[WaneTango]

I have a 99 and I join into this site thinking that I would get intouch with like minded people who love there Nissan Frontier, only to find out that its is just that, but with a twist. Only if you have an 04,05,or 06. Parts for these truck are hard to find, and for some reason my body style is border line impossible to find parts for. Anyways I'm just ranting a little and believe me if I could afford a new Fronty, believe me I would be driving it right now.

As to my problems, my fronty is bagged and I really dont want to cut much into the Factory Suspension. Here is my issue, the upper bracket for the air bags in the front is catching on the upper a arm, making it unable to comepletly raise up. Its getting up high enough for me to drive it, but just barley. Does anyone know where I can get an upper a arm for my Truck. I havent had anyluck finding one.. or atleast one that isnt a lift kit.

and my other thing was a billet grill for my truck. Has anyone messed with these, where they got 'em, if there happy with it... ect. Thanks everyone, Tango

 

[Frontin]

ive got a 2000, and i can find tons of parts for the 98-00. what r u looking for?

 

[kilago]

i have a new frontier, but 2 of my friends also have em, ones a 98 and the other is a 03...

as far as the arm, try writing one of the kit manufacturers directly to ask, or try courtesyparts.com to see if they can get you an OEM replacement...? Just some ideas...

dunno about the grills...haven't even looked into changing my own.

 

[Frontin]

oh crap sorry i guess i didnt read the last part of the post. anyway ebay has hundreds of billet grills for your truck. and ive seen a really beefy a arm for the frontier that wasnt in a lift kit. if i can find it again ill let you know, i think it will work great for your problem.

 

[BigD]

Not really sure if this is what your looking for...probably not.
http://www.purenissan.com/d22_control_arms.htm

 

[Frontin]

the calmini are good arms but for offroad, i think they would still be in the way of what he is trying to do. i still cant find the arms im looking for, but they are bascially just a bar. very strong, but very little metal. so they are really open, and i wouldnt think you would catch on anything.

 

[WaneTango]

Thanks for the tips guys. Yea it really needs to be a tublar A arm, other wise it proly wouldnt clear the upper bag bracket. Seriously alot of things for my truck is really really hard to find that is really common in other mini's or even avalible for the Titan or Armada... Like the Tublar Upper A arm. I have seen alot of those billit grill kits that are on ebay but I'm a lil bit sketchy about those, if you read into it a lil bit closer it says that they are mounted on top of the existing grill with Zip-ties.... C'mon that dont sound like a quality kit to me. Has anyone on here actually bought one of those kits, or know someone who has...

 

[Frontin]

practically every grill kit ive ever seen is zip tied on, and goes over the existing grill lol. nothing wrong with it they still look great. but there are a few that you pay a little more for that you cut the existing grill up, and put the new grill in. go to truckperformance.com and search for parts for your truck. they have some nice grills there.

im still looking for those arms for you but they seem to have disapeared on me.

but i have another solution. im guessing that your catching on the center of the arm right? bascially the plate that fills up the hole in the middle of the triangle? since its a mini truck you dont need the strenght like nissan built it for. they built it for offroad. you should be able to notch that out so you clear and your wouldnt have to worry about strengh. it should be plenty strong for a mini truck, i just wouldnt ever head for a really ruff bumpy road.

 

[WaneTango]

I think having a Bagged and body dropped truck is just as demanding (if not more)on your upper a arms as it would be for a 4 wheel drive.
Actually its not catching there at all. If you are looking at the upper a arm from the top its catching on the left side right before the first bend to make the tri angle.
Forgive me if I sounds a lil bit untrusting of a bolt on that requires zip-ties... Keep in mind most of my experiences with grills require hacking up your old one, mostly S-10's.
That would be great of you could find that upper a arm. I'm still looking myself. I would so much rather buy one than try to fab one out my self. Caculating stering geomentry isnt fun at all.
I talked to the guys at FBI (www.fbimnin.com) and they have been so helpful in finding parts and vendors that I have never heard of before, or at least hard to find. I'm taking pics of my upper a arm problem for the FBI guys but I will prolly post them on here as well. Thanks for the help everyone, Tango