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Are you changing out your upper control arms too? If not I would highly reccommend it. Anything over 2” on a lift and you should change to aftermarket. I usually get the top plate spacers if I go spacers, much easier. The top plate 90’s the bolt pattern too
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Welcome to the Forum. My NV is the 6 cyl. and i really like it. If you can find a decent 8 cyl. in your budget i would get that over the 6. With that said, you wont be disappointed with the 6cyl either.
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Fully built 4x4 wife’s daily driver
Bamps replied to Scuba357's topic in Accessories & Modifications
Nice!! What UCA’s did you use. And in the rear is it a rearch, aal or blocks -
Mine I bought new. The mirrors are a MUST for towing IMO and help considerably to see behind me. I had previously gone through the gauntlet of the mirror clamp on extenders the strategically fell off at freeway speeds while changing lanes, and the fender clampers that suddenly dropped to give an awesome top view of the right front tire.When not towing I slide the mirrors back in and the rear view is excellent. Here’s a link: https://www.1aauto.com/2012-16-nissan-mirror-pair-trail-ridge-tr00334/i/1amrp01201?f=703438&y=2015
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I have replaced my stock mirrors with telescoping mirrors. 3 maybe 4 nuts come off, unplug old and remove, plug in new, replace 3 to 4 nuts . I will tell you that if you NV did NOT come with heated mirrors to begin with, you will NOT have them on the replacement mirrors either. I do have power mirrors as factory ones I got my mirrors from 1aauto.com and blacked out the chrome before installung them. Someone else had found them cheaper on this forum but I cant recall who it was
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Youre gonna love your NV! Thats what I use mine for (minus the bike). Me, my wife and two spoiled fur brats
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Try going to edit, then cropping it very slightly that may work at least it did for me
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Do you see how your trailer here in the pic is level? Thats precisely the way it should be
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I used rattletrap on my van and love it
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I got my mirrors at this place on both my Frontier truck and my NV2500 https://www.1aauto.com/search?q=Tow+mirrors&year=2015&model=1793
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What ford should have done was not stop building a “panel truck” and “sedan delivery” for the smaller needs.
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LT275/70 r17 on stck wheels
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I mounted a 21” in the grill in the bumper too
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Awnings and Side Tents (Thule Quick Fit)
Bamps replied to timsbeast's topic in Accessories & Modifications
I built one out of pcv and a tarp but it’s too bulky and difficult to put up and tear down so i was gonna get the one that Simon and B posted. Its already in my “wish list” on amazon -
Its kind of hard to tell. The NV’s i hope they leave alone a few yrs. as far as the Frontiers, most of the other small trucks seem to be switching over to car type platforms too. The current mess with the three needs to be resolved doesnt it
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The 2019 Nissan Frontier is built in Tennessee and looks exactly the same as it did in 2005. They released the np300 (Frontier/Navarra) that you saw several yrs ago to other parts of the world. If they released that here in the US, many of us diehard Frontier owners will be switching to Titan or something else. Where I live I want at least one 4wd to get in and out so instead of the pro4x Frontier I’ll have to do without locking diffs with the 4wd S Titan
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Its an AWD you say? Thats awesome. It looks like a great car
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Has anyone tried/found performance shocks?
Bamps replied to Randucci's topic in Brakes, Chassis & Suspension
If you take your stock shocks out and measure them eye to eyeopen and closed, you’ll be able to look up what will fit on the gorancho website. -
If it aint broke, dont fix it. In 2019, my Frontier will be 6 yrs old and my NV 4 yrs old but aside from a ding and a scratch here and there from me getting stupid in the desert, they look brand new lol
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Can I purchase one of these or need to go smaller
Bamps replied to Kimakazee's topic in Cargo, Hauling & Towing
I looked it up, the 7940 trailer you speak of has a GVWR of 10,953lbs i would pass on it no matter what the salesman says. -
Can I purchase one of these or need to go smaller
Bamps replied to Kimakazee's topic in Cargo, Hauling & Towing
LOOK ABOVE: translated to your nissan guide to english, nissan will not be responsible for your vehicle or anything you tow with it while you are towing. KISS -
Can I purchase one of these or need to go smaller
Bamps replied to Kimakazee's topic in Cargo, Hauling & Towing
They may recommend all that but this has yet to fail me and I’ve been towing since the early 1980’s. If they state your tow capacity is 7000, you’re not gonna go wrong towing a trailer well under that. The GVWR is the MAXIMUM weight of the trailer AND cargo WITH all tanks full. As I said, this is the easiest, fail conservative method for towing. If you go into an RV dealer after a trailer, sales will put you at or over your vehicles limit, they will attempt to keep you in the dark. You can figure all you want but the bottom line is that whatever Nissan recommends in their pamplet, you use my method you will still fall well within the limits of the vehicles limits. Dry weight means absolutely nothing until you add the weight of all tanks full with all cargo and THAT is what the GVWR is. -
Can I purchase one of these or need to go smaller
Bamps replied to Kimakazee's topic in Cargo, Hauling & Towing
I think everyone tries to over think this trailer towing. I use a simple formula. Example: my NV2500 is a V6 (4.0L) and the towing capacity is 7000lbs. I look at the GVWR of the trailer and make sure it is at least a couple hundred lbs below the 7000. Mine is 3625 GVWR so I am well within the limit. I doubt my van is anywhere close to cap on the load inside, i know my trailer is well under its cap or GVWR with whats in it.