Infiniti QX4 / Nissan Pathfinder R50 - AGM Battery, Winch, Drawer System and other updates
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Feel free to comment with your questions, all support in form of "sharing/likes, etc." is much appreciated.
In this video I cover latest upgrades/updates on the R50 QX4 build
Everything from AGM battery to the drawer system goodies in the back.
Links to items used in the build, and I'm not associated with any of them (FYI):
Quarter Window Molle panels
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Links To Items seen in videos
I will add to the list as things come in/renew
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G’day from Australia, I have a 2002 R50 Pathfinder and have seen a few build outs on this platform but have to say, this is the best one I have seen so far! Well done.
Thanks Carl, I put some effort of making it right, considering all the experience of the past
Hello Bud Nixon, first of all let me tell you congratulations on your business ventures. Very nice setup you're doing on that SUV can't wait to see it completely done and lifted.
Much appreciated
Wow, cool truck., My Pathfinder, is a basic surfing setup. Bed in the back, cooler in the front seat when camping.
Boards up top whenever possible. Some great ideas...
And Lucky mine is a garage find, 54K KM, or 33K Miles : ) its' my 4th Pathfinder..
Very cool!
Love the lights on the rear hatch!
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Ok Bud I thought you found a gem, but then the back Compartment. Im old school but that is amazing the compressor next to the fridge is the best amazing way to use space. You could stay in the woods for along time with the gear it's just awesome.
Right on, sure is, thanks!
Awesome build so far man, very inspirational. I have a 01 QX4 located in WA, your winch install is so clean as well as the rear bumper cut. Looking forward to see your rig lifted.
One day ;)
Thanks
It’s been a process for sure on my end; almost wrapped up
Glad to see your doin good man, I’m a jeep Cherokee kinda guy but always loved the older infinity nissans and Toyota’s. Il get a patrol one day somehow!
both are great platforms, but funny thing - I've found the R50 platform is very similar to XJs, with unibody and even similarly sounding engine noise
@@budnixon iv looked at them problem is around here they are all soo worn out and I’m afraid of that v6. Iv replaced and rebuilt soo many 4.0’s I just love the simplicity of them and my buddy here where I live owns a jeep junkyard over 300+ cherokees all years grands and Comanche’s, I get everything from him.
Patrol, excellent choice!
You could open an R50 shop
People can come from around the country to get their trucks setup
It’s an idea for sure…
Nice build. Can’t wait to see the next stage.
It’s coming along… hoping to be somewhat complete by camp season
I’d love to have one of your winch mounts . I have a 98 R50 pathfinder . You did some real nice upgrades on that . Really cool truck
Thanks 👍
Bud, I have had a Dometic fridge in Land Cruiser 100 series turbo diesel, since 2010. I use a lithium 100 amp hour battery it runs for 10 days with out recharging. Before I go away I run the fridge on high from the house power “240” in Australia then drop down to low when I get to my camping spot. The battery charges from a DC. DC charger from the L/C.
Makes sense, fridge is efficient for the most part
VERY nice job! I think that's the nicest drawer system in an R50 I've seen. I like the attention to making it no higher than the back of the back seats - just a bit lower to create a lip. I think the lateral well idea is excellent - though it does assume you won't be too tightly packed on the top of the drawers. I find it is pretty easy to squeeze my seats, privacy tent and other long items in through the side of my load. Was that a magnet you used to hold them in place - nice touch!.
Compressors in that rear cubby is a pretty common R50 mounting point. I like how yours is rigged to the rear panel though, that's a clean touch.
I also like the ability to access the panel from the back seat. I think if I built one, I might make that a little deeper as I really liked your idea of it being another organizational area.
Consider tapping the plastic hook anchors with 1/4-20 and you can put stainless eye hooks in there for anchor points. Also as an FYI the two tabs in the roof don't mount into much - I've thought of anchor points there but they wouldn't be able to hold much load. Also, a net on the roof works well & stays above the rear window line. I put jackets, hats and other light stuff up there.
Thanks,
beauty of "custom" build and application, is everyone makes it how they see/fit right to them and their gear/way of laying things out. There truly isnt a "right and only" way to do this, as you've probably found out - everyones selection of stuff/junk varies by a lot, some cook basics like cup of noodles, while others like to carry more utensils than their home kitchen :) :) :)
Its a long ways from being done in my book, but most likely will never get there and end up moving onto another vehicle, I'm looking at the 5.6L V8 options of the next gen R51 models, need the v8 for towing... but love this thing
@@budnixon Absolutely, modifications are for how you use it. Between my Mom and myself, we have 3 offroad trucks and each one has a different application and is modified accordingly. Personally, I like a pragmatic, cost effective approach but with the appearance of a clean build. Yours is very nice! Some great ideas there for sure. Now that I have a 2nd R50 for hardware store/hauling applications, I might just rethink a low drawer system for my Pathy. Curious, what did you do with the under floor cubby, did you repurpose it or is it just empty space now? Once you've moved the spare to the back, several of us have considered adding water, fuel and even an air tank underneath in that space.
