Super underappreciated rigs. 9"+ rear diff, 31 spline axle shafts.. My first car was a WD21, beat on it for 7 years didn't owe me a dime. Love the blue and blue interior on this one, and the classic vg30 exhaust flange leak LOL Great vid, looks good!
Sling a poo pipe from the frame side trac bar bracket over to the driver side frame or crossmember for some serious support and easy peasy lazy status , and yes been there and done it and it works! Rust is lighter then carbon fiber🤘🏾
Just bought one of these as a woods rig for.750 bucks. Super solid truck body and frame. Tomorrow.it gets some 31 Kelly safaris and see where we can get it
This is awesome been watching you for along time now, super excited to see how you build the project “cheap finder”. Been wanting to get into off roading, crawling, trailing like what you guys do but cannot afford to build a 100,000 dollar mall crawler hell I cannot afford 20 grand lol. I want a rig like what you & your buddies run don’t look like much but there tuff & go anywhere!!!! Anyway keep up the great content I’ll be waiting for more!!!!👍🏼🍻
Hell yea! The budget is non-existent on this one so cheap is the way shes gonna go! $800 purchase and $500 tires has me running for only $1200 and the next upgrades are $free99!
Where are you located? You should be able to pick up a really decent 4x4 for 10k that is capable...For a lot less than that you have a variety of things you could find that would be good trail rigs just probably stock or close to...Starting stock is a good thing if you haven’t been on a trail before or anything like that cause then you can learn with a rig that won’t get you into super crazy situations or shouldn’t lol plus building it yourself let’s you learn as you go and have a good sense of your vehicle and know where things are and what’s been replaced and what hasn’t..Hopefully you get into it soon!
Haha oh I know a few things about decent wheelers. Search the Pathmaker on my channel. My main wheeling rig is a one-ton axle swapped Pathfinder on 42" tires, full exocage, dual transfercases, hydro steering etc. The point of this project is to keep things super cheap for everyone on a budget. Annnnnnd on that note it sat for the past almost year, but I tossed a new starter in it this week and shes runnin great! Time for a whole bunch of new Cheapfinder videos!
These ones are the 10.5's I know they make a tall skinny LTB in a 9.5" wide that would be a GREAT tire for a stock Pathfinder.......Pizza cutters for the win!
Brother I'm in love with your Bitchfinder. 😂 That's what I call mine. I'm totally copying you with the SSRs... do MORE Bitchfinder content! So fucking awesome. Do you have an email I could use some help with mine. Same year color everything but that badass set of 34s... put manual lockers on the front. EDIT: Mines an SE but basically just cosmetic stuff is the difference.
Do you think the same applies to a 1995 Nissan 4x4 Hardbody d21 V6? Ive got 31 X 10.5's now, but would like to put 33 x 10.5 or 9.5s on. Thanks for putting out such kick ass poor mans tips! You the best!
Absolutely, in fact its even easier on a d21 because they're essentially a Pathfinder with a 1.5" body lift stock. The secret to putting larger tires on the Nissans is, go skinny, so your 9.5s and 10.5s will work with minimal trimming, everyone always wants the 12.5" wide and thats when they rub really badly, and also when the steering hates life even worse (lots of more torque on the tirerods with the wider tires)!
Haha I killed the damn starter and its been sitting since that day. I did pull and weld the rear diff one afternoon but its dead in the yard with a flat tire currently. Worst part is I have a new starter on my workbench.............buuut there is 10" of snow and its -8* outside and that doesn't seem like time to swap a starter out!
Yup, the stock lego rims are just a 15" x 7" rim so you'll have no problem fitting a 10.5" wide tire on the 7" rim. I used to run a 12.5" tire on an 8" wide rim for years, I like a skinny rim, it grabs the bead of the tire better when running low air pressure!
The roof racks came with it. They're ones that just grab the door/drip rail. Pretty standard mounting for a roof rack with no drilling. These ones or Thule but i'm sure there is lots of brands, any roof rack designed to clamp without rails will work.
I have a 2001 in my driveway right now. Ive never owned one before so I should try putting the 34s on it, there isnt quite as much room it seems so it’ll be tight!
I wouldn't go larger than 34's even with a lift. The Pathmaker was on 35's for years while still IFS and the 35's require a ton of trimming and they're super hard on steering parts!
