Well I've done a ton of research on a PML for my Xterra and I'm 99% ready to order the shackles. Before I do I decided to check with the pros one last time. Next year I'll be off to college and BROKE! I take my Xterra on some pretty hardcore trails and while I do take care of it after, it can get beat around. Seeing as it will be difficult to replace things that may break, I need to know if a PML is going to give my truck any MORE reason for a major part to break. I understand that off-roading a vehicle can, over time, wear it quicker than not off-roading. I would like to get some input from XOC to find out will a PML wear down my vehicle quicker than w/o a PML? Thanks a lot.
Travis

Your t-bars will eventually need to be replaced if you're doing even mediocre wheeling
As for what the PML will do, it will wear out your stock steering faster than it would normally (when wheeling it goes quick ) the most affordable steering replacement is the L&P setup (www.lpperformance.com) that you can do in three stages or all at once.

I've been running my PML for over a year now and I've not seen any side effects yet. I don't have any steering upgrades and I wheel it.

So far torsion bars have not sagged at all. I do remember that I needed to adjust one slightly but they all do that over time.

PML would be the easiest and less envolving (in terms of wear, additional parts, difficulty to install) upgrade. I say go for it.

Huh? I'm still on my 6 year old stock t-bars, and you can ask anyone, I'm not gentle on 'em.

Going by personal expoerience here, mine are saggy and re-indexing them only lasts about 3-5 months before I have to do it again.
I've got a T-17 out front and a PML also replaced the front shocks with 10% stiffer bills, soon to be replaced with 20%.

Some people have saggy t-bars w/o doing anything...so YMMV, etc.

The PML doesn't sag the bars per se....tightening the tension does not sag them.

It can stress the steering very slightly...its only 1.5" different.

If you try to go higher than the 1.5" though, you leave the range of factory adjustment, and see more problems.

So, other than the shackles...you will need a wheel alignment, and that should cover you.

Enjoy!