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cityslicker
11-02-2009, 12:02 PM
My buddy is going to lift his frontier, and wants my help... but I don't know squat about that crazy front suspension set up on them things, any of you post a link to any writ ups or diagrams for them?
I haven't been able to find any..
Powerguy37
11-02-2009, 12:15 PM
What kind of lift? Body lift or suspension? What year Frontier?
cityslicker
11-02-2009, 12:32 PM
I'm not sure the year. but he has a coil spacer and aal. it's the front's I'm iffy about... that whole a arm and all that crap seems like sensless overkill..
Powerguy37
11-02-2009, 12:48 PM
It must be an 05 or newer then because I think the 04's and older are like my Xterra with torsion bars up front.

Here's a good resource page with lots of How Too's. It's for Xterra but they should be about the same.

http://www.thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1676
cityslicker
11-02-2009, 12:49 PM
thanks man!
cityslicker
11-02-2009, 12:50 PM
ahh it's a 2000
Powerguy37
11-02-2009, 02:13 PM
ahh it's a 2000
Well then it has to have torsion bars up front. There's a couple ways to lift it. The poor mans way of just installing the AAl in the rear and cranking the t-bars up a bit.

Or he can replace the front upper A arms and get aftermarker t-bars and crank them up even more. I ran that setup for several years until I did a solid axle swap. With the 2" body lift I had I was able to clear 34" swampers.

More info here.

http://www.nissanoffroad.net/how_to/torsion_bars/torsion_bars.asp

http://www.nissanoffroad.net/how_to/ac_lift/ac_lift.asp
BigDukeSix
11-02-2009, 02:40 PM
Tell him the easiest way to lift that pig is trade it in on a Jeep.
Muzikman
11-02-2009, 02:54 PM
If he gets a Jeep then He'll have to get a AAA membership to tow him home when it breaks.
BigDukeSix
11-02-2009, 02:55 PM
Lol
cityslicker
11-02-2009, 03:05 PM
well his buddy ordered him a lift kit while he was in boot camp, he got coil spacers and an aal.

now........... did his buddy maybe get him the worng set up?

or is that going to be ok?
Powerguy37
11-02-2009, 03:12 PM
well his buddy ordered him a lift kit while he was in boot camp, he got coil spacers and an aal.

now........... did his buddy maybe get him the worng set up?

or is that going to be ok?
Yeah I think its the wrong kit. If you follow this link you'll see that from 98-04 they used t-bars. 05 and up they went to coils.
https://www.4x4parts.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=435_437_201
Muzikman
11-02-2009, 03:18 PM
Yeah, coil spacers would be for an 2005+
Shodan
11-02-2009, 04:44 PM
Hook the man up with a link to a first gen forum, Jason.
Muzikman
11-02-2009, 05:39 PM
What, like www.thexterra.org ?