ASD Dad

Hey Robert, thanks for checking in after getting my message. 2017 was the year they changed to a different 5.6L and the 7 speed transmission. So 2017+ would be good on both. Not sure what else people may want so I will let them chime in.

I did send a note to the site admin about adding some new channels for the newer NV's. Especially the motor and transmission. We'll see what happens.

Sorry, that is above my pay grade here. I have mod privileges but cant do any actual site work. There is one or two guys that do that in the background. I will message them and see what happens.

Too many variables - contact who did the conversion and ask them. Quigley, Advanced or a factory parts conversion means there is no universal answer and your best option is to contact the people that installed the conversion.

Too tight? I am 6'2", 220 lbs and can easily get my hands in there to remove the bulb. I do it a lot actually since I have been trying different bulbs out from HID to LED. Like I already said, most auto parts stores will change it out.

I gave you a detailed reply on your OTHER thread with the exact same question that you replied to already. What exactly makes this forum "lame" when your answers are given? The answer is also given and illustrated in the owners manual of your van...

I have not, the only one I think I read about was in the spare tire location and I would much rather have a spare. I dont want to load a 100 lb wheel tire up on my roof rack and have it take up all that room either and I have not seen a rear mount rack. Just too much work.

I used to see a ton of Transits on the road. Now I hardly see any. If anything I see more of the awful Promasters. Until they make the Transit tow more and lose some of the problems they had I am sticking with Nissan. Honestly my biggest wish for the Nissan is a larger gas tank. It is just too small when towing! I have a nearly 2000 mile round trip tow coming up this summer so that will be a whole lot of stops. The kids are normally ready to stop when I get low on gas but I would still prefer way more range.

Does this help? This is the radio color codes https://pdf.crutchfieldonline.com/ImageBank/v20190227131600/Manuals/120/120707552.PDF This is the steering wheel color codes https://pdf.crutchfieldonline.com/ImageBank/v20181206142300/Manuals/120/120ASWC1.PDF

Welcome. Not sure why there are 3 posts in a row but I removed two. Any plans for the NV after you get the new motor? RS3 is a great car, quite the opposite spectrum vs the NV!

Kit is cool but a little pricey to be honest - BUT - he is the only one making them (they are 3D printed and a complete DIY kit). For $5 you can cut up a furnace filter to make a dozen filters or more and tape to the intake if you are worried. Wont look anywhere remotely as nice and finished but I dont look at my floor intake.

NV tows great. I have thousands of miles towing the camper in my signature line all including multiple trips through the Appalachian and Blue Ridge mountains. Make sure you are not over the weight limits. Make sure you have a good WD hitch and brake controller. Make sure they are both setup properly. Make sure you are very OCD about your tires on both camper and the NV and you will be fine.

There are so many random complaints about the rear AC that there is a whole FB group page dedicated just to the rear AC. Many have no issues. I am one of them. I live in SC and even when it is 100* out with high humidity the rear AC is fine if I turn up the fan. If it is cooler than that outside my kids tell me to turn the AC down. There are many things that can sucked into the rear AC fan housing and evaporator coils. The intake is on the drivers side, sort of under the first row of seats. You will see the slots. Photos of what people have removed from the fan is crazy. So much junk especially if you have lots of kids. If it makes it deeper it can cover the evaporator coils so think that they fail to work. There is NOT an easy way to clean those coils. It requires a full teardown of the rear AC system and you need to evacuate the system to do that so it requires a full recharge when done. All that means is $$$$ and lots of it. There are how to videos to clean the fan. There are how to videos and a kit a engineer guy made to install a filter over that opening. Others just tape a small cut up furnace filter over it. He (engineer) also posted how to actually get to the whole system but you better be very handy with tools and then you still need to take it to get evacuated and recharged when you reach that point.

