Xterra Spring Under, Frontier Spring Over?

[Nd4SpdSe]

I picked up a 2001 Frontier a few weeks ago and last weekend I dismantled it with the help of my dad and some friends. I just realized that the Fronty is spring over...but, how is that possible?

 

[Prime]

Slightly longer springs with the mounting points further out? Supposedly the SOA design allows for more load handling. Which in a pickup is a good thing.

One thing is for sure, I wish they were all spring over. Loft blocks are cheap.

 

[CaptainMorgan_SOS]

But lift blocks ARE NOT what you want for an offroad rig. At all. For a bro-truck that will never see a spec of dirt, sure.

 

[Prime]

Lol. I know.

 

[TJTJ]

LOL

Think of it this way, if you want to LOWER the X, lift blocks are STILL cheap.

 

[Nd4SpdSe]

Doesn't matter cause the rear will always be relavitely cheap, it's front IFS that the limitation

 

[TJTJ]

True Dat

 

[Nd4SpdSe]

Just a note. I found a 2004 Frontier with a regular box at the wreckers....it was spring under...

 

[HightecRednec]

1st Gen Dessert Runner Frontiers were the only ones that were spring under.

 

[Intender]

I bought an axle last fall out of a frontier with an arb and its spring over. Thought about selling the housing but might hold on just incase I ever sas

 

[HPONJUICE]

That housing a c200 or h233b?

 

[Intender]

H233b

 

[Trexterra]

IIRC all the 2wd hard bodies were spring under. Was it same for frontiers?


Sent from CoSprings

 

[Silver dude]

All the Pathfinders with the H233b ran links and coils, some even came with rear disk brakes. Nissan's are like Lego's the same pieces in many builds just put together a little different each time.

The frontiers are odd balls some 2wd trucks are completely designed around a 2wd based vehicle completely different IFS. Others like the Desert runner are the 4wd version just absent the front diff and transfer case.

 

[Prime]

Everybody keeps saying that about the desert runners. But I swear I've seen ones that look completely stock with the front auto hubs.