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Bender's New Truck

  1. Guest former user
    #116 Jan 2012, 8:10 PM

    So after months of searching I finally found my truck. The basics are:



    2005 Nissan Frontier NISMO Crew Cab

    4x4

    4.0L V6

    5 Speed Automatic



    The truck has basically every option available including:



    Rear Locker

    Moon Roof

    Some sort of bed divider thing (really not sure what I think about it yet)

    Power everything

    Hill decent control (I have no idea what this is)



    The NISMO trim is Nissan’s version of the TRD. That’s where the locker, skid plates, bigger wheels, etc. come from.



    My plans for it? Short term…sell the Corolla and the Ford. πŸ˜€ After that, these trucks have a tendency to have a nasty problem with the radiator that takes out the transmission so I plan to swap in an aftermarket radiator. My long term plans are more of an expedition type vehicle. Since this is my daily driver for the foreseeable future I don’t see this truck being the rock crawler the 4Runner was for a long time. I don’t see myself running much around here harder than Slickrock or Dusy. I may be tempted to try and sneak it into Rubicon Springs through Cadillac. It won’t see Fordyce anytime soon. I want to spend some time in Moab, Canyonlands National Park, Baja, the Mojave Desert, and a bunch of other places. With that in mind I’ll add:



    Lift - 2-3” - Done! - PRG Advanced Coilover

    Tires – 33s - Done! - Goodyear Duratracs

    Front and rear bumpers - Rear done! - Shrockworks rear bumper

    Winch

    Armor (sliders, etc) - Sliders done! - Shrockworks sliders

    On board air - Doneish! - Smittybilt portable



    I’m really excited to have a rig again! Somebody please take the Manrano off the "Members Rigs" page. πŸ˜‚

    Attached files

  2. BKGM Jeepers President Joined: June 2003
    #216 Jan 2012, 8:33 PM

    Looks great! Good for you!

    Kathleen and Brad
  3. Guest former user
    #316 Jan 2012, 8:57 PM

    Nice lookin truck. 😎



    Just in time for the snow

  4. Gregulator Member Joined: February 2012
    #416 Jan 2012, 10:10 PM

    Where's the LIKE button?? 😁

    Um...what?
  5. JohnDF Member Joined: July 2003
    #516 Jan 2012, 10:12 PM

    Nice! Welcome back 😁

    I used to wheel a lot. . .
  6. Guest former user
    #616 Jan 2012, 10:13 PM
  7. Guest former user
    #716 Jan 2012, 10:23 PM

    Cool Truck! Perfect for car seats, strollers and fire wood.

  8. Guest former user
    #816 Jan 2012, 10:25 PM
    "Wh1t3Nukle" wrote:

    What is THAT?

  9. Tom Subscriber
    #916 Jan 2012, 10:29 PM

    WOOHOO!

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    If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading -- Lao Tzu
  10. Josh Subscriber
    #1016 Jan 2012, 11:35 PM

    Nice truck! Congratulations ξ€Ž

    Semper Fi
  11. Guest former user
    #1117 Jan 2012, 6:40 AM

    Congrats! Nice looking truck!

  12. Jeff- that guy with the foolsize Subscriber
    #1218 Jan 2012, 3:53 PM

    Go Nissan!!!!! 😁

  13. Guest former user
    #1318 Jan 2012, 10:21 PM

    It's some kind of Marr-soup-eehl





    Bender, what's the gear ratio? πŸ™‚

  14. Guest former user
    #1419 Jan 2012, 7:33 AM
    "Wh1t3Nukle" wrote: It's some kind of Marr-soup-eehl


    Bender, what's the gear ratio? πŸ™‚

    In the axles? Not sure. I'll have to look into that.

  15. Jeff- that guy with the foolsize Subscriber
    #1519 Jan 2012, 8:01 AM

    nissan4wheelers.com



    just for ideas.

  16. Guest former user
    #1619 Jan 2012, 7:24 PM
    "Path 88" wrote: nissan4wheelers.com

    just for ideas.

    Thanks for the link.

  19. JohnDF Member Joined: July 2003
    #1911 Aug 2012, 1:40 PM

    😎

    I used to wheel a lot. . .
  20. Tom Subscriber
    #2011 Aug 2012, 3:38 PM
    "Bender" wrote: [quote="Wh1t3Nukle"]πŸ˜€

    http://www.4wdandsportutility.com/featu ... _frontier/



    I don't ever see myself SASing this truck but, your timing is amazing. I'm headed down to pick up this stuff this afternoon...

    Yeah, and I never saw myself going over 3" of lift on an XJ either. 😁

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    If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading -- Lao Tzu
  21. Guest former user
    #2111 Aug 2012, 7:18 PM

    This is what the makings of a work party looks like! πŸ˜€

    Attached files

  22. Fred Subscriber
    #2211 Aug 2012, 8:46 PM

    How much lift will you get?

  23. Guest former user
    #2311 Aug 2012, 8:58 PM
    "FAM" wrote: How much lift will you get?

    It's about 2.5" in the front 2" in the rear so the truck well sit level. It's about as far as you can go without really messing with the geometry in the front end. I should be able to fit 33s after the lift which is where I want to be.

  24. Gregulator Member Joined: February 2012
    #2411 Aug 2012, 9:22 PM

    That's cool. Those coilovers look nice.

    Um...what?
  25. Guest former user
    #2512 Aug 2012, 7:09 AM
    "TomD" wrote: [quote="Bender"][quote="Wh1t3Nukle"]πŸ˜€

    http://www.4wdandsportutility.com/featu ... _frontier/



    I don't ever see myself SASing this truck but, your timing is amazing. I'm headed down to pick up this stuff this afternoon...

    Yeah, and I never saw myself going over 3" of lift on an XJ either. 😁

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    Fair enough. πŸ˜€ I really want to get back into an old FJ40 as a pure wheeler though. I want a project. I'm thinking covert it to diesel and see what I can do with it while getting 20 mpg. 😎 I've got many other things in line for my money and time at this point though.

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