MadMike's Brick

[MadMike]

Username: MadMike
Rig Name: Brick; Larimer County Mountaineers Rig #65
Year: 2011
Make: Nissan
Model: Xterra
Trim: S w/ 6 speed manual
Color: Brick Red
Mods:


Interior
Pioneer X940BT Double Din headunit with built in navigation
Infinity 1031T Tweeters
Infinity 9632CF 6"x9" speakers
Infinity 6032CF 6 1/2" speakers
Alpine KTP-445 inline Power Pack
Garmin 1300LMT GPS
Midland 1001LWX CB w/ FirestixII 4' antenna mounted on tire carrier (waiting for install)
Quick Fist shovel and ax mounts on rear tailgate
Raingler RSXN Shelf Net
Raingler RMN Cargo Net
Raingler RIXN Ceiling Net
Wet Okole front seat covers with Xterra logo


Exterior
Removed OEM mudflaps
Custom painted black and red grill
Removed OEM side steps
Gobi Ranger roof rack with locking toolbox
Alien LED 40" Euro beam light bar
Rigid Dualy LED Floods as back up lights
Totron 20" flood spot combo bar on front bumper
Various Graveyard Graphics stickers in preparation for the zombie invasion
2" Cherry Hill Nissan body lift


Suspension and tires
Removed rear sway bar
Removed front sway bar
General Grabber 315/75r16 red letters
Pro Comp 7089 rims
Radflo 2.0 extended travel coilovers
PRG aftermarket UCAs
PRG Adjustable Shackles
NissTec 2" aal w/ shims
Bilstein 5100 extended length rear shocks for 2"-4" lift


Engine & Drivetrain
Bully Dog Triple Dog GT 40410 Tuner
Volant CAI
Dynomax catback exhaust
Airflow Snorkel
ARB rear locker
ARB front locker
ARB CKMA12 Compressor w/ air-up kit
Rear diff breather extension
BTF Diff Armor
Femco oil drain plug


Armor and recovery
Full set of Hefty Fabworks skids
Hefty Fabworks rocksliders
Hefty Fabworks bumper (old style with no grill guard)
ChefNate rear bumper w/ tire carrier
Warn VR10 10,000lbs winch
Viking Synthetic Winch Line 5/16" x 100' w/ safety thimble
10lbs Powertank




As the truck sits now

Stealthy grill and rims

Generic action shot on Crown Point Rd (1st dirt on the new KM2s)

Before and after lift

ARB Compressor and Locker switches

New Hefty bumper (bought from Nissankidd) and winch

New Hefty Sliders

Snorkel Installed and good to go

Rear bumper a la ChefNate (more pics post #95)

New Wet Okole seat covers

New Zombie Burger

Powertank

Body lift w/35s

Mean looking stance

New switch location

Cool Pic on top of Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park

 

[MadMike]

reserved

 

[AZhiAZiAM]

awesome looking rig man! i'm getting pretty jealous of all the 2nd gens now days.

 

[mudchet]

Nice rig. That thing must be able to go through almost anything with those 35's and dual lockers.

 

[XterraJoe]

How are you liking not having a front swaybar?

 

[drbandkgb]

That thing has a really nice stance for no Titan swap.. One day KGB's Gen 2 will be on 35s

Very nice rig man.. VERY nice

 

[Timrich]

I like! Nice rig sir!

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[gorillamel]

How often do you find yourself using your front locker? What type of front shocks did you upgrade to from the SAWs? The Radflo 2.0s or 2.5s?

 

[MadMike]

How often do you find yourself using your front locker? What type of front shocks did you upgrade to from the SAWs? The Radflo 2.0s or 2.5s?

I have found the front locker to be quite helpful with the 35s and the lack of 4.10 or 4.54 gears for the R180. And to answer question 2, I went with the extended length Radflo 2.0 after the SAWs, not really an upgrade (though not really a downgrade either), but unfortunately I did not have the luxury of taking the SAWs off to get rebuilt, didn't have a spot to park the truck for a couple weeks while they got rebuilt (stupid short garage and hoa bylaws).

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[Kevin B]

Nice rig Mike. I just signed up as well after spending time elsewhere.

 

[gorillamel]

I have found the front locker to be quite helpful with the 35s and the lack of 4.10 or 4.54 gears for the R180. And to answer question 2, I went with the extended length Radflo 2.0 after the SAWs, not really an upgrade (though not really a downgrade either), but unfortunately I did not have the luxury of taking the SAWs off to get rebuilt, didn't have a spot to park the truck for a couple weeks while they got rebuilt (stupid short garage and hoa bylaws).

