e61outside
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I enjoy challenging or interesting builds, so here we go!
2020 Nissan Armada SL 4x4
Use Case: Overland touring (dry camping), Mild 4x4 trails, and soon-to-be towing again upon delivery of my Boreas XT off-road camper.
Mods as of 5/23
2020 Nissan Armada SL 4x4
Use Case: Overland touring (dry camping), Mild 4x4 trails, and soon-to-be towing again upon delivery of my Boreas XT off-road camper.
Mods as of 5/23
- Method 305 Wheels: 18 offset
- Yokahama Geolander X-AT 295/70/18 ~34" (burned through the Nitto Ridge Grapplers with bad alignment while running the longer Ironman springs, but got it all sorted with the AU stock-length, heavy-duty Lovells)
- K&N Air Filter
- Magnaflow Exhaust
- Iron Man Foam Cell Pro Shocks/Struts (removed Ironman springs as the lift was too high and required too many other modifications to achieve alignment as well as safe CV angles)
- Lovells Front/Rear Springs (Standard Height, Heavy Duty) providing 1-2 inches lift over USA factory ride height. Kings KDRS-303s would work equally as well.
- Dirt King UCAs - No coil bucket cutting is required, but there is still a slight restriction on droop. I might consider something else in the future if I can find something with factory-style bushings and a proper range of motion. The poly bushings on the DKs squeak and require regular re-greasing.
- Front swaybar delete - Holy crap, this makes such a massive difference! WAY better turning radius, way more flex, and way less rocking and rolling side to side down the trail. HIGHLY recommended for anyone running decent struts and springs. PS, the factory struts and springs are essentially a minivan. Total garbage.
- Frontrunner Rack - select Patrol, not Armada, on the Frontrunner website. Their database is not correct for Armada fitment.
- Rigd Mega Swing (sold) - I've enjoyed it, but been running with the spare underneath for a while as well. The main issue I had with it was that it requires an extension to use the Oneup rack, which pushes the bikes even further out, but more annoying to me is that it flexes, causing the bikes to wobble a lot more on the trail. Also, I can't see my hitch ball from the factory camera, making it hard to line up when towing. All things that can be fixed.
- Redarc Tow Pro
- 1-up USA heavy-duty bike rack
- Full JL Audio system - Speakers, dual 8" sub, amp - No highs and no lows, must be Bose, as the saying goes. I had to delete all of what is, in my experience, the worst factory stereo for this price. My Tacoma takes the prize for worst overall at any price ;-)
- Unavi Carplay/Android Auto integration - after trying two different Chinese Android units that were buggy and poorly made. The Unavi is the closest to OEM quality I've seen out there and works flawlessly.
- Boos Bash plates - still no replacement for the factory front plate ;-( But I've got the rest of the underside mostly protected now.
- iKamper Skycamp 2 Mini (sold) replaced with Boreas XT camper
- Northstar AGM battery
- 3rd-row seat delete and false floor - had the third-row seat out for a while, but the car was noisier and a little too light. I may fully build it out in the future, but with the trailer coming, I prefer to keep it stock for now.
- Dual battery
- ARB onboard air
- Sliders
- Bumper and winch
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