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Old 01-22-2011, 11:05 AM
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Did any one see it? The guy's seem to know what there doing but at the end of the show they installed a removable winch on a XJ. All they did was weld a piece of square tubing in between the unibody rails for the support. I'm not to sure the unibody could handle a hard pull. What do you think?

Anyone know how the 95 pathfinder hood works? It looks like it has 3 holes in the front of the hood for engine cooling. I was actually thinking about doing something like it last year but to the front fascia.
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Originally Posted by nicksdsm
Did any one see it? The guy's seem to know what there doing but at the end of the show they installed a removable winch on a XJ. All they did was weld a piece of square tubing in between the unibody rails for the support. I'm not to sure the unibody could handle a hard pull. What do you think?

Anyone know how the 95 pathfinder hood works? It looks like it has 3 holes in the front of the hood for engine cooling. I was actually thinking about doing something like it last year but to the front fascia.
I haven't seen it but if all they did was put a piece of square tubing in there then for sure it'll rip out on a good pull. I highly doubt thats all they did though, usually they cover their bases. I'll have to watch it tomorrow unless someone has a link to it online.
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how about this http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f177/...winch-1157054/
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Originally Posted by EUGENE the JEEP
I like it better behind the crossmember.
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I saw that.. they really did just weld it onto the front of the crossmember, it didn't even look like it went all the way across to where the bumper bolts on.
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This is the Niss Pathfinder Hood with the holes...

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Originally Posted by nicksdsm
This is the Niss Pathfinder Hood with the holes...

and ?
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The second question in my original post was questioning the pathfinders hood. I was wondering if anyone knew how it worked. I'm assuming their are air pathways through out the hood to route the air for engine cooling. Last year I was going to attempt something like this on the fascia but I didn't have the nerve to try. I was thinking something like this but put the holes over the headlights.


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I think you would be better off spacing the hood or installing some junk yard vents.
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Cutting holes in the header panel will do you NO good, Nissan put those there just for style and looks, they do nothing for cooling. The hitch mount they installed did look a little cheesy and weak.
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Originally Posted by EUGENE the JEEP
Im actually about to do that same thing to my jeep. Ill have to go in and make a lot of brackets and cut to get the winch cable to come out the stock bumper though.
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I was thinking cutting the holes and installing vents, I'm not sure though.
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I'm watching xtreme 4x4 now and its not the XJ build.

nvm, there it is. lol

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I think he said at the end of the show. I just put it on too! So lets hope cause Im interested now.lol
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Yeah its coming up!


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