem but not the idler arm i suggest either go with a sas or buy a toyota with a straight axel im not knocking nissan i still have mine it just cannot handle large tires and lifts neil
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March 6th, 2004, 02:15 pm
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I am cosidering going with the AC 3" Lift.
Deluxe suspension package includes 3" custom suspension lift with 3" lift coils, 4 Rancho RS9000X shocks, after-market torsion bars with 30% higher spring rate and idler arm brace. Anyone want to do the install for me? How much $$$ ? Thanks. Last edited by 7-up; March 6th, 2004 at 02:40 pm. |
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March 6th, 2004, 04:25 pm
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Calmini makes a better lift... It's all about the upper control arms.
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