Posted: Jun 18 2008 at 10:23am | IP Logged

I;m not to familiar with 2nd gen frontiers but, Im a member of another nissan board and alot of people have them and i believe(from reading their post) the magic number is 32. That is on stock wheels too. I know you said you didnt want to lift it but you can get a small lift  thats easy to put on for a fairly low price .Heres a link to a few small lifts that will make you a little more off road capable.http://purenissan.com/2005_frontier.htm

O ya, about them tires. The best tire for what you are calling for is a bfg all terrain of something similar to it. I had them on my old truck and they were a good tame tire with decent off road capabilities. I wouldnt recoment them if you like to drive through deep mud or anything but if you keep it to a minnimum and know the limitation of the tire you wont have a problem out of the bfg at. Good luck picking out your tires and stuff, post some pictures when you get some new shoes on.

Posted: Jun 21 2008 at 6:51pm | IP Logged

The comcept of the  lift is pretty cut and dry. Depress the coil springs put in the spacer, unbolt the stock rear shackle put new one on. Or un bolt the u-bolts and put the block in, whichever route you decide to go. I would recomend doing the shackle in the rear. The coil springs can get a little tricky sometimes, just make sure before you attempt the lift you buy a coil depressor( check sears and places like that). I would also recommend having a friend there with you, its always good to have a set of extra eyes and hands there. from the trucks ive seen with this lift most of them sit level or pretty close to it. If you dont like the way it looks in the front you can always go to an auto parts store and buy some cheap twist in coil spacers( i believe they give 0.5" of lift and you will need two per side probably). A few of my friends with Yotas were not happy with their lifts and put in the twist in's on shortly after and problem solved.

The toyo mts are a pretty good tire. A friend of mine had some on his z71 and he loved them. They were real tame on the road, had decent grip offroad, and didnt wear out fast.