Lots of ideas for the underside, currently that cubby is empty space, but I'm thinking may be cut it open, and flatten it out to make it easier or more convenient to install other necessities under. Fuel, water and air have been on my list as well, but I'm trying to stay away from overdoing "concept" as there are simpler solutions. For example, repurpose the space where spare was with couple of the Trail'ed Round cans that will mount right up, and just a matter of plumbing them to do whatever the purpose
It is beautiful. I’d be proud
Thanks
Great stuff and info, Thanks Bud
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great video Bud. I live in Gresham and picked up an 03 Pathy this past Christmas and love what you've done to yours. I'd love to learn more about your winch set up rather than adding the weight of a whole after market bumper to get the winch and recovery hooks/shackles installed up front. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to catch up sometime and share some ideas. If you're interested, I'll share my contact info.
R50s are definitely underrated 4x4 but there are proper reasons if you dig deep enough. I built the winch plane/lights tube part. All info as far as build goes on this rig - is pretty much all covered here in the videos on my channel.
I'm hoping to hit one of the upcoming Rigs&Coffee meets at IronMans shop in Sherwood soon, come over and we'll chat :)
The ARB OME Heavy Duty struts should handle that weight just fine. I have 170# on the front of my Pathy (~100# bumper/~70# winch) and it feels great up there. I had to do 2 drives before I put those struts on and with just the bumper it was downright dangerous.
It’s a great build 👍🏻🤩
Thanks!
Looks great!
I'm jealous of everyone with a nice QX4. Mine is a janky salvage. Maybe one day I'll buy another, and one with 4WD.
:) its a matter of shopping for sure... gotta find that one thats right for you. It took me around 8 yrs to find this specific one.
I'll be selling my QX4 one owner in the next couple months very nice fully loaded with navigation 4x4. If anyone is interested. $5,500
@@sniiiper I would be if I had the money. You might want to let people know the area you're in.
Always been curious about the R50 platform and you easily have one of the best builds. You mentioned a Tough Dog lift but I haven’t seen anyone selling a lift for the R50 from them in the US. Any chance that’s something you’ll be offering or would you be willing to say who is shipping to the states? Thanks and keep up the great work!
Thanks bud, I try to build things right to best of my experience to back the decision making process. ToughDog is Australian, gotta find it there if you want it. I'm building it, and learning whats/how/where, and some of the components are my product specifically, idea of selling a custom "budnixon" kit has crossed my mind.
I would be interested in a winch mount. Really like where your going with this old girl.
built and sold few, reach out to me on social media or via email that in "contact me" on youtube
Let me know if you need more info
Very nice. How do you like the Tough Dog struts? How do they do on the washboard roads? I have the same rig, 02 QX4, black, WA State. Thanks!
Love them! Do great
Those Tough Dog struts just look like they have a $2 thread extension.. the black part on top.
cant say... everything is working as it should, as far as looks - looks can be deceiving a lot of times :)
Love the winch mount! How much to have one built and shipped to Arizona? Or cut and shipped as a diy weld kit?
Sold few in the past, don’t have the time to make them anymore
2002, possibly the best R50 year as it retains the throttle cable which is superior to Nissan's version of Drive by wire that appears in 2003. Also, 2001-2002 has the highest LSD breakaway at 65-80ft-lbs., earlier & later are much lower.
Didnt know that, thanks for noting
Since you’re running everything off your AGM battery, how long/how much power till it doesn’t have enough juice to start the vehicle? That’s what I’m mostly concerned about vs running a traditional lithium ion/lithium iron phosphate power station setup
I agree on the concerns, this I carry a portable jump pack. Another note to keep in mind - fridge is the biggest consumer - it has safety shut off if it senses voltage drop due to battery been drained. I dry camped for 2-3 days, charging my usual accessories (phone/drone etc) - hadn’t been a problem yet. It’s about finding the sweet spot, but same goes for spending money in right direction and not overdoing it on things that aren’t as important.
Take for example option to install a wireless remote start on your rig (sold inexpensive now days), many have a volt monitor (or can be added) - thus as soon as the remote start senses battery drop below 11.7-11.8v (or whatever is needed in your case) - it would start the car and run it until battery voltage is back where it’s safe. Just an idea
@@budnixon Thanks for the reply! I also have a qx4 and yeah I don't really want to be spending $1500-2000 CAD for a beefy power station like the Jackery, when I could use that money towards something else.
I am planning a 2-week road trip in August with friends and we will be sleeping in each other's vehicles for some of the nights for the trip (3 vehicles, 2 in each). I assume I wouldn't have to worry about discharging my battery if we are sleeping 6-8 hours every night and most of the time we would be on the road driving, so the car battery would be charging on the go and running the fridge at the same time (going based on your setup)? Planning to do a mini/temporary conversion setup with a bed platform, portable fridge, mini kitchen drawers with supplies, portable stove/grill, power station of some kind (wanting to do a similar set up to yours), etc.
Also going off on your comment about the remote start is a very good idea! Will look into getting a 2-way remote starter anyways in the near future probably closer to the trip as I live in SK, Canada where our recent winters were -40 to -50 Celsius lol. 🙂
@@justincuarte5485 Sounds like you are on a good start as far as direction where you are heading. Yes, I've found that a good deep cycle battery will do the job just fine, especially if you are moving everyday and only stationary 1 night at a time, as well as fridge - you can turn it off overnight as it will "hold" cold fairly well for the most part, considering you wont be opening it at night for anything vs daytime/while cooking, reaching for various things all the time, like drinks etc.
