Bender's New Truck

"finder_87" wrote: That's cool. Those coilovers look nice.

They're Radflo which I really know nothing about. I got them from PRG in Newcastle and the guy there is kind of a Nissan guru. He's been in the suspension business for a while and I trust his judgement. He has them set up specifically for these trucks. He actually had a brand new (on loan from a local dealer) Nissan cargo van in the back of his shop which is going to be the foundation of the 1-ton diesel Titans due out in the next year or two. He was designing parts for a lift. Could be a heck of a truck and if they pull it.

Nissan is putting out a diesel Titan!?!? Wow that's cool. I'll have to check them out. So you bought the kit locally? Nice.

"Bender" wrote: [quote="Wh1t3Nukle"]😀

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...

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Have you figured out what gearing you have yet?

Cool now the club is going to have a pre-runner. Are you going to keep it four wheel drive or convert it to two? 😀

"lj4x4" wrote: Cool now the club is going to have a pre-runner.

I thought George was the designated pre-runner 😂

"finder_87" wrote: Nissan is putting out a diesel Titan!?!? Wow that's cool. I'll have to check them out. So you bought the kit locally? Nice.

That's what the guy at the shop said. Sounded like they were close to a deal with caterpillar but cat wanted them to prepurchase a bunch of units and it just didn't pencil out. Looks like they're testing out a small Cummins. 😎



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PRG is one of the few shops that does a lot of Nissan work and they're in Newcastle. I asked but they don't do anything Jeep. 🙁

"rick-rock" wrote: Have you figured out what gearing you have yet?

Transmission: 3.842

Transfer Case: 2.625

Diffs: 3.35



For a whopping crawl ratio of 31.2. Ouch. It's pathetically high geared.

"lj4x4" wrote: Cool now the club is going to have a pre-runner. Are you going to keep it four wheel drive or convert it to two? 😀

I was actually going to put skis on the front end since I really want this thing to work well in the snow.

"Bender" wrote: [quote="lj4x4"]Cool now the club is going to have a pre-runner. Are you going to keep it four wheel drive or convert it to two? 😀

I was actually going to put skis on the front end since I really want this thing to work well in the snow.

How about tracks?

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Got the Duratracs on today. Here it is with a lift, rear bumper, sliders, and new tires!

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😎 Sweet! 😎

"Bender" wrote: Got the Duratracs on today.

What's your initial opinion of the tires?

"JohnDF" wrote: 😎 Sweet! 😎

x2 🍺

I like how it looks Keane!

"FAM" wrote: [quote="Bender"]Got the Duratracs on today.

What's your initial opinion of the tires?

The first 15 miles have been trouble free. 🙂 They're actually quieter than my old tires and feel pretty good.

Looking good!

Nice. Will we get to see it up close at the next meeting?

"FAM" wrote: [quote="Bender"]Got the Duratracs on today.

What's your initial opinion of the tires?

I have about 500+ miles of mixed driving including some wet weather on my Duratracs so I figured I’d give a quick update. I’ve had them back to the shop for a balance problem already and a few of the first hundred miles or so were miserable. I think I almost lost a filling on one of my trips to Sacramento they vibrated so badly. 😀 They found that both of the rear tires were out of balance which seems like an install error as opposed to a lost weight or something. The balance still doesn’t feel great so I may take them somewhere else to see if it’s the shop that’s the problem.



The noise from the tires is very reasonable and similar to my old Toyo ATs.



I haven't noticed any significant change in the gas mileage.



The ride is a bit rough. I think my old tires rode better. I keep dropping the pressure in the Duratracs because I think they’re over inflated based on the wear but I’m at the point that my low tire pressure light is on (32psi) so I’m going to have to figure out some compromise on that. Some of the ride may be related to the balance…



Wet weather traction is good. I did some very scientific "skid pad" testing on the wet pine needles around my house yesterday. I was able to break the rear end loose but I was really impressed at how well I was able to regain control. I'm really looking forward to using them in the snow!

Did you "tornado test" them yesterday? I heard you had some rough weather last night. I hope you still have power.

You should be able to reset what pressure the tires will trigger a low air pressure light. I can on my tundra.

"BKGM Jeepers" wrote: Did you "tornado test" them yesterday? I heard you had some rough weather last night. I hope you still have power.

The truck survived the tornado...we all know what theses trucks are capable of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95bpVJJlI6s



Unfortunately...the internet did not. Still no idea when that is going to be back online. 🙁

"Bender" wrote:

The truck survived the tornado...we all know what theses trucks are capable of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95bpVJJlI6s 🙁

Can you demonstrate that move on the next Posse snow run for us!

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I just ordered some Duratracs for my truck. They will be here and mounted on Monday.</hijack>

Nice. Duratracs are taking over