For those that want to virtually check out some cool truck stuff or the women of the show
http://www.off-road.com/events/2004sema/index.html
http://www.rockcrawler.com/trailreports/sema2004/index.asp

Nice to see a lot more aftermarket support for Nissan :-)

"05 w/ Calmini lift & bumpers





Some of the others, there are more on the floor and I'm sure we will see more pics later in the week.

Hey Tbox,----Wait I might be confused---- are you at SEMA? Now that I pulled my head out my ass I see that you posted pics from ORC and RockCrawler.com.

If you can , look for some detail shots of the Armada with the stripped interior and Nissan Factory (Red , Black, silver) racing colors. It has a cool dash and cage and it's cool that they ripped out the entire interior.

Edit: It's actually in the third picture down, to the left of the Armada. You can just make out the beadlock wheel and the plexiglass windows.

But the suspension scared me a little.

I'm curious to know why Calmini went back to the original bumper design for the 05 Xterra. IMHO the tubing around the headlights would look better on an 05.

I said, "I WAS PARKING HERE!"



Now there's a brushguard.



Dude, where's my car?

Originally posted by Xtoolbox:

"05 w/ Calmini lift & bumpers



OMG, SHWEET!!

SCCX representing at SEMA!

EditorX, Those fenders look great

new X looks awesome..

how did calmini get there hands on it so fast?

is that what the products for the 05 are actually going to look like?

I think the fenders look clean and stay with the X's lines. I dunno though. I'd have been tempted to stick with the style I currently have that are more open if only to show off all of the work done under there. Since it's outside and not able to have a side with a wheel off or on a jack those fenders seem to hide all that custom fab work that they are promoting.

Boog, Calmini has a great relationship with Nissan. Nissan gets them a pre-production vehicle and they use it as a platform to make products off of. It is to Nissans advantage to get their trucks to shows for publicity.

The trucks do the show circut and then they hit the magazines and a year later they go back to Nissan.....

Sometimes, if they are not pre-production the companies have the option to purchase them for a dollar. They are referred to as dollar cars.

That 05' looks good....

Because they're an aftermarket manufacturer. They've had that X a long time.

I am going to SEMA in the morning on Thursday. Is there anything special someone wants pics of?

If you can , look for some detail shots of the Armada with the stripped interior and Nissan Factory (Red , Black, silver) racing colors. It has a cool dash and cage and it's cool that they ripped out the entire interior.

Try to get some suspension shots too.

True enough and you blew my cover there. Those fenders, while they look nice, are actually temp. The fenders that will be on the rig where not ready in time for SEMA. They are more open like you said that they should be. If I were to fully compress the front suspension, I would probably break them. The wheel well is just not tall enough for a long travel set up. They would be great on a normally lifted X though.

As I understand it.. Nissan was a bit slow getting the Xterra to them and there was not a proper amount of time to do something more special.

I don't think it looks bad though.

Didn't you say Steve was testing it at gonemoab '04?

DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

I remember Calmini had a pre-pro Titan that they were building a bumper for LONG before it went on sale. I think it was even before the official photos were released. Wonder what happened to that bumper project anyway?

Nice to see Calmini has a bumper and SL in the works for the 05!

Brent

How did they mount these lights by the windshield? Maybe on the window cowling.

Nope. They had a suspension test chassis, in Moab a while back though, but no one knew about it until after they had been there.

This is the Armada I was talking about. When I talked to the owner/guy who put the project together with the vendors , he told me the truck used to be the deep red burghundy color. The truck was painted silver and everything else is peel off graphics.



The suspension looks a little sketchy. Those tie rods aren't going to take much of a beating either.

If you look at the limit straps it doesn't look like it's going to have much down travel since they are allready almost tight at static ride height.

It looks cool though. Lots of cagework.



This is similar to the light bar concept I invisioned a few months ago.



Dash is pretty racy:



The new Art Schmidt CORR Frontier with the new body style.




Wanna Race?



It looks like the Titan is getting a lot of attention:



It holds two tires and doubles as a jungle gym for the kids.

