1995 NISSAN PATHFINDER FULL
1995 NISSAN PATHFINDER PLUS

highway fuel economy rating is disappointing. Welcome to the real world.Īs for the current version, the 3-liter, 153-horsepower, V-6 provides adequate power with 4-speed automatic but the 15 mile-per-gallon city/18 m.p.g. The ’96 will have larger dimensions, more modern styling, dual air bags andfour-wheel ABS. Sport-utilities in recent years have gotten wider and roomier with carlike ride and handling. When a segment is hot, every vehicle in it shares the wealth. Pathfinder enjoys success because sport-utilities are the hottest vehicle in the market. To get an idea of what those buyers want in 1996, we test-drove a Pathfinder LE 4WD to learn what they get in 1995-no air bags, anti-lock brakesonly on the rear wheels, styling so outdated the Willys Jeep looks nice in comparison, narrow dimensions that cramp leg and shoulder room, a rear seat sadly lacking in occupant space and a design that requires rear-seat passengers to crawl over a wheelwell to enter or exit, which means you could spend a great deal of your winter at the cleaners refurbishing the soiled duds. Late this year or early next, the next generation Pathfinder will wend its way to market, a vehicle that promises to be more in keeping with the tastes of the American buyer, Nissan says. In any case, the ball joint spacers are a proper way to get the alignment back within specs – should you need them.Time to bid adieu, so long, farewell and thanks for the memories to the Nissan Pathfinder-at least to the current version that was designed and developed, built and marketed with the Japanese market, and not the U.S. But the Pathfinder is old, and it’s fair to say that it’s probably been beat on & ramped a few times… so who knows. You shouldn’t NEED to do this if you use their lift kit, because the new upper control arms are built to the new lifted specs. So I went back to Mikhail at and ordered their ball joint spacers. I don’t want to add many shims, since this truck will be banging around off-road and too many shims poses a potential fail-point. It’s an old-school design that requires adding shims between the upper control arm & chassis to get it within specs. The rear (so far) just required a little simple trimming.Īlignment is proving to be more of a headache than anticipated.

1995 NISSAN PATHFINDER FULL

I had to cut off the original bolt-up points for the fenders, so I drilled new holes further back toward the door hinge to make new bolt-up points… allowing for full range of suspension movement & steering angle. And I have taken a lot of metal out of the FRONT inner fenders. I trimmed the plastic fender flares (front & rear) as subtly as possible, rather than just remove them all together.

1995 NISSAN PATHFINDER PLUS

Plus with 33-inch tires, I need all the rear tire clearance I can get.Įven with the full 3-inch lift on this Pathy, I’m still having to cut & trim the truck to fit 33s.

It does give the Pathfinder slightly more of a ‘raked’ presence… but I wanted to account for the heavier 33-inch spare that will eventually hang off the back. I went with the 3-inch lift front & rear. Or – you can do the full 3-inch lift both front & rear. ** gives you the option of doing a 3-inch lift in front with 1.5 lift coils in the rear to ‘level’ the Pathfinder. But you can buy them directly from as part of the lift kit. I had already gotten the Rancho RS9000XL shocks from Rock Auto. You can also choose from a couple different shock-options depending on budget.

*You can order the kit WITH or WITHOUT shocks.

1995 nissan pathfinder