Nissan Frontier Front suspension

[Weldtec Designs]

Hey, guys.
We wanted to pop in and show you a little of what we have been working on for the Nissan Frontier in 2016. Not sure how many of you venture into different threads, and have seen some of our work or what we get silly with and build. We build a little of everything and just finished a killer van build for Sema 2016. Now that it is over we had the chance to finish up this kit for the Nissan Frontier 2 wheel drive.
The kit is boxed chromoly UCA, LCA, spindles, steering and the super shock and UCA mount all in one. The LCA uses the factory mounts and the eliminates everything else on the upper frame rail. The kit is 5+" wider per side and gives you a track width of about 87". With bump stops and limit straps it cycles a clean 16" of front wheel travel.




http://www.weldtecdesigns.com/product/04-15-nissan-frontier-long-travel-kit/

If you would like more info or have question please ask.

 

[jhberria]

Wow, 16" of travel? That's impressive.

Any reason this kit wouldn't work with a 4WD vehicle, other than the need to employ custom CV shafts (which would be pricey)?

 

[Weldtec Designs]

Wow, 16" of travel? That's impressive.

Any reason this kit wouldn't work with a 4WD vehicle, other than the need to employ custom CV shafts (which would be pricey)?

The shock spacing would have to be a little different to allow for the axle, (very doable) and the spindle would need to be different to allow for the shaft also. In the past we have made extended the factory axles or made new ones.

We can build you whatever you want... :smiley_drive:

 

[Weldtec Designs]

Not to many 2 wheel drive frontier guys here?

ON the 4x4 what have you guys been doing to get more travel?

 

[wreckdiver1321]

Yeah the 2wd crowd is pretty thin here. I do have to say, that is one amazing looking suspension setup. Impressive work.

Most guys who are really wanting more travel on their 4x4 Frontiers and Xterras (the suspension design is literally identical) do what we call a Titan swap. The suspension designs on the Frontier/Xterra/Pathfinder and the Titan are very close. You can bolt on the Titan UCAs and LCAs, then run an extended coilover or longer shock and gain a bunch of travel. Just need to swap out little things like brake lines and tie rod ends, and get longer CV shafts. The Titan swap will make you 3" wider per side.

The beauty of the Titan swap is it's pretty inexpensive, comparatively speaking. You can get a ton more travel over stock with extended coilovers and aftermarket UCAs. Otherwise it's just using factory parts. I've seen the how-to's on it, and it's a pretty simple job.

If you really want to toughen up the front, a lot of people also swap in the larger, stronger M205 front diff from a Titan. They bolt right in and are a big upgrade. I recently swapped an M205 into my truck, but used oddball CVs so I could stay stock width.

 

[jhberria]

Yeah the 2wd crowd is pretty thin here. I do have to say, that is one amazing looking suspension setup. Impressive work.

Most guys who are really wanting more travel on their 4x4 Frontiers and Xterras (the suspension design is literally identical) do what we call a Titan swap. The suspension designs on the Frontier/Xterra/Pathfinder and the Titan are very close. You can bolt on the Titan UCAs and LCAs, then run an extended coilover or longer shock and gain a bunch of travel. Just need to swap out little things like brake lines and tie rod ends, and get longer CV shafts. The Titan swap will make you 3" wider per side.

The beauty of the Titan swap is it's pretty inexpensive, comparatively speaking. You can get a ton more travel over stock with extended coilovers and aftermarket UCAs. Otherwise it's just using factory parts. I've seen the how-to's on it, and it's a pretty simple job.

If you really want to toughen up the front, a lot of people also swap in the larger, stronger M205 front diff from a Titan. They bolt right in and are a big upgrade. I recently swapped an M205 into my truck, but used oddball CVs so I could stay stock width.

Yes, the Titan swap is the only existing option for Frontier/Xterra guys to get decent amounts of travel out of our IFS design. It's extremely popular because it's (relatively) affordable, parts are easy to come by, and it's a "home-brewed" solution as opposed to something that would need to be custom fabricated.

Even the Titan swap won't net you 16 inches of overall travel, though. Interested to see if you guys could develop a similar setup for 4WD applications, and would be even more interested in seeing it put to use.

 

[Dmski]

Woah 16" of travel is insane! What are your solutions for the rear? Custom drive shaft or a two piece drive shaft?

 

[billy610]

Most people do the Titan swap as stated. With extended travel coil over it nets about 11" of 4x4 travel. BTF Fabrication also makes two different 4x4 long travel kits. One utilizes the stock Nissan spindle and gets 14.5" of travel and their 4x4 race kit with fabricated spindle gets 15.5" of travel.

You're not going to get a whole lot of interest in 2WD kits on this forum.