I am a big fan of the Armada prerunner bumper. But the Titan one looks like you could put a small family inside it.

I'm really happy to see Nissan is becoming more and more visible at SEMA...

Socal here you go these are the ones I could find on the cage


here is the link to a lot of the nissans at SEMA SEMA nissan\'s

All the tube and metal work was done by Twisted Tin in Huntington Beach. He spent a lot of time on the interior and it shows. The brushed aluminum on the doors looks really cool in person. Kind of different on a vehicle.

I used to have a table in my living room that was done the same way.

No officer , I have no idea why you pulled me over.


New sport: Bling Crawling.


Thanks Smyrna!




From what I could tell just from pics that I've seen, Nissan really represented itself well at SEMA. It looks like they have lots of project vehicles out and are really pushing their racing programs.

This really seems to be staying with Nissan and Nissan Mororsports philosophy:

From an interview and article back in July:

“The connection between Nissan and Motorsports is pretty obvious, especially with our philosophy of racing what we sell,” said Stukenberg.

“Recent surveys show that our Motorsports participation positively impacts our brand, influences potential buyers and promotes strong word-of-mouth about the performance capabilities of our vehicles.”

Look for a full blown Nissan Titan Trophy Truck in the near furure as well.

Drool...

Seggzeeeeee





Herbie can FLY!


The Dizzle in the hizzle.


What weighs 5 tons and goes really, really fast?

low rider Titan anyone??

"

Finally a proper display of Nismo wheels.

Nismo Frontier??

Yes, there is a "Nismo Off-Road" package for the Frontier.

It includes the overpriced "Nismo"(bilstein) shocks I suppose?? anything else?? any Nismo option for the '05 X?

a little overdone perhaps with the graphics??

Splanid, SEMA vehicles ARE overdone. It's SEMA. The whole idea of the show is to attract as much attention to your products as possible. Some of these vehicles go way overboard. But those are the ones that allways seem to get the most attention.

Also:

From a speech by Jack Collins ,Vice President, Product Planning Nissan North America, Inc. @
NissanNews.com

..." And, along with expanding our SE-R franchise, we’re introducing our first-ever NISMO-branded model, the 2005 NISMO Frontier.

It draws on Nissan’s extensive Motorsports and off-road racing history, including our current CORR effort, as well as Paris – Dakar.

The NISMO Frontier was developed in conjunction with engineers from NISMO, Nissan’s Motorsports group, which is known by enthusiasts worldwide for the coolest Nissan appearance accessories and hottest Nissan performance parts.

The NISMO Frontier features an extensive list of high performance parts, including:
- NISMO-spec Bilstein performance shock absorbers
- skid plates
- 16-inch aluminum-alloy wheels with BF Goodrich Rugged Trail tires

It also includes advanced off-road traction technologies, such as:
- standard electronic locking rear differential – which is available on both 4x4 and 4x2
- available Vehicle Dynamic Control
- Hill Start Assist
- and Hill Descent Control

Like all 2005 Frontier models, the NISMO Frontier is powered by a 265-horsepower 4.0-liter VQ V6. The all-new mid-size 2005 Frontier, by the way, will now be the most powerful mid-size truck available, with even more horsepower than some competitive V8s.

The NISMO Frontier, along with the other new Frontier models, goes on sale in late December."

So basically it comes with comes with everything you can get on a regular Frontier with the added feature of different stickers and a higher price tag. Hell, why not. It worked for TRD.

Now tell me. What's wrong with this picture? Other than the fact that it is a thinly veiled attempt to disguise a super high end sand car/prerunner in the attempt of allowing it to be a street legal road going vehicle.

Rugged Trail tires? Thats kind of gay, why not just thow AT's on there?

Because they are actually a very good tire, and 95% of the population doesn't need an A/T.

Wouldn't it be neet if Nissan offers a Calmini Edition Xterra or Calmini package with all this gear installed at the factory? It would be an additional $4000 well spent.

Yeah i would spend the extra 4g for that.

