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What size wheel do you have? Mine are 17"kevinthefro wrote: The V8 caliper is 9mm closer to the wheel compared to the V6.
About a year ago when I looked into this I went to NissanPartsDeal.com's site and compared the steering knuckle and wheel bearing hub's part numbers between the V8 & V6 Pathfinder and they were the same. Then, I found similar part numbers for the master cylinder between the two; the rear brakes are the same. So, at that point, I knew as long as it fit inside the wheels it would work. I was looking at going with EDP yellow pads and rotors and also going with the PRG brake hoses. Hopefully there will be a noticeable stopping difference.kevinthefro wrote:This swap would have probably been a well-known upgrade - except, back in 2011 when it was brought up on the clubfrontier forum, a senior member declared it was impossible because the V8 and V6 had different spindles to accommodate different bolt hole spacing on the calipers. No one questioned him and the idea was dropped without testing.
I read that post a couple of years ago and believed it too, but last week I reread it and my BS meter started twitching...
Feels good to be right, right?smj999smj wrote:About a year ago when I looked into this I went to NissanPartsDeal.com's site and compared the steering knuckle and wheel bearing hub's part numbers between the V8 & V6 Pathfinder and they were the same. Then, I found similar part numbers for the master cylinder between the two; the rear brakes are the same. So, at that point, I knew as long as it fit inside the wheels it would work. I was looking at going with EDP yellow pads and rotors and also going with the PRG brake hoses. Hopefully there will be a noticeable stopping difference.