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??

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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...