I'm pretty sure they're still doing fabrications and they can probably find or make what you need. They pretty much built Eric Anderson's entire rig.
Just tell them what you want to do and what your budget is. They won't half ass what they build you either. If you're actually going to off road, they will make sure it is off road tough and not the chromey baloney crap you find on ebait, unless of course that's what you want, but if you're here, you're probably not a ricer.. ;-)
They did my suspension upgrades which have been awesome, and they modded some OTS bolt on super slider rails for me which were tearing out all the loops from the body flex by frame welding three tube steel legs on each rail so my sliders are now at least as strong as the frame and can take the full weight of the vehicle and then some on each rail with no damage or warping and don't even touch the body. They've seen action more than a few times now while on the rails and just the paint is getting scraped off underneath after all the pounding but there's barely a dent in the steel.
I've been saving up for a few months now to get them to make me a custom front bumper/winch/bullbar/bushguard setup for my 2nd gen Tracker.
I can not for the life of me find any half decent OTS offroad bumpers anywhere for these things. Plenty for the old style Trackers and Sidekicks but they're all bolt on lightweight 2-bit crap that either looks stupid (ie safari bars & stingers), can't take an 8k+ winch, don't have decent functional bull bars/push bars & bush guards, wouldn't survive a 25km/hr impact with a 3 point buck without totaling itself and my rig, and also have recovery points, will protect my front plate and fairlead from bush or minor impact damage and won't obscure my stock lights or get me a VI. I figure if I'm going to get one custom I may as well get it all. ;-)
Yeah, Anderson got dug up, probably gonna be a little while till it's reworked but blueberry is doable again. :(
Stacey & I are probably going to be staying in town today catching up on house chores and general adulting.
We're likely going to wait until Monday before going back out but when we do we'll be going north instead of west.
Stacey & I are thinking about going out to explore some more of the backroads/trails in Cowichan tomorrow depending how we feel.
We may also go poke around the Oliphant Lake area some more as well. In any case, we're staying below 500m to avoid snow.
I'd always rather be running with multiple trucks so we can help each other out if someone gets stuck or broken down.
We're usually just looking for cool places to go, not to beat the shit out of my daily, so we don't do anything too sketchy offroad.
Keep in mind I'm only on a 2" lift, 29" tires and no lockers or winch yet, but it is pretty capable as it is now with the OME suspension.
We have this Monday off as well but most people are working and it limits where we can go without interfering with forestry op's.
I met a guy today at the lower power line road at Hillcrest driving what looked like an identical rig to this one body wise at least. We bullshitted for about 20 min and then went our separate ways.
If the Jeep snobs won't fab you anything for your Xterra, I can also recommend Westshore Spring & 4X4, as I'm sure others who have had work done there will agree.
http://westshorespring.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Westshore-Spring-4x4-112358662117232/
I'm pretty sure they're still doing fabrications and they can probably find or make what you need. They pretty much built Eric Anderson's entire rig.
Just tell them what you want to do and what your budget is. They won't half ass what they build you either. If you're actually going to off road, they will make sure it is off road tough and not the chromey baloney crap you find on ebait, unless of course that's what you want, but if you're here, you're probably not a ricer.. ;-)
They did my suspension upgrades which have been awesome, and they modded some OTS bolt on super slider rails for me which were tearing out all the loops from the body flex by frame welding three tube steel legs on each rail so my sliders are now at least as strong as the frame and can take the full weight of the vehicle and then some on each rail with no damage or warping and don't even touch the body. They've seen action more than a few times now while on the rails and just the paint is getting scraped off underneath after all the pounding but there's barely a dent in the steel.
I've been saving up for a few months now to get them to make me a custom front bumper/winch/bullbar/bushguard setup for my 2nd gen Tracker.
I can not for the life of me find any half decent OTS offroad bumpers anywhere for these things. Plenty for the old style Trackers and Sidekicks but they're all bolt on lightweight 2-bit crap that either looks stupid (ie safari bars & stingers), can't take an 8k+ winch, don't have decent functional bull bars/push bars & bush guards, wouldn't survive a 25km/hr impact with a 3 point buck without totaling itself and my rig, and also have recovery points, will protect my front plate and fairlead from bush or minor impact damage and won't obscure my stock lights or get me a VI. I figure if I'm going to get one custom I may as well get it all. ;-)
It's always getting dug out and wheelers are always reopening it.
A few of us are heading out there Sunday morning. Give us an hour and we'll be in...
Yeah, Anderson got dug up, probably gonna be a little while till it's reworked but blueberry is doable again. :(
Stacey & I are probably going to be staying in town today catching up on house chores and general adulting.
We're likely going to wait until Monday before going back out but when we do we'll be going north instead of west.
Stacey & I are thinking about going out to explore some more of the backroads/trails in Cowichan tomorrow depending how we feel.
We may also go poke around the Oliphant Lake area some more as well. In any case, we're staying below 500m to avoid snow.
I'd always rather be running with multiple trucks so we can help each other out if someone gets stuck or broken down.
We're usually just looking for cool places to go, not to beat the shit out of my daily, so we don't do anything too sketchy offroad.
Keep in mind I'm only on a 2" lift, 29" tires and no lockers or winch yet, but it is pretty capable as it is now with the OME suspension.
We have this Monday off as well but most people are working and it limits where we can go without interfering with forestry op's.
I met a guy today at the lower power line road at Hillcrest driving what looked like an identical rig to this one body wise at least. We bullshitted for about 20 min and then went our separate ways.