At Rugged Rocks I’m always cook’n up something new. The latest project has come up a few times over the years but lately the requests have increased to a point where I think we might be able to get this done. Nissan Xterra / Frontier chromoly rear axle shafts. Here is the scoop, we need to make a minimum of 50 axle shafts in a batch, and I’m willing to put 10 of those on the shelf. In the end, this means that we need at least 20 people willing to put deposits down for a pair of shafts before putting the order in for manufacturing. Once the order to manufacturing is in, it will take about 4 months to have the shafts made. Once the shafts are here and ready for shipment, the remaining balance on orders with deposits will be due. The cost of each axle shaft will be $278 before any tax and shipping. To gauge demand, and determine if we should move forward with this project, I need to hear back from you if you’re seriously interested in buying a pair of these shafts.If you’re interested, please comment on this blog post in the box below and include the time frame that you would seriously be interested in buying these by mentioning that you’re either immediately interested, would be looking to buy within a year or you’re interested but wouldn’t buy for at least a year. The cut off date for feedback via thee blog regarding these shafts will be November 1st, 2014.
Thank you for your feedback, and please spread the word on this project.
Steven Lutz
President
Rugged Rocks LLC
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Heavy Duty 300M / 4340 Choromoly CV Shafts for Nissan Xterra / Frontier R180 Font Differential by RCV
We’ve heard the stories on the message boards and we’ve seen it at various Nissan events like GONE Moab. The ’05+ Xterra / Frontier OEM Front R180 CV axle shafts just aren’t holding up, which is why we’ve been seeking out a better option and contacted RCV Performance who makes 300m CV Joints and 4340 Axle Shafts.
The RCV outter cv joints are made of 300M and have a maximum safe operating angle of 43 – 45 degrees. Â degrees. while the inner 300M CV typically see’s a nice increase in operating angle over stock as well. (no definite angles at the moment for the nissans) The shafts are made of 4340 Chromoly all of which is made here in the U.S. The CV’s are also rebuild-able and easy to maintain with a zerk fitting on the end of the shaft. The expected price is $1995.00 for the pair. and comes with a “No Questions Asked” limited lifetime warranty.
A sample shaft will be to RCV late next week and from there R&D will begin immediately (around Sept. 9th. ) and a production batch could be ready as soon as late October.
I’d like to see at least 7 people with immediate interest in these shafts to help keep things on this timeline. RCV really tries to produce at least 10 sets at a time. things start to get way too expensive if we run any less.
Please comment below if you are interested and if you  would be looking to buy within the next 3 months, 6 months, 1 year or more than 1 year.
Thank you for your interest and feedback.
-Steven Lutz