Packing fridge correctly is also important to keep in mind, things that are ok to be "almost frozen" or frozen are for the bottom and things that arent - i.e. dairy/veggies/greens - top loaded to prevent frostburn/going bad.
Good luck with the trip!
@@justincuarte5485 Definitely get a Lithium Jump Starter - there are very good ones from $35-85. They really have made dual battery setups for start security obsolete. Generally speaking, I've stopped carrying jumper cables and have a jump pack in all my vehicles - I've used them more on stranger's vehicles than my own.
I don't see a link to the radio, did I miss that somewhere?
It’s something like this
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I posted a link in description of the Infiniti videos
Hey Bud, I have basically the exact same thing in a Pathfinder (it's even an '02). I'm in Portland and I have (quite similar) plans for it. Would you be interested in paid consulting or perhaps doing some work?
Sure thing, feel free to let me know when you make it into my area and we’ll chat
link to the chair, we didnt see the brand.
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See if this works
Love the build,❤️ I would love to install a winch, how much would it be for one? Thanks😊
Any winch can be mounted, winch plate/bumper cut in go for $1500
@@budnixon how would it work do you ship me the parts?
@@pavlotsymbalyuk3373 buyer pays shipping, and at times it’s not cheap. If you local, can bring by the truck and I’ll install it.
@@budnixon where are you located?
@@pavlotsymbalyuk3373 Salem Oregon
What’s the weight limit on the roof rails? Could you have used the factory rails?
I don’t know of actual limit, but tent is 120lbs roughly and while stationary it supports additionally 2 more adults… and I don’t see that being even close to its limits
Factory rails are too week and too tall for my liking, in such application
The OEM roof rack (i.e. load bars) are rated fro 100#, one assumes that a dynamic capacity and stationary would be more. I have carried far more than than with no problems. At about 2002 they made the load bars much more robust than previously - I know of many of the old load bars breaking. The roof rails connect to the truck at 6 spots have a fairly large surface area so if you remove the load bars, the rails can probably hold alot more, especially static loads. One thing to consider is having your weak point be the connection from the rail to the load as you don't want your roof to be the weak length. There area a couple of R50s that have torn out their roof when the truck's unibody flexes under a rack that's too tightly adherent and rigid.
Can you show the winch setup? I'm curious about the mounting.
I believe I have previous videos posted that covers that topic 😉👍🏻
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Is that rear bumper stock?
No
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У меня как у американца нет ненависти к русскому народу, но я с украинским народом защищаю свою родину. Есть лучшие способы получить то, что вы хотите, чем отбирать имущество у соседей. Просто иди домой и прекрати убивать.
I understand what you are saying, and only issue I see is that you are making it personal - to a Russian native/born person whom you don’t even know, while your anger/feelings/actions are to be directed to where the threat is coming from… it’s the folks who pull the strings (people in power, weather in government or by means of wealth) - they are the once who cause such things.
In the end, us citizens/your every day seen on the streets kinda man/woman who suffer at hands of media fear mongers and bad/unfair choices that leader made.
Same goes for any side of the conflict.
Since you stated being “American” - think of how many countries you can visit in the world and not be ashamed to say you are American, in terms of how many “fair” as we think wars we/our government been involved in?! How many nations people have dammed “Americans” for what happened in their innocent lives…
I’m not pointing fingers - simply thinking out loud….
@@budnixon I don't think the every day man on the street in Russia has any concern about Ukraine, the people or their corrupt government, causing them to be in danger in any way. But what the every day man on the street in Russia should understand is, when their leader starts using the Russian military to invade Russia's neighboring countries because he's paranoid, well, that puts the rest of the free world on edge. As you say, because I don't know you is why I asked these questions of someone that knows a little more than most people about the causes of these events. No doubt you still have family in Russia. May they stay safe in these dangerous times. As far as America's image in the eyes of the rest of the world, if it weren't for the English, we'd be the most hated nationality on the planet, but hey, somebody's got to do it!
@@bobjohnson1710 All said is right, same goes for any country, Russia, Ukraine or US or England... I see it as being a pawn in a larger game, just gotta watch out for the flying bullets I guess
Серьезно? Финик? Ты уверен, что это то о чем сейчас нужно говорить?
есть предложения?
Финик? Что это хотя бы значит?
@@bobjohnson1710 ребята простите, чи то лыжи не едут чи я туплю... но вопросы ваши не совсем понятны мне
Freaking awesome build, and my incere congratulations from Ecuador! If you have plans and a bill of materials, I'd be ahppy to buy them from you so I can attempt to build it here. Cheers,
No plans, it’s all on the videos to what I kept record
Awesome build Bud! I actually bought one of your molle panels a couple years ago. Check out my R50 build here th-cam.com/video/ypu9DnYpQkU/w-d-xo.html if you're curious.
definitely will take a look! :) Thanks for your support