I love these things. I've owned and driven the same one since 2001 and its going strong (the black one in the background). They are strong running engines, common problems are rust along the rear frame rail near the back tires, transmissions can get hard to shift from people using the wrong trans fluid and they like to have exhaust leaks at the manifold. Other than that they take an absolute beating, great bang for your buck! Stay tuned for more videos with this thing, Idler Arm Brace, Welded rear end, poor mans suspension lift are all comin up soon!
Haha even better! In my stupid fashion after putting about 50km on them I hopped on a ferry and took a 300km road trip to do some rock crawling, so it was a bunch of firsts in the ole hunk of junk if you search for S11E18 on my channel its the first video of my road trip!
Its not too bad, but I don't want the panhard to rip off so I've got a nice rusty gross piece of 4" flat bar that I'm going to weld on it with my eyes closed.
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Super underappreciated rigs. 9"+ rear diff, 31 spline axle shafts.. My first car was a WD21, beat on it for 7 years didn't owe me a dime. Love the blue and blue interior on this one, and the classic vg30 exhaust flange leak LOL Great vid, looks good!
Cheers! When you pickin up a Pooroyota so we can go out and do some poormans wheelin together?!
I’ve got a 95 pathfinder that I bought. I have a two inch lift and 33’s. Love the thing
Sling a poo pipe from the frame side trac bar bracket over to the driver side frame or crossmember for some serious support and easy peasy lazy status , and yes been there and done it and it works! Rust is lighter then carbon fiber🤘🏾
Hmm I like the idear, I was thinkin a chunk of 3" flat barby but might have to swing by the ole playground and snag a piece of fence pipe!
I have a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder LE 3.5 in northern Mexico, it works very well, greetings to all
56. Awesome! Those 3.5's are good motors!
Just bought one of these as a woods rig for.750 bucks. Super solid truck body and frame. Tomorrow.it gets some 31 Kelly safaris and see where we can get it
Awesome! Can't go wrong for $750 and can have a lot of fun!
This is awesome been watching you for along time now, super excited to see how you build the project “cheap finder”. Been wanting to get into off roading, crawling, trailing like what you guys do but cannot afford to build a 100,000 dollar mall crawler hell I cannot afford 20 grand lol. I want a rig like what you & your buddies run don’t look like much but there tuff & go anywhere!!!! Anyway keep up the great content I’ll be waiting for more!!!!👍🏼🍻
Hell yea! The budget is non-existent on this one so cheap is the way shes gonna go! $800 purchase and $500 tires has me running for only $1200 and the next upgrades are $free99!
Where are you located? You should be able to pick up a really decent 4x4 for 10k that is capable...For a lot less than that you have a variety of things you could find that would be good trail rigs just probably stock or close to...Starting stock is a good thing if you haven’t been on a trail before or anything like that cause then you can learn with a rig that won’t get you into super crazy situations or shouldn’t lol plus building it yourself let’s you learn as you go and have a good sense of your vehicle and know where things are and what’s been replaced and what hasn’t..Hopefully you get into it soon!
Haha oh I know a few things about decent wheelers. Search the Pathmaker on my channel. My main wheeling rig is a one-ton axle swapped Pathfinder on 42" tires, full exocage, dual transfercases, hydro steering etc. The point of this project is to keep things super cheap for everyone on a budget. Annnnnnd on that note it sat for the past almost year, but I tossed a new starter in it this week and shes runnin great! Time for a whole bunch of new Cheapfinder videos!
Can’t wait to see some proper wheelin in this thing, I mean through some real mud
QX4...thanks for the thoughts..I appreviate it..Washington waving..Evans creek here I go...and Rust free,lol :)
I'm going to try 34s on My 09 pathfinder
Nice! I've never owned a Pathfinder that new, should be a fun project! I specialize in the square ones!
Looks just like my pathy lol 3" body lift and some grinding. Still rubs the 33s lol
34x9.5 swampies are a little taller and narrower I think. Pizza cutters worked well for me long time. I kinda want a pathy now, tho. :]
These ones are the 10.5's I know they make a tall skinny LTB in a 9.5" wide that would be a GREAT tire for a stock Pathfinder.......Pizza cutters for the win!
Gonna be putting 33s on a 97, yeehaw
That’ll be fun!
Ya! First project pathfinder, bought it fo $90 bucks canadian! Gonna be takin it over the whipsaw trail in a month, looking far ward to it!
Now thats what we're talkin about! Can have a lotta fun for $90!
Brother I'm in love with your Bitchfinder. 😂 That's what I call mine. I'm totally copying you with the SSRs... do MORE Bitchfinder content! So fucking awesome. Do you have an email I could use some help with mine. Same year color everything but that badass set of 34s... put manual lockers on the front. EDIT: Mines an SE but basically just cosmetic stuff is the difference.
