R50 Nissan Pathfinder High Clearance Front Bumper Kit

This is a high clearance DIY weld-together winch bumper kit for the R50 generation (1996-2004) Nissan Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4. It features a bolt-on design, protected winch mount, and one of the best approach angles of any bumper on the market. This bumper allows you to forget about approach angle and substantially improves the offroad capability of your 4Runner. It offers excellent protection from trail obstacles, animal strikes and distracted drivers and has been kept to a very reasonable weight of 92lbs through careful design work.

The profile of this bumper has been designed with maximum ground clearance and approach angles put first. The bumper sits as high and tight to the front of the R50 generation (1996-2004) Nissan Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4 as possible, while the angled lower faces will smoothly slide over obstacles and ensure you do not get hung up on the trail. The side wings of this bumper wrap around to the front wheel wells and tie directly into the main frame mounting plates for true offroad protection. These side wings will take a serious hit without flexing or deflecting into the vehicle body. We know that most R50 Pathfinder/QX4 owners want to run oversized tires and more aggressive wheel offsets. This can create interference issues with the stock front bumper. We have thought ahead and specifically designed these bumper side wings to easily clear 35″ tires. This bumper uses a total of eleven M10 bolts to solidly mount it to the frame. While this is certainly overkill, it ensures that impact and winching forces are distributed evenly across your frame and makes for an incredibly strong and stiff mounting interface. This bumper is also available with an optional lower skid plate that provides a smooth surface to slide across trail obstacles and protects your vulnerable engine bay parts.

The main section of this bumper is CNC-bent out of a single piece of  3/16″ P&O Steel. This greatly reduces the amount of welding and grinding required by you and makes for a cleaner finished product. If you are paying to have the bumper assembled by a welding shop, this significantly lowers the cost.

We finished this bumper off with four integrated light buckets for surface mount LED pod lights (custom light cut outs available by request, such as a light bar version), an integrated winch mount to accept all standard 8-12k lb winches with removable solenoids, and heavy duty 9/16″ recovery points that are placed directly in line with the R50 Pathfinder/QX4 frame to eliminate any leveraging effects. These recovery points are formed by laser cut steel plates that pass through the bumper shell and tie directly into the R50 Pathfinder/QX4 frame as part of the bumper’s main mounting brackets. The recovery points then get welded to the in and outside of the bumper shell. These factors all combine to form recovery points that minimize stress on your R50 Pathfinder/QX4 frame and provide reliable recoveries of heavily loaded vehicles in the worst of offroad situations. What could make this bumper even better? The low profile design has resulted in very reasonable weights of 92lbs for the steel bumper and 61lbs for the aluminum version. Considering that this bumper replaces your factory bumper and associated components, the resulting weight increase to your R50 Pathfinder/QX4 is surprisingly minimal. This reduces added stress on your vehicle, maintains precious payload capacity, and allows you to keep your factory suspension if desired.

•DIY Weld-together kit – This bumper arrives as precision CNC-laser cut and bent pieces that you then weld together (detailed assembly instructions included)

•CNC-bent plates greatly reduces amount of welding and grinding required by you and makes for a cleaner finished product

• Low profile design is engineered to provide maximum ground clearance and complement the factory body lines – this bumper protrudes less than 4″ from the center of the grill!

• Heavy duty 3/16″ plate steel construction for maximum offroad strength and durability

• Optional 1/4″ 5052 aluminum for a lightweight yet very durable overlanding setup (47lb weight savings)

• Bolts directly to unibody frame using a total of 11 factory mounting points – no drilling required

•Protected winch mount fits all standard 8000-12,000lb winches with removable solenoids

•Integrated 9/16″ thick clevis mounts allow the use of 3/4″ D-Rings and pull directly off of the frame for confident recoveries of heavily loaded vehicles

•Four Integrated LED pod mounts – slotted mounting tabs give tons of adjustment to fit a wide variety of surface mount pod lights

• Integrated license plate mount

• Integrated turn signal cut outs (Only required for 1996-1999 models. If you have a 2000-2004 model, your factory turn signals are in your headlight assemblies and thus do not require replacing)

• Optional heavy duty grill and headlight tubing for added protection