It seriously could not be easier on this van, the engine bay is huge with so much room to work. My wife's Honda Odyssey needs the removal of the whole front bumper, grill and headlight assembly to get to the bulbs! You can easily see the connector/harness that goes the bulb if you look at your headlight and then look at the housing in the engine bay to see which bulb sits where, we only have one headlight bulb (H13 is the model). The harness plug has a red clip on it that locks it onto the bulb. Gently pop that clip out (it slides backwards away from the bulb) using your fingernail or a small flat head screwdriver. Squeeze the connector to release it from the bulb. Bulb simply rotates about 45 degrees to release from the housing. It will turn easily, turns only one direction, so you cant mess that up, just gently twist it and it will turn to release. When replacing the bulb only fits in one specific direction due to key slots on the bulb and housing. Remember how the bulb came out, line it up the same, insert the bulb and twist to lock again. DO NOT TOUCH THE GLASS OF THE BULB. Oils/grease/etc on your fingers can create a hot spot on the glass of the bulb and cause it to fail early. Snap the harness clip back on the bulb and slide the red lock tab back into position. *** If you have a burned out bulb and are replacing with stock/aftermarket halogens you can go to most any auto parts store (Autozone, Pep Boys, O Reilley, etc) and if you buy the bulb there the employees will 99% of the time replace the bulbs for you, especially in something easy like this. They wont if they need to actually take things apart like my wife's van. ***

I am with Rad above - how did you get them to go 6"? I thought that was not possible with Advanced. There is one dealer using stock Nissan parts that has gone to 6" but I thought they were the only one and they did require all new suspension up front due to the lift angles. Looks great, just curious how they did it.

Wow. That is really nice, especially as a daily. Why did you go 6"?

Welcome to the site! I have not heard of that specific issue with the Advanced setup. Have you owned it since new? I know they are a very popular conversion company and seem to be passing up Quigley.

Welcome to the site! Great van for road trips with kids.

I really think the NV was a niche vehicle that just happened to sell well to families. It was always a cargo version first and passenger van second. Even the passenger was more designed as a shuttle vs. home use van. It has none of the modern day "amenities" of a nice passenger people hauler. One of the biggest complaints I always see is basic - where is the mirror on the visor? I think if Nissan did make it more people/family friendly and added things a lot of people keep asking for on various forums it would drive the price sky high and sales may stall or even go down more. The new Nissan Armada they came out with is $55K Plus for a decent level trim. The NV doesnt have the image of something like an Escalade or Navigator let alone a big top tier Suburban. It will always be a niche vehicle and niche vehicles dont get touched often unless they sell good numbers. BUT - it is STILL the only vehicle on the market that is brand new that can do what it does - haul a lot of people/gear AND tow a decent amount of weight. Nothing else out there matches it in that regard. The Chevy Express may be the closest and that design is even older than the NV. Anything else can haul people OR haul weight. Not both.

We know it can be done. Cummins has one as their shuttle bus for a very long time now. Nissan has no incentive to do it and they cut production of the NV and Titan. That is strange since on the FB page there are a lot of people still looking to buy a NV and cant find them. I would be interested in a diesel NV but I mainly want better mileage/range with the same towing capacity or maybe a bit more (10K lbs would be good!). I stopped driving my NV due to gas mileage and we have pretty cheap gas for the country in SC ($1.94 right now but it just went up).

Welcome to the forum! Enjoy the NV.

Welcome to the site! I would definitely get aluminum running boards for the actual boards. The brackets are all steel but most are powdercoated well and come with stainless hardware. You can always buy a spray can of undercoating / primer and spray everything down well when you drill through and then attach the brackets. Some running board models are no-drill and use factory holes so that is an option as well.

Agree with Rad. The Quigley comment threw me! I have oversized all terrain tires and a large roof rack with kayak racks attached. I average 12 MPG day in day out (over 60K miles). When I had the highway tires and no rack I could get 15-17 on the highway easily. Still got about 13 around town. When towing my 7700# camper I get 8-9 mpg.

6" is crazy. I dont see any need unless you are hardcore offroading and if you were I dont think the NV would be the choice unless it was your only choice. Put a loaded roof rack on and you take a top heavy box offroading. No thanks! Most common is a simple 2" lift. You can get very large tires, still get in and out of the van easily and dont mess with suspension geometry too much.

Nice gallery and nice build! For a first time you did great. I am sure you will find little tweaks to do as you use it. We built our home last year and have already found a few things we would do differently even though we researched over a year and tweaked plans before and during the build.