Hi all....

I know I haven't been here in awhile, gotta hand it to you Schlud, nice improvement. Board functions much better!

Thought I would post a couple pics from our latest trip to Tellico, the trails seemed to be getting a bit nastier since the first time I went..

slip n slide..,

havin a blast!

a few months back I made this ARB skid, it's made from 3/8 aluminum t6 plate. I've pretty much beat the hell out of it and it seems to be standing up to the test of time and trail. I saw the pic of the Shrockworks skid Rick modified. Nice work Rick!

Damn, look at that tire!

Okay, I know this is taboo, but I had to show you a pic of the groundlights. I'm adding one more in the front. They help me see what the hell I'm pounding on at night, and they do look kinda California cool don't ya think?

Sorry, I'm still waiting on pics from Tellico where I had them in action....pardon the street shot.

those rock lights look damn smooth. where did you mount them to keep them from getting crushed??

The rear light is mounted on the support above the rear axle, the front one is mounted on the ARB aimed toward the center of the front wheels.
Don't know how well you can see it, but if you zoom in on the ARB you can see the bolt heads between the vent holes, just above the center vertical row of vent holes on the ARB skid.

I should have had them turned on on the first shot to light up the rocks on that climbdown...

Very cool. The lights are an excellent addition.

Great pics with the rocks.

With the rock lights, can you figure a way to get them to shine more outside the wheels? Seems the sliders are blocking the light and I would want to see the spots in front of my tires best.

Kindof looks like a spaceship. :D

Yeah I have the single one up front, and I was thinking about relocating the front lights inside the front wheelwells pointing back towards the ground. It's kinda hard though, with all the armor on the bottom it leaves me very little room to place the lights.

One other thing..if you placed two lights above the rear diff, you could actually point them outwards and that may give you more light on the outside.

you ought to see it on the trail!

:smoker2:

What armor do you have under the front of your car Aquamander?
Thanx
Simon

Originally posted by sis27
What armor do you have under the front of your car Aquamander?
Thanx
Simon

its not a car damn it !!

I know its not a car, I just naturally say that.

I have skid-row all the way! I have been ever so pleased with them too.;)

The front splash/rock plate I made myself. I got bored at work, and made my plate.

I'm making a lightbar now out of a piece of 1/8th stainless angle. I'm still on the fence about what kind of lights I want to put up there. Anyone have any suggestions??

Chris....


You call those trails Ha ha! Looks like you guys had a blast. (Tellico is ALWAYS wet tho. from what I'm told).

Lights look good. I have mine mounted up along the frame rails tucked up tight to the body, basically in line with the front door front seams. They are a wide dispersion pattern that throw a wide beam the length of the X, about 4 feet out to each side and underneath to just about the center of the truck. So pretty much total undercarriage lighting. Just need something better for in front of the front wheels. Keep up the good mods.

Pssst. By the way...if you ever want to fab up another ARB plate, I would certainly be interested. My steel one got somewhat pretzeled at Coal Creek. ;)

Long time no see Chris!

How are you? How's the family! Bree says Hi!

I really like my IPF's on top. Great light spread (back to part of my side window), and with my IPF Rally's I get focused far coverage. With floods up high, and driving lights low the two angles keep things from sneaking up on you. :)

Lightforce lights are becomming popular in our club. They can be manually focused from "flood" to "spot" like a mag light. Only downside is they're plastic and on top you might get one broken by a tree branch like one of our club members did.

Originally posted by Aquamander
I saw the pic of the Shrockworks skid Rick modified. Nice work Rick!



Thanks Chris!

Nice to see you again! You always have good input on ideas and stuff!

Hey Aqua, Glad to see you got the rock lights on and had a blast at Tellico. I can take some pics of where I mounted mine in the wheel wells if you need me to. I managed to stuff some 6" round TSC specials in there.

Thanks Brad, I've thought about putting some lights there but I was wondering, does it get muddied up pretty good there? BTW, thanks for your input on some of my latest mods...The shelf has been awesome!

I might be able to work out something on the skid, let me see if I can "liberate" some material. If you wanted to pay a little xtra, I could even have it red anodized for you!! :smoker2:



Bryan! Good to hear from you too my friend. Hope everything is well with you guys too. The boys love that Bree! Were all doing very well thanks. Tell her we said hello, I'm toasting you two as I type! Cheers!


Thanks for the info Schlud, I like the IPF's too. I'm probably going to go with them. I have the PC 130's on the ARB that cast pretty good flood but I would like more lighting on top. (apparently, I'm going to need them. When we go on our night runs, it always seems like we spend a little more time on the trail than we anticipated!) Isn't that right kinetic? hehehehe :D

Hi Rick, I've been watching the cool stuff you have done as well, love the machined brackets for the roof basket! Might have to make me some! Just wait until the polishers finish with the lightbar! Talk about your bling-bling! Actually I'm having it polished to make it a little more resistant to tarnishing.

Kinetic, you need to join me at Tellico. Perhaps sometime in August? Keep in touch dude. Yes, pics would be nice! Brad, I know it's tough to get away but it would be fun to wheel with you too.

I think I got everyone there...

Chris...the red anodized would be VERY cool.

As for the rock lights...no muddy probs yet. Even when muddy...the light seems to power thru pretty strong anyways. I'm happy so far. We'll see after this weekend's mudfest at Uwharrie.

A trip wheeling is definitely in order. I am going to be making the Tellico Tuff trip in September I think. And I'm gonna head to Coal Creek after the plant tour. Damn....I want that locker!!!!! Ah well. Soon I hope.

Anyhoo....take it easy....Join us at CC if you can. We'll beup there on Friday night (June 6th), wheel on Saturday, my B-day, and head out Sunday.. Carlton will be playing as well as others....Georgia X, I think.



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Let me see what I can workout on the plate and I'll get back to you...


I can't make the CC trip after the plant tour this year, I'm riding the Bicycle Ride Across Georgia this year. I'll be riding from Bainbridge, Ga to St.Marys. Hate that I have to miss it, but the bike tour is pretty awesome too. I missed last years ride.

I might do the Tellico thing in September depending on the date. What weekend is that? I have to go to France the week of the 22nd. Who's hosting that NOR? is there a link to the event info?

Tellico Tuff info (http://www.nissanoffroad.net/messageboard/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=52)

Driver side....

Passenger side. It sits a little lower than the drivers side as you can see, But I have yet to have any problems with them.
I have more that I can email you if you like. I didnt want to clutter the board too bad.
Hope to see you at Tellico Tuff too.

Clutter away! I am sure most of us would like to see where you have the others stuffed!

Maybe I missed it? But these are all rigged to one switch?

I was thinking about something along the same lines but aimed back instead of downwards. I like that area too because it will put them higher than where I have the center one now. Don't they get muddied up pretty good there?

Tellico Tough is out for me that week. I'll be in France. :(

I didnt mean to hi-jack your post man. :o

All 5 of my rock lights are wired up to two switches. Even with the mud and such, They still work rather well and its a 55W sealed beam light and its cheap to replace if they get broken. The side lights are up on the frame rails, and the back light is where the old spare tire carrier bolted up.

Originally posted by kinetic
I didnt mean to hi-jack your post man. :o

All 5 of my rock lights are wired up to two switches. Even with the mud and such, They still work rather well and its a 55W sealed beam light and its cheap to replace if they get broken. The side lights are up on the frame rails, and the back light is where the old spare tire carrier bolted up.

more pics would be great.