Bmiller5
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- Joined
- Jan 5, 2022
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- 4676
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I miss the days of forums like these, the social media domain has taken over and I’ve fell victim to it over the years.
Anyway, I’ve daily drove this 2000 Nissan Frontier 3.3 for about a year, with little intentions on doing anything to it as it drove and ran so well.
I then found a cheap commuter, as this 3.3 v6 gets pretty awful fuel mileage for its size/weight. 2006 Jetta TDI with a bumped rear end — $1200 I couldn’t resist.
I found a few solid axle swapped frontiers online, realized the aftermarket support was minimal for a build like this and thought well it can’t be that bad.
Onto the lift it went, and I went to removing and cutting all IFS components out. These torsion bars were seized in place very bad.
I didn’t take too many photos of this process, I was eager to get it all out and clean up the frame.
Frame plates! I know, I shouldn’t rounded my ends instead of squaring them off.. hopefully it doesn’t cause any issues.
Couldn’t help myself, I wanted to see how the full width D44 fit under it. PVC mock-up is genius
I’m currently further in this project, but I will add what I have periodically from here on out. 👍🏼
Anyway, I’ve daily drove this 2000 Nissan Frontier 3.3 for about a year, with little intentions on doing anything to it as it drove and ran so well.
I then found a cheap commuter, as this 3.3 v6 gets pretty awful fuel mileage for its size/weight. 2006 Jetta TDI with a bumped rear end — $1200 I couldn’t resist.
I found a few solid axle swapped frontiers online, realized the aftermarket support was minimal for a build like this and thought well it can’t be that bad.
Onto the lift it went, and I went to removing and cutting all IFS components out. These torsion bars were seized in place very bad.
I didn’t take too many photos of this process, I was eager to get it all out and clean up the frame.
Frame plates! I know, I shouldn’t rounded my ends instead of squaring them off.. hopefully it doesn’t cause any issues.
Couldn’t help myself, I wanted to see how the full width D44 fit under it. PVC mock-up is genius
I’m currently further in this project, but I will add what I have periodically from here on out. 👍🏼