The Nissan Path

So this is my first post in here. I've spoken with a few of you via private message about some issues/questions I had. Thought I would throw a few pictures on here of what I did. Just got new Fuel Octane wheels on my 2008 LE V8. Wheels are 17x8.5 matte black fuel octane, tires are 265/70/17 Wrangler Duratracs. To fit the wheels needed a 1/4" spacer on the front, removed the mudflaps as well. I do have a small amount of rubbing on the firewall...that task gets accomplished tonight with a heat gun and a handy neighbor that likes to work on cars as well..just has more knowledge about them than the guy with the car does, ha. Really am happy with the end result so far. So now my question is how do I insert pictures here?

Ok, let's try this link, let me know if it works guys.

http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumb ... =snapfish/

Amy favorite image host is: http://imgur.com/

Good luck.

Thanks for the photo information gear1975, great tool.

Wow, nice choice of wheels/tires. I'd love to do something similar to my white PF too. Love that look.

Glad to help with the Imgur link!

humm, i like the look of those rims...

so buy new rims or powder coat mine....decisions decisions...

you should try losing the running boards on the side

I thought the same thing this weekend. I have a 2001 Xterra as well that has the "tube" style running boards on it. I was wondering what a tube style running board in black would look like with it as well. I also took the pinstripe off the side....thought it looked better just solid white...too many breaks in the solid side with the pinstripe. It was a tedious job but a neighbor and some beers made it go by quick.

Very nice. I almost went with this wheel as well, but decided on the Fuel Hostage.


Do you have any other specs on the wheel such as offset and back spacing?

The offsets on the original rim were 20mm, the new one was a 14mm...hence had to put in the 1/4" spacer to accomodate. The rim was hitting the front calipers so bad that it would lock up the wheel when tightened down. Nice choice, I like the fuel hostage as well. The more I look at the rims and tires each day....man it makes the pathfinder look friggin tough. Dam good looking rides.

buffsrocks wrote:The offsets on the original rim were 20mm, the new one was a 14mm...hence had to put in the 1/4" spacer to accomodate. The rim was hitting the front calipers so bad that it would lock up the wheel when tightened down. Nice choice, I like the fuel hostage as well. The more I look at the rims and tires each day....man it makes the pathfinder look friggin tough. Dam good looking rides.

I was always under the impression that the 08 LE 18" wheels were +30mm offset. Also, I was not able to find an Octane in 17x8.5.

They've got 17x8 and 17x9, which as we know width dictates both offset and backspacing.

Also, they only have a very limited 6x4.5 bolt pattern availability, were yours custom drilled or one of the few sizes they have readily available pre-drilled?

Just trying to cover all the bases as to how if any I will need to trim.

These are the ones I ordered, correct bolt pattern, 17x8.5.

http://www.4wheelparts.com/Wheels/D509- ... 5097852745

The bolt pattern was the hardest thing to find, we have a limited number of wheels that will fit on the pathfinders. I ordered these so I could fit the Wrangler Duratracs on it, 265/70/17. I could be wrong on the offset but I was pretty positive that in my months of research I found the original specs on the OEM rims and it was a 20mm offset...but I could be wrong. Either way the Fuel Octanes are a 14 mm offset.

buffsrocks wrote:These are the ones I ordered, correct bolt pattern, 17x8.5.

http://www.4wheelparts.com/Wheels/D509- ... 5097852745

The bolt pattern was the hardest thing to find, we have a limited number of wheels that will fit on the pathfinders. I ordered these so I could fit the Wrangler Duratracs on it, 265/70/17. I could be wrong on the offset but I was pretty positive that in my months of research I found the original specs on the OEM rims and it was a 20mm offset...but I could be wrong. Either way the Fuel Octanes are a 14 mm offset.

I'm just going off of what I found on ClubFrontier, perhaps the Pathfinder version is different.

Do you have any plans to lift your Pathfinder? Also, curious but would a larger spacer aid in the rubbing issue?

No plans as of now to lift it any, may do a leveling kit on it but that would be about it. The rubbing issue is in the back of the wheel well where the plastic mudflap attached. The spacing behind the wheel is the area not above that a lift would solve. I just used a heat gun and very gently rounded the edge where the wheel would rub. It's so minor that it didn't take much at all to fix and you don't even notice it looking at the car...you'd never know anything was done.

I'm running the 265/70/17 Duratracs using frontier rims. I'm not sure the offset and such, but I have no rubbing or trimming needed.