General vehicle thread

[hurley842002]

Do the Titans have longer control arms, or bigger brakes, or both? Xterras still use leafs in the rear right?

Both I believe, longer control arms for sure, which allows for excellent travel with the proper suspension components, fortunately it's such a popular swap that there is a ton of options. If you wanted a newer/reliable and cost effective rig, I highly recommend the Xterra. Obviously not nearly as popular as the 4runner, but the price will reflect that, and there are still enough upgrade options available to make it a decent investment, and with the Frontier still being produced and unchanged through 2020 so far, you can still find plenty of parts.

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[Irving]

I'm invested with the Trooper now. I like that Xterras have factory e-lockers. What kind of rear end do they have?

[Irving]

Got that heavy bitch back up in there.


A lot more room on those bolts with the lower diff. Not that I'll ever need access to them.



About scratched all that paint right off getting it in there.
Now to reassemble the knuckles and get the new ball joints, axles, shocks, and tie-rods all connected.

[brutal]

Got that heavy bitch back up in there.

I'm curious why you wouldn't clean those cups out before assembly?

[Irving]

Nice. How do you accomplish the front lift?

There aren't torsion keys for me. I have to crank the bars to tighten them up. Should be roughly 4 turns per inch. There is a big bolt on the back of where the bars mount and you turn that to lift the front.

I'm curious why you wouldn't clean those cups out before assembly?

Because I was tired of cleaning and getting covered in grease and diff oil for the past few days. I'll wipe them out before I put the new axles in. Just going to get filled with more grease anyway.

[brutal]

There aren't torsion keys for me. I have to crank the bars to tighten them up. Should be roughly 4 turns per inch. There is a big bolt on the back of where the bars mount and you turn that to lift the front.

Does that need to be performed by a licensed professional overhead garage door spring installer?

[brutal]

Well farts.

New truck got a little whacked while parked at the dealer after a service. Still don't know who did it. Lot monkey claims it wasn't him. Mechanic claims it wasn't him. Sure as F wasn't me.

381 miles on the clock.

Fortunately just the flare.

[Erni]

Nice. How do you accomplish the front lift?

[ray1970]

Throw a fit. The dealer should fix it for you.

[brutal]

Throw a fit. The dealer should fix it for you.

Had five guys out there looking at it fawning over their apologies. Part is ordered.

Now I just have to decide what I'm going to ask for extra.

I'm thinking first oil and fuel filter service.

Fuel filters (there are 2) and oil change service (12 qts T6), which I would normally do myself, is $180 in parts plus their labor. I think they charge $425 total.

Too much?