They pretty well suck off-road. I wish Nissan would throw some BFG ATs on there too. Chevy did it with the S10 ZR2, Hummer did it with the H2, and they handle and last quite well. Hell, the Rubicon actually comes with BFG MTs from the factory, that's being SERIOUS about it.

Have you ever seen any off-road ?
I've seen the Rugged Trail get through some pretty rugged stuff.

You're comparing apples and oranges Brent.

Yeah, I've seen 'em offroad, but if there's even the slightest hint of mud, they're shit. I watched an X on a grade of maybe 5 degrees just sit and spin all 4 tires in a thin layer of mud on a flat surface, even feathering the throttle to try and keep from breaking loose. Sad. None of the others had trouble.

Ditto. We have two SOXC members in particular that have been running their stock tires the past two summers offroad on some of our trails up here that get very muddy and they keep up with the rest of us pretty damn well. We get through some trail sections sometimes and stop for a break and we're all just staring at these two guys and saying WTF?

We've since nicknamed them the magical super-sticky special edition stock tires.

Actually, the Rubicons come with 31" Goodyear MTR's.

pwned

Blah blah Carlton...

MTs, MT/Rs, same difference. They're MT-class tires anyway, that was my point.

It depends on if you know what MT and MT/R stand for.

For BFG, it's Mud Terrain, disgned for mud.
For Goodyear, it's Maximum Traction Reinforced, they don't sell it as a mud tire.

Yes, I knew that. Everyone lumps the MT/Rs in with the mud-terrain class though, and they're right to do so.

That (in a non-junked form) is a new military vehicle, or so I have heard. Supposedly it was to replace the hummer since all of america seems to drive them.

I guess its bulletproof, has a m60 mounted on it, and the seats lay flat for sleeping quarters.

I'll try to dig up an article...

A dealership tried that in Denver, CO. The difference was, it was on a frontier, and it was maybe $2000 max in parts and they asked $4000 for that package. I don't know if they sold it, because it ended up getting hail damage. BUT, it could be a good idea to do something like that

Found these on another website.


Can you believe some guy said I had to remove any club logos? Guess I won.

Now that all that silly car and truck stuff is out of the way.

ODC presents : The Girls of SEMA!!

I've decided that I love her:





How can something so good make me feel so dirty?







More SEMA hotties (and some vehicles) on the PBB:

PBB SEMA .....Page 2 is impressive

Lots of SEMA pics from Trails Less Traveled

New BFG Mud Terrain????

No, BFG Krawler...

Brent, at first glance I would agree with you... but the little placard says "Mud Terrain" and the tire itself says "Mud Terrain."

I would say that the New BFG MT is Krawler inspired. Look at the side wall/edge lugs and the patterns. Even with siping on the Krawlers (you can custom groove them) they don't match.



The new Mt has an alternating lug pattern, the Krawler seems to have a different/more complicated pattern.

Just my take on it...

-Matt

The new BFG MT doesn't appear to have side wall lugs as aggressive as the old style. Definitely Krawler inspired. Maybe it's because lots of people want the Krawler tire but, they don't last long on the road.

Cool, a new Mud Terrain.
Sadly, it only comes in 20" wheel sizes

Hmm, I stand corrected. Couldn't make out the details last night...

I think I will wait til next generation to buy the new BFG M/T. I'm was going to get the Baja Claw, but I've changed my mind!

You going to put 20" rims on the X?

I don't think they're the same tread as the current M/Ts, are they?

Muddy - no, they have a different tread pattern than the current design...

And - Seem to require 20" rims...

So - Running them is an expensive proposition, especially compared to inexpensive Baja Claws....which you could mount on the rims you already have.

I was making a funny.

I'm sure BFG will offer them in all sorts of sizes.

I've got a set of 15" AR Outlaw rims I'm waiting to mount some tires on. Right now, I'm looking towards the Baja Claw, but I'm really liking the new tread pattern on the new BFG M/Ts.

They are 22" in the picture.

Ya know what they look like?

They look like the tires on some of the new concept vehicles I've seen lately....like the new Jeep concept that looks like a box. Strange looking tires though.....they look like they'll work!

NIce to have more options. And the tread pattern is pretty sweet.