Fab shop for rock sliders
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Another Nissan! Cool.Dasgreif said:
Be sure to join www.linxc.com
Long Island Nissan Xterras Club (yes, we have plenty of members with frontiers as well)
We have a good fabricator in Mineola that has done A LOT on my Xterra, on other xterras and frontiers.
He will use any steel you provide as well.
Wanting to build a body mount slider using 1.75 DOM tubing and 2x2 square tubing. Was going to pickup some Shrokworks sliders, but being an avid Jeeper, not a fan of frame mounted sliders unless they are welded on. And the Frontier already has bolts present for the factory streps.
Any good places to pick up steel? Still learning Long Island.
Any good places to pick up steel? Still learning Long Island.
Shrockworks are great, but there is a realllllly long wait time for them.Dasgreif said:
I have the now defunct EOE sliders on my Xterra and they were bolt-ons, now rust welded on.
Don't be so quick to knock frame welded sliders. On our trucks, it's really not necessary to weld em on.
The frames are damn stout and fully boxed.
I have landed on my sliders REALLY hard in Moab, Rausch and Paragon and never had any bolts sheer, bend or anything.
I've left the purchasing of steel to my fabricator since he normally buys in bulk so it's much cheaper.
He'll be SASing my Xterra within the next few months.
Good luck with RMS. Personally have not heard any good dealings with them unless you're going for a gigantic lifted monster truck that will be used in shows only.
There are plenty of hardcore fab shops on LI if you plan on wheeling your rig.
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Yarde Metals in Deer Park have the best prices and Fliesher Tube has the best selection but can be expensive!
Thanks will check those places out. Allready have the parts for a 2.5" lift.
Just need to figure out the sliders and find someone that can build what I want. I can do the welds if needed. But by the time i have the steel cut and bent, the welding wont cost much more.
The truck probably wont be wheeled as much as my Jeep. Ran pretty much every trail out west when we lived in Cali. Spent alot of time wheeling in Joshua Tree, Death Valley, Rubicon, Moab, Glamas, etc.
Just need to figure out the sliders and find someone that can build what I want. I can do the welds if needed. But by the time i have the steel cut and bent, the welding wont cost much more.
The truck probably wont be wheeled as much as my Jeep. Ran pretty much every trail out west when we lived in Cali. Spent alot of time wheeling in Joshua Tree, Death Valley, Rubicon, Moab, Glamas, etc.
What 2.5" lift do you have?Dasgreif said:
Calmini, SLR and A.C. all make 3" lifts
Do you have a first gen Frontier (97-04) or the 2005+ frontier?
Big difference in the sliders and lifts.
If you're doing anything with the Nissan, don't compare it to the Jeep.
Everything will be 3 times as much $$$ and the gains you'll get will not compare either.
My wife has a 4 door JK on 33's, and I have an 01 X on 35's with 3" suspension lift and 2" body lift and a sawsall.
You can fit 35's on a 2" lifted new Jeep without any effort, on a Nissan it's about $1500 plus a lot of trimming.
Alrighty...Dasgreif said:
Second Gen frames are quite different that first gens.
They are still boxed but are an alloy which makes welding to them pretty tough.
I doubt it will be as strong as bolting sliders on like how they were designed to be.
You aren't the first person to put sliders on a fronty..
Check out
LINXC.COM
Nexterra.org
http://www.thenewx.org/
clubfrontier.org
Cheapest weld up sliders are these..
http://www.trail-gear.com/rocksliders.html
One of the guys on LINXC ordered them and had our fabricator weld em up.
Looked freaking sweet and obviously quite functional.
He used them for goneMoab last year.
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