Ven's Project Pathfinder

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Ven's Project Pathfinder
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Built the rear X-member / Drive shaft hoop this weekend and started to tack in my lower link bars. Not much of an update I know but its all I got...lol
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awesome work ven gonna be badass!
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comin along nicely ven!!! cant wait to see this thing when its all done! keep up the good work
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looking good
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Thanks all,

Hereare a few pics of last weekends progress, got my 4 link all setup. Pretty basic setup so it wont interfere with the back seat much (hopefully...lol) I think its just gonna be a BOA setup in the rear to keep it simple and minimal amount of interference with the floor.
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Finally got some new Rubber for my wheels. Falken 245/35/20

Here is a pic with the tires on the wheels and the frame. I had to trim a bit more on the LCA to make it fully lay, but other than that not a big deal. On a side note on the way back from getting the tires mounted the pathfinder radiator split causing it to overheat which may have possibly blew a head gasket :( But Im not gonna let that spoil the fun. Originally I wasnt gonna start to pull the body til after the holidays...BUT...now I may as well jump into it full throttle.



Modified the stock body mounts. I trimmed the front ones down from the bottom and added a piece of angle to the back side to rest on top of the frame rail. This is where I plan to route most of lines on top of the frame between it and the body. I marked their location and welded the rod to the frame table for positioning and dropped them exactly 3" from their stock location. They are just tacked in for now until I set the body just in case adjustments are neccesary.





The mid-mounts were done similiar I trimmed the bottom of the mounts allowing them to go down the 3". I havent done any of the rear mounts as of yet, because I want to wait to set the body for those. But I figure with the forward (6) including the front ones at the core support I can pretty much get the body square on the frame then tackle the rears.



Also, Ive cut the frame loose from the table and flipped it over so I can finish welding up the under side.

Figured I would go ahead and metal finish all the welds under neath that would be in contact with the ground. I don't want anything to keep it from laying flat.

So after quite a bit of welding yesterday, the underside is fully welded and I can flip it back over and reassemble and begin to work on the drivetrain.

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kick ass Ven!!!
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Thanks Fester. Hoping to get this thing back on the road here shortly!
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Looking good man, I might have to step up my game.
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Edited: 12/19/2011 1:38:18 PM by Scoobysmak

uugghh double post... my bad