2000 Frontier (Supercharged) Build and Adventures - Babe the Blue Ox

[paulforeman]

PSR Coilover Conversion

I ordered a D22 Coilover Conversion from Australia. I ordered from DrivenOffroad and the parts showed up in like 6 days. Pretty good service from Aiden at DrivenOffroad.

The kit was great. Came with like 15 pages of instructions and every little thing that was required for install.

It was a bit of slog, but the most difficult part was probably the dreaded lower control arm rear bushing (yes, mine was as bad as everyone else's).

Total parts list:

• OEM 54419-VK80A - Rear Lower Control Arm Bolts - Z1 Offroad
• OEM 54560-8B400 - Rear Lower Control Arm Bushings - Z1 Offroad
• MOOG RK620556/RK620556 - Lower Control Arms - RockAuto
• PSR Coil Conversion kit - DrivenOffroad
• PSR Upper Control Arms - DrivenOffroad
• SPC 87515 - Upper Control Arm Cam Bolts (rebranded/sold by Mevotech) - RockAuto.
• FEBEST 54050-50W0A - Lower Control Arm Bump Stops - Amazon
• MEVOTECH DX330 & DX331 - CV Axle Reboot Kit - RockAuto

Total Price....................................................................... (who cares)

I'll just dump some photos of the process.

A beautiful sight ^^ after the classic lower control arm fire fight. My bolts were seized, etc.

Cut off the factory shock tabs and welded in these reinforcements.
Old bump stops were toast, so I ordered new ones.

New bucket fully welded in. Used paint stripper and wire wheel to get the paint off before welding.

REBOOT on the CV axle - The old boots were the original boots from 24 years ago. 1 was ripped so I did them all.

Took it out for a spin and after a few miles of basic maneuvers, I got enough confidence to jump some curbs and hit some washboard roads. It didn't completely fold up yet... so I guess it's on.

Cheers.

 

[paulforeman]

FULL SKIDS (SKID ROW)

I got my used Skid Row skid plates installed this week. They came off of "The Grey Truck" (another 1st Gen Frontier) that I bought in the Fall.

*I should have washed all the dirt and gravel off before starting... a lesson I seem to never learn.

This front engine plate uses U-bolts around the differential cross member.

The rest of the plates bolt through pinch welds on the frame in other places, requiring me to drill thru-holes for bolts to go through. That was really annoying to lay on the ground and get hot metal shavings falling all over me. So, I tried something else....

It's only dumb if it doesn't work, right? And this worked really well. I could reach over and pull the trigger while SLOWLY lifting the jack using my foot. Did all the holes this way and it worked out great.

I guess I'm done being careful while driving through rocks now.
Nah, I'll still be as careful as I need to be. It'll just be less.

Cheers, and Merry Christmas!