Topic: New econo car - broken POS - build up thread (Read 35856 times)

random-strike · « **Reply #150 on:** March 30, 2019, 07:23:00 PM »

Got the brakes broke in stops pretty good. Looks cool

random-strike · « **Reply #151 on:** April 18, 2019, 06:18:47 PM »

Tired of the maf getting wet and running like shit

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Cnh2DjM5jMZTASgu6

random-strike · « **Reply #152 on:** April 29, 2019, 01:35:17 PM »

Quote from: random-strike on August 19, 2018, 07:33:02 PM

Truck looks good. Nissan's are really nice.

I put Chinese eBay ones on. I have a set of air bags for it I'll put on. Eventually

i bought a 18 frontier pro4x a couple days ago with 15k miles, paid 25k

getting wheels and tires and 2" / 1.5" leveling kit.

waiting for parts

random-strike · « **Reply #153 on:** May 01, 2019, 02:20:45 PM »

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XXVi6MSGNA8oSR1fA

The leveling kit is 2" nothing is rear, if it looks dumb or something I can buy blocks by themselves for the rear

random-strike · « **Reply #154 on:** May 01, 2019, 02:21:04 PM »

Everything supposed to be here friday

brine04 · « **Reply #155 on:** May 02, 2019, 12:04:34 PM »

JB you can't even fit a dirtbike in that little box though

random-strike · « **Reply #156 on:** May 02, 2019, 01:35:34 PM »

Quote from: brine04 on May 02, 2019, 12:04:34 PM

JB you can't even fit a dirtbike in that little box though

yeah i know but i have a 10ft enclosed trailer to put shit in.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/dffxd6StMRL93vkT8

random-strike · « **Reply #157 on:** May 05, 2019, 02:47:51 PM »

https://photos.app.goo.gl/wFxXp2vXSxcz2L4E8

random-strike · « **Reply #158 on:** May 24, 2019, 04:23:27 PM »

added be cover, keep baseball gear in back and not have to move it constantly from bed and back seats

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XXVi6MSGNA8oSR1fA

random-strike · « **Reply #159 on:** June 26, 2019, 03:37:17 PM »

Went out "overlanding" in Central Oregon. Pretty fun truck is great off-road. Left tires at 40psi and went through a lot of shit.

Pulled a big diesel truck out of some snow was pretty funny j had just went up there and came back to eat lunch and saw him drive past and was like that fucker is gunna get stuck of he tries it. 45mins later we go up to check for shits and giggles and he's stuck in first bit of snow/mud. In flip flops digging with a plastic kid shovel with kids dogs and wife with him

Yarding him out quick

https://photos.app.goo.gl/RmBv2qEdwLyVKC7GA

rawr · « **Reply #160 on:** July 10, 2019, 03:20:13 AM »

Damn we have the same truck now too.

Too cheap to buy Toyota crew. I like my frontier a lot.

random-strike · « **Reply #161 on:** July 10, 2019, 04:23:33 PM »

i like it to. i wish it had a 6spd and a cooler interior but overall i really like it. i'm getting about 18.5-18.8mpg combined.

random-strike · « **Reply #162 on:** August 20, 2019, 04:19:40 PM »

i liked my frontier but i couldn't get a vibration out of it, and it started not locking the converter a few times so i just traded it in, had to press the dealership hard to pay off total amount of my loan but i told them i wouldn't buy anything unless it was paid off. only had 20k miles. the rear end had a vibration i think it was coming from the converter, everything else was checked... the truck was a rental and i think it got the shit ran out of it, had some shit / rocks / sandy dirt / etc way up under the truck in every place they couldn't hit with a power washer... oh well at least i didnt had to pay to get rid of it.

this new truck is amazing...

i looked and test drove a bunch of trucks, i was really interested in a colorado zr2, but i wanted a diesel one but they are hard to find... the v6 one was so gutless it was pathetic, and for 43k the interior was comparable to my cobalt.... i test drove a trail boss which is supposed to be the rebel equivalent half ton off road truck... it was pretty nice but the 5.3l was so gutless and the chevy 8spd sucked... it does get slightly better mileage than the rebel (about 20-21) on the highway. the interior in the trail boss was terrible compared to the rebel... and has less options and cost like 2k more... tooked at some TRD PRO tacomas but they are like 50k+ and the 3.5 is so gutless and the gas mileage is awful...

the hemi in the rebel is great and the ZF 8 speed is great as well way better than the chevy 8spd. interior is amazing all the options are great and the truck just looks badass. only grip is the fuel mileage but thats to be expected.... i was getting about 20 on the highway but in town it sucks gas even tho i drive like a grandpa...

my business is doing well and i have guaranteed income now so i don't mind buying something for myself right now...

