Nissan 4×4 & Off Road Parts Blog

 

 I stirred up quite the uproar with these RCV axles in the Nissan world the last few weeks. I understand these are a high end product, and they aren’t for everyone. But they are for someone, the ones that reached out and expressed a need in the first place.
Going back nearly 20 years, I have really tried to be the eyes and ears for the Nissan corner of the off-road industry… especially for those aiming for the next level in off road performance. Overall it’s been an interesting journey, often met with “For a Nissan?” type responses when I appraoch manufactures. Quite honestly, a large part of those types of responses are due to Nissans rarely being seen on the trails by drivers of other makes and models. Despite my countless successes, I agree with them. One could get super analytical comparing sales numbers of toyota vs jeep, ford etc… but it doesn’t matter. What matters is who shows up.. plain and simple. It has always seemed to me that Nissans owners flock with other Nissan owners.. almost exclusively. Much tighter than owners of other makes. I think it’s time to change that. There are countless local wheeling groups, land use organization events, OHV land cleanups, family friendly events, as well as endless competitive events. So, I encourage you all to show up and mingle. Maybe even consider spectating at something like King of the Hammers, which is right around the corner. It’s a massive eye opening event where I think a lot of Nissan owners would learn a lot about build possibilities beyond whats typically talked about. Although I really think it’s cool that Nissan owners are so tight and communicatave, I think it can also be tight to it’s own demise. The bubble is too tight.
I truely believe that the more Nissans are seen among the wild on the trail, the more people will consider and wheel them. In addition, the more demand and support there would be. I’m stepping off of my soapbox for the evening.  But before I do, you should know that Nestor from Camacho Motorsports  / Shaddow Wolf will be racing a 2nd Gen Nissan Xterra at this years King of the Hammers on Feb 2nd! Check it out and watch live online at kingofthehammers.com or head out to Johnson Valley!

As the for RCV’s… the list continues. Keep spreading the word and we will tally it all up in a few weeks. All Nissan 4×4 makes have a shot at this, and I think you’ll be surprised with which model has the most demand at the moment.
If you want to drop by camp at KoH and have a chat, please reach out. I hope to see you on the lakebed. Otherwise, stay tuned!

-Steven

 

 

 

Lets ride the wave! Last week I announced the possibility of RCV making Nissan CV Shafts for Nissan 4×4’s once again, and has sparked a massive amount of intrigued Nissan 4×4 owners on social media. Some of which have already reached out to me directly to start the list of people seriously interested, which is exactly the next step. This projects progress is dependant on meeting minimum qty’s of 20 orders for each application. Flexibility on legth changes for titan swap applications will be explored. If you are seriously interested in these axles, please contact me through the webiste here: https://ruggedrocksoffroad.com/index.php?route=information/contact and be sure to include what application you need the axles for along with your name, e-mail address and phone number. I’m aiming to evaluate the total people seriously interested, around February 9th. I usually wouldn’t leave the signup window open so long, but I have found myself heavily involved with the King of the Hammers races which are taking up quite a bit of time and resources. Speaking of King of the Hammers… Will you be there? Reach out if you want to meet up and talk shop.

If you’re new to RCV, they are Ultimate axle shafts made of 300M and chromoly which come with a Limited LIfetime warrany to the original purchaser. So, if you have been searching for the strongest solution to your repeatedly breaking CV shaft problem, this is it.

Thank you and I hope to see you at KoH!
-Steven Lutz

First, I sincerely hope that everyone had an enjoyable holiday season. I believe that we only live once and it’s important to exercise your hobbies and favorite pass times during rare opporitunities, and hopefully in good company weather it be friends or family.
As we scoot into 2024, there are things shifting in the Nissan corner of the off road world that I don’t quite understand, but I think it’s a good thing. For one, I’m starting to get calls for M205 RCV IFS Axle Shafts…. again. RCV What? For those of you that are newer to the scene. RCV is a company that makes the toughest axle shafts in off-road, specializing in tough high angle CV axle shafts. You’ll often find them used on vehicles from competition UTV’s to Ultra-4 cars racing at King of the Hammers.
Nearly 10 years ago, I approched RCV to solve the problem of breaking Titan Front (M205) and Xterra / Frontier (R180) CV Axle shafts. With enough momenum we were able to start putting them into production. Given the size of the Nissan 4×4 market, it wasn’t much momentum but we were fortuante that they were willing to take on the project. After a few years, RCV was revamping their product line with a new design, and in that process they made a firm decision to discontinue the Nissan IFS products due to lack of demand. The stance was firm for many years, but there has been an unexpected shift. Following a few recent M205 RCV Axle requests, it was discovered that RCV is relaxing their stance on Nissan 4×4 parts and are willing to update the Nissan products so long as we meet minimums.
Keep in mind that these parts are high strength, high performance parts that don’t come cheap but are the next step when all else falls short of solving your CV axle problems.

We need 20 orders to bring these back. If you are interested in being part of a group buy, please reach out to me so I can start getting a better count of possible orders. Keep in mind that these will not be a stocked part even when production starts. Please feel free to reach out to me, preferably through e-mail, with any questions.
What an interesting turn of events being that performance parts for the new frontier seems slow to start.

Happy new Year, and I hope to see you on the trail.

-Steven

Pricing is on the website here:
https://ruggedrocksoffroad.com/nissan-titan-ultimate-cv-axles-by-rcv-2004-m205-stock-width-p-59540.html?search=RCV%20M205%20titan