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Also, if you want, I can get you the part number of the rear shocks they used on mine. They aren't a perfect fit, there is a small amount of slop at the bottom mount. But, they do fit, overall, with the lift blocks.

They were too narrow. The titan rear axle has a much smaller tube diameter than the NV. I was able to get some from an auto parts store.

Propane tank on rear door, and reinforcing brackets inside door. Ladder too. Hose just drapes down ladder, connect to quick disconnect behind bumper, then regulator, Propex furnace inside keeps us warm in the winter in the desert.

If anyone needs one, send me a message. I have one I bought, and it was on the van only a few weeks before I replaced it with a winch mount with integrated loop. I will sell it to you very cheap. I might not reply right away, I only visit here once a month or so.

No, none of the parts are from Titan. I have tried swapping in bilsteins speced for Titan, and it doesn't work. Very different. My 4x4 NV uses dodge and chevy parts, mainly. The rest are custom made.

Ok, about six months into the conversion, and it works well enough. I use it mainly in the desert, sand, and some nasty mountain (think old mine) roads too. If I remember correctly, the front transaxle is from a Dodge. The Tcase is from a Chevy. No increased road noise. No weird vibes. It just works. They had it less than a week. Was done in four days. Wait time was about two months, if I recall correctly. Cost was just under 12k. A tough pill to swallow, but overall we are still way under the cost of a comparable used van. Advanced 4x4 did an OK job. Not top of the line, but good enough. Skid plate isn't painted at all, just uncoated steel. Plain sheet metal screws holding the boot to the floor. Screwed right through floor mat. I expect it will rust pretty bad if you live out east. I will take mine apart next year, clean it up, coat it, and mount it all correctly. They don't listen to what you want. I specifically asked not to have the 1970's era giant green light on my dashboard. They put it in anyway. They write on your door with permanent marker. I think it can be removed easily. Words are misspelled on the upfitter label applied to the door frame. It reads "turck" instead of truck. They forgot to install correct sized bushings on the rear shocks, and they make a lot of noise, rattling around. I picked up the correct ones from them a few months later, and they appear to have cut them with a sawzall. Crooked cut, burred edges, no care at all. Remember that you are one customer, with one truck. They deal with fleets, who order dozens at a time.

The best choice is to ditch it, and use an aftermarket radio, unfortunately. I was in a Dodge ram recently, and their nav/stereo is so much better, the Nissan model looks like a kids toy in comparison. I never use it, obviously. Criminy, you can't even stream music to it.

More conversations with Advanced 4x4, locker still not available to test out yet. The titan XD has a different axle width. The only part that's likely swappable will be the differential. Maybe next year.

What did you end up doing? I have been considering getting some rally type flaps, universal fit style. Or, cutting my own from lost truck mud/stone flaps. Plenty of those on the side of the roads.

I used Titan spacers, and they worked fine. Same with rear spring blocks, but the U bolts I had to get locally, since they are a different size. Inexpensive way to lift the NV. I do also have the steel spacers made by Advanced 4x4, they told me they would be taller than the others I had. They weren't, just more expensive. Ha ha ha! I also have the 4x4 installed by them. They aren't real good at listening to what you want, or even care to do what you ask for. But, not many options for getting it converted. They will do stuff you told them not to, and forget to install parts you paid for. I think on the whole they don't care much about regular folks, they have plenty of fleet work to pay the bills. It's not as if you or I are going to send them ten trucks per year.

I have the OEM unit, and the picture is terrible. It appears to be out of focus, all the time. Only slightly better than the Nav headunit itself.

Same place I mounted mine. It's not ideal, but it's the most obvious place. Sorry for the vertical picture.

I would give this away to anyone who wants to pick it up. Hurry, before it becomes scrap metal and goes off to the recycler.

It's mine, and it's a sunroof. It was pretty simple to install. It was the biggest one available, I bought it on Amazon, believe it or not. We regularly road trip, and headed to Moab this weekend, then Zion, then Moab, then Zion again. April is a busy month. Ha ha! If you want to check out the sunroof, drop me a line. I am headed to Solitude today, some storm riding. :) The van is being converted in two weeks to 4x4, so we can extend our reach a little bit. And we've been sneaking up the canyons this winter, so now we will be legit. We'd like to put solar up top, but haven't gotten around to it yet. In any case, welcome to the forum, it is a bit quiet, but there isn't a lot of NV owners out there.

It is not shared with anything. Nobody makes a locker for it, other than Nissan, and nobody has yet tried swapping one in. I have been discussing it off and on with Advanced 4x4 in SLC. He is interested in getting one to try, but it's not been available yet, and he is swamped with normal work.