i paid 43k (~56k msrp)for the truck and put some money down so loan is like 39k im going to try my hardest to just keep this truck forever

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMeVo57B65t2Jq7hBGYjFP71dlXdi2rAR_me4WgE4QeCmCpjCll5UDt0t2tEx-OvQ?key=V29fNGFGYmRXeHR4aXh4M1ZvakFUeFVwUlQzYzBB

brine04 · « **Reply #163 on:** August 21, 2019, 01:19:09 PM »

Friend just bought the identical truck but with the crew cab and shorter box. Pics don't do justice to how nice these trucks are.

random-strike · « **Reply #164 on:** August 21, 2019, 01:38:03 PM »

Yeah it's crazy.

The interior is better than their top of the linecsts like the hellcat etc

random-strike · « **Reply #165 on:** August 21, 2019, 04:08:47 PM »

Quote from: brine04 on August 21, 2019, 01:19:09 PM

Friend just bought the identical truck but with the crew cab and shorter box. Pics don't do justice to how nice these trucks are.

there was a black one with the cred cab and shorter box, the back seats have a lot of room compared to the quad cab, but i only have my wife and son so i wasn't too worried about it i liked the white on black better than the black on black. i thought the quad cab longer bed looked better than the big cab and short bed, kinda just looked better.

the exhaust is like basically silent... i'm thinking about getting the magnaflow direct fit 24" muffler, which is supposed to just be slighly louder which is what i want. maybe a tune or pedal commander.

all the thinks i didnt like about the old hemis is better in these new trucks. one button to disable MDS is nice if you're driving around back roads and don't want it constantly having the MDS go on and off, and the gear limiter buttons on the steering wheel are great so the trans won't hunt gears going up hills or driving in the back roads, which the trans does a pretty good job anyways at not hunting if you just leave it alone.

the gas mileage is bad but so is every other truck that isn't a diesel. if i would've waiting till the 2020s come out i could've got the identical truck with the ecodiesel which probably would've been nice.

brine04 · « **Reply #166 on:** August 22, 2019, 12:24:51 PM »

Unless they've been significantly updated I wouldn't own an ecodiesel. I haven't followed them but I have some friends and co workers that have them and they have been very expensive to maintain. I test drove one when they first came out and it was sloooow.

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #167 on:** August 22, 2019, 01:52:25 PM »

So, what are the updates on the econo car?

random-strike · « **Reply #168 on:** August 22, 2019, 01:59:35 PM »

No updates for the eco car except it still runs great and has no problems . Been really reliable since I rebuild top end

random-strike · « **Reply #169 on:** August 25, 2019, 05:29:05 PM »

Rode my bike for first time in almost two years. Still riding hard pretty sore today rode for like 4 hours....

Truck got 11mpg 😬

random-strike · « **Reply #170 on:** August 26, 2019, 03:14:23 PM »

wrist hurts like a mofo today i wasn't expecting to ride hard but i met some guy and got competitive, i had my tires pumped up way to much and the rock were beating the shit out of me

random-strike · « **Reply #171 on:** September 10, 2019, 11:15:52 AM »

exhaust is breaking in on the truck and its slightly louder, sounds pretty good. the truck really hauls ass with this engine and transmission.

anyone else hate on 4 bangers run like shit with the a/c or defroster on? so annoying. now that summer is basically over and we never really had a summer anyways, i just unplug the a/c compressor so it won't come on with the defroster, runs so much better i'll wait the extra 6 seconds for the windshield to defrost

random-strike · « **Reply #172 on:** October 02, 2019, 02:58:40 PM »

created a homemade "option b" out of a saturn coolant bottle off ebay.

its got one bracket and a couple zip ties. i'm going to make another bracket for it

random-strike · « **Reply #173 on:** October 04, 2019, 12:41:43 PM »

Tim · « **Reply #174 on:** October 04, 2019, 02:09:16 PM »

I can't see shit on your last two posts.

random-strike · « **Reply #175 on:** October 04, 2019, 04:12:54 PM »

must be the shitty google photos blocking it

random-strike · « **Reply #176 on:** October 07, 2019, 11:40:34 AM »

random-strike · « **Reply #177 on:** October 07, 2019, 09:11:34 PM »

I drilled out the fitting to allow more flow lol it's probably too big now... I'm leaving it tho doesn't seem to make a difference in the temps either way

random-strike · « **Reply #178 on:** October 07, 2019, 09:17:13 PM »

Finally fixed front end clunk (again)

Sway bar bushings were beat to shit

random-strike · « **Reply #179 on:** October 08, 2019, 11:22:21 AM »

fking blows my mind driving a cobalt with no front end CLUNK. wat

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