Can you do the same thing to a hard body pickup
Absolutely. The d21s are 1.5" taller than the Pathfinders stock, so its even easier to fit larger tires on the d21s than on the Pathys.
Do you think the same applies to a 1995 Nissan 4x4 Hardbody d21 V6? Ive got 31 X 10.5's now, but would like to put 33 x 10.5 or 9.5s on. Thanks for putting out such kick ass poor mans tips! You the best!
Absolutely, in fact its even easier on a d21 because they're essentially a Pathfinder with a 1.5" body lift stock. The secret to putting larger tires on the Nissans is, go skinny, so your 9.5s and 10.5s will work with minimal trimming, everyone always wants the 12.5" wide and thats when they rub really badly, and also when the steering hates life even worse (lots of more torque on the tirerods with the wider tires)!
any more videos of this truck picking mine up in 10 days from florida 1990 same color 4 door on 33” super swampers
Haha I killed the damn starter and its been sitting since that day. I did pull and weld the rear diff one afternoon but its dead in the yard with a flat tire currently. Worst part is I have a new starter on my workbench.............buuut there is 10" of snow and its -8* outside and that doesn't seem like time to swap a starter out!
do you know if those would fit the Lego wheels?
Yup, the stock lego rims are just a 15" x 7" rim so you'll have no problem fitting a 10.5" wide tire on the 7" rim. I used to run a 12.5" tire on an 8" wide rim for years, I like a skinny rim, it grabs the bead of the tire better when running low air pressure!
awesome thanks budd!
i have the similar pathfider wd21 with 6 inches lift, fitted with 35" tires
Very cool, I drove one on 35's for almost a decade........now that one has 40s on it!
GREAT NISSAN.
Hey man did you install the roof racks on your wd21??
The roof racks came with it. They're ones that just grab the door/drip rail. Pretty standard mounting for a roof rack with no drilling. These ones or Thule but i'm sure there is lots of brands, any roof rack designed to clamp without rails will work.
@@PathmakerProductions sweet thx!
Think it would be the same on a 2001?
I have a 2001 in my driveway right now. Ive never owned one before so I should try putting the 34s on it, there isnt quite as much room it seems so it’ll be tight!
How big can you fit with the oe lift (jeep or Ford coils with cranked torsion )? Looking to get some new tires for my beater
I wouldn't go larger than 34's even with a lift. The Pathmaker was on 35's for years while still IFS and the 35's require a ton of trimming and they're super hard on steering parts!
What springs did you end up using for the back lift
Bone stock for now. Ive got a set of 98 cherokee front coils that I can slip in for 2” of lift but for now its just stock height.
What size of Q clips are you using for your roof rack ??
It came with it so I'm not entirely sure. The rails look like they're Yakima and the basket is just some cheapo no-name brand I bought used for $40
Nice 🙂
Shes workin miiint, does need a few inches of cheap lift tho, at 100 on the highway she loves to bottom out on the whoops and terrify me!
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Looking to pick up one of these have you had any issues?
I love these things. I've owned and driven the same one since 2001 and its going strong (the black one in the background). They are strong running engines, common problems are rust along the rear frame rail near the back tires, transmissions can get hard to shift from people using the wrong trans fluid and they like to have exhaust leaks at the manifold. Other than that they take an absolute beating, great bang for your buck!
Stay tuned for more videos with this thing, Idler Arm Brace, Welded rear end, poor mans suspension lift are all comin up soon!
🤣🤣🤣 I love it dude
Shes a real beaut, unbalanced swampers on the highway tho, let me tell you, terrifying!
@@PathmakerProductions You took them on the hwy!? 😂 Rock and roll! I have the '90 and it's still goin strong
Haha even better! In my stupid fashion after putting about 50km on them I hopped on a ferry and took a 300km road trip to do some rock crawling, so it was a bunch of firsts in the ole hunk of junk if you search for S11E18 on my channel its the first video of my road trip!
It hurts me inside to see that rust...
Problems with living in a rainforest! Thats pretty common around here, at least we dont have a ton of road salt to rust everything else out!
These pathys came with rust pre applied at the factory..
oh well that frame isnt even that rusty tho...
Its not too bad, but I don't want the panhard to rip off so I've got a nice rusty gross piece of 4" flat bar that I'm going to weld on it with my eyes closed.
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