What, if anything is needed or a good idea to get in addition to the stage 2 kit itself? I'm trying to prevent breaking as much as possible

Not sure what comes with the kit. Does it include the t-bars?

* 4130 Chrome moly upper control arms with high angle ball joints, bushings with chrome moly sleeves, ball joint separators
* Front Bilstein 5100 Series shocks with CNC spacers and compression stops - 3 valving options available (OE valving, 10% Stiffer, 20% Stiffer)
* Rear Bilstein 5100 Series shocks
* Differential lowering kit for 4WD vehicles
* Sway bar extensions with polyurethane bushings
* Polyurethane upper control arm bump stops
* Uses your vehicle's OE rear shackles, or
* Optional 1" rear shackles that give an additional inch of lift and wheel travel
* SLR 9-leaf Frontier and 10-leaf Xterra rear spring package with all bushings & hardware, or
* 3-Pack add-a-leaf system with optional 1" shackles for spring under
* Optional Nismo 26.5 mm diameter 4340 torsion bars


From SLP's site

Holy crap! Go for it...get the options.

Oh, get four new cam bolts from Nissan before you start. Very likely you will have to cut the old ones out of the upper A arms. About $32 for four.

Heads Up - (not sure it it's a typo and you mean SLR instead of SLP)
I haven't done the Diff drop, but the FLXX Guys I've talked to who've installed the Diff drops from SLR have all said that it was a huge PITA.


In addition to the Cam Bolts - you'll want a sawsall.
Plan on the front end (with Diff Drop) to take up a day.

Haha yeah thats my bad... I meant SLR. I've got an '87 Trans Am that has an SLP exhaust, guess I just got confusicated

Sawzall..... Check
Mechanic Father with every other tool known to man... Double Check

Nice!