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Ah ha, gotcha.
Yeah I can see how the locker would definitely help not put too much strain on the r180 on an obstacle. Since you're an OR MT you have 3.63 or 3.73 gearing? I can never keep track of all the differing gears out there.

 

[MadMike]

Ah ha, gotcha.
Yeah I can see how the locker would definitely help not put too much strain on the r180 on an obstacle. Since you're an OR MT you have 3.63 or 3.73 gearing? I can never keep track of all the differing gears out there.

I'm actually a S MT, so I have the 3.54 gears (so not terrible but no 3.69). I really don't have too many issues with most the stuff I run, and on the road I hardly even notice the bigger tires.

 

[gamecock257]

Sick looking X! I had procomp 7089s on my JK, they really pop on your red X.

 

[MadMike]

Thanks, I really like them so far. I like the little extra stance they give me, make the X look mean without a titan swap.

 

[NMTerras]

That's a real nice x ya got there sir

 

[Dephep]

Man this is a nice truck, I really dig the color.

 

[MadMike]

Thanks, been trying to make this a rig to be proud of. Funny thing about the color, when I was buying the truck I was actually looking for the Lava Red, but couldn't find it with a MT, so I got this one instead, but I actually like this red better now (was expecting Lava Red to be more orange, but in person looks more like a candy red).

 

[gorillamel]

In what capacity do you volunteer mountaineering time with your rig? I'm very intrigued and have thought about doing SAR uses with mine here.

 

[xterror04]

This may be my new fav, great work!

 

[MadMike]

In what capacity do you volunteer mountaineering time with your rig? I'm very intrigued and have thought about doing SAR uses with mine here.

The only time I volunteer with my rig is taking it off-road and getting dirty . I need to go online and do the training for the Colorado Trail Patrol (pretty much volunteers keeping their eyes open for folk who are being off-road idiots) and would like to get involved with Larimer County SAR, but I don't have the time for the annual training they have since it's essentially 20 hours per week in the evenings plus weekend field sessions for about 4 months, making it difficult to swing with a full time job.

 

[MadMike]

Thanks Xterror, glad you like it :bmmd:

 

[gorillamel]

^Ahaha, fair enough. That's about all I volunteer my rig for, too. Though I did tell our K9 unit they could use it for training whenever they want. Yeah, SAR does involve a crap-ton training. Someday...

Either way, I am very impressed with your build and love how clean and nice it looks.

 

[MadMike]

A little too clean recently, need to get out and play in the snow and mud a bit.

 

[BigTim55]

I love this truck! I would love a red truck. Simply beautiful.

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[gorillamel]

A little too clean recently, need to get out and play in the snow and mud a bit.

Yes, and take pics when you do so we can have more X porn to admire!

 

[Jmac289gt]

This is one sweet X man, love how clean everything looks.

 

[MississippiGal]

Sweet Ride!

 

[Trexx]

if you think the pictures are good, see this rig in person... very well built indeed

 

[drbandkgb]

This is my favorite Xterra right now

 

[MadMike]

Thanks for the compliments everyone. It's great to hear such support from my fellow Xterra owners, great feeling knowing that I'm not the only one who likes my X :bmmd:

 

[02Xterra]

Great looking X!

 

[Coloxt]

like truffle said you should see it in person.

 

[Damon831]

Colorado plates make that X look great! Good job man.

 

[MadMike]

Traded in Brick today for a new Jeep Rubicon, Kinda a sad day, but at the same time I feel good about moving forward.

 

[Slasa]

What? Dude.

Congrats on the Jeep. But you didn't give us any warning! Or a chance to talk you out of it. Or a chance to pilfer stuff off your truck?

 

[Jack Stilts]

Bummer, that was a nice rig! What made you decide to go Rubicon?

 

[MadMike]

It was kinda a spur of the moment thing... I did get some of the stuff from the truck (will be posting FS soon), but most of the good stuff stayed on the truck, didn't have the energy to de-mod before trading.

 

[MadMike]

Bummer, that was a nice rig! What made you decide to go Rubicon?

Wanted a Jeep for a while and finally just decided to pull the trigger.

 

[Slasa]

Where did you trade it in?

 

[MadMike]

Fort Collins Chrysler Jeep Dodge.