Southern California Club Xterra

Southern California Club Xterra => SCCX General Discussion => Topic started by: viper on July 13, 2015, 04:45:32 PM

Title: shops in the Rancho Cucamonga / Inland Empire area
Post by: viper on July 13, 2015, 04:45:32 PM

Are there any shops in the Rancho Cucamonga (zip code 91701) / Inland Empire specializing in offroad work
and that are comfortable working on Xterra's (1st gen) ?

I am looking to install lockers, rock crawler gears, Calmini 3" suspension lift and a 3" body lift.
Someone that knows how to get slip-yoke  eliminator installed.

Title: Re: shops in the Rancho Cucamonga / Inland Empire area
Post by: 0317 on July 13, 2015, 05:15:43 PM

If you need something done on your Nissan go to "the King" Kenny. He's in San Bernardino so not close to you but well worth the drive. kennylauter@yahoo.com His email.

Title: Re: shops in the Rancho Cucamonga / Inland Empire area
Post by: Ghost65 on July 13, 2015, 07:09:19 PM

Ah...Steven Lutz @ Rugged Rocks?

Title: Re: shops in the Rancho Cucamonga / Inland Empire area
Post by: GreenGoon on July 13, 2015, 07:25:02 PM

Ed Rendon at The Shop in Pomona.

With you wanting crawler gears and lockers, I'm curious why you aren't looking into the SAS.

Title: Re: shops in the Rancho Cucamonga / Inland Empire area
Post by: viper on July 13, 2015, 08:38:15 PM

Do you have more info on The Shop in Pomona. I can't find it from Google.

Have I looked into SAS?
Yes, but it overwhelmed me too much and seemed to be too complicated for me.
I am not a welder, don't have the shop for it and don't have friends that have the skills for this.
I can't do it myself and everything I read about it seems scary to me.
it will also bring my project to well beyond the budget I can spend on it.
An SAS conversion for what I read is at least $8000 if you do everything yourself.
I can't event guess what that would be if I had to hire a professional.

Thank you for the suggestion.

Title: Re: shops in the Rancho Cucamonga / Inland Empire area
Post by: GreenGoon on July 13, 2015, 09:39:01 PM

Thanks for the response, I could definitely see where it can be intimidating. There are definitely a lot of different directions you can go with your build and I did my SAS for a lot less than $8,000. (I did a lot of the work myself.)

If you want to go rock crawling, the difference in performance from torsion bars and IFS compared to coil overs and a solid axle is dramatic. Where and how do you want to wheel? There are plenty of people that will never need an SAS'd rig. But it sounds like you want to go big.
There is a lot of knowledge on this forum and we are all happy to share if you have questions.

End of thread jack.