I've been looking at these trucks and it seems in my area that people own these for a year and then dump them. Makes me wonder why? Is there something secretly wrong or undesirable about these trucks? Any ideas?

I’m not sure what part of the country you’re if you get a lot of rain like I do, does water build up much in the front of the truck bed? Thank you, great video and nice build.

New sub. I was in a catastrophic T-bone accident 3 years ago with the settlement I bought a alu cab canopy camper for my new tacoma I turn 60 years old this year I didn't want to break a leg climbing down a ladder at 2am to pee lol

good stuff, thanks!

Will they ever get an automatic rear window? One of my big hold-ups. The truck comes with everything else.

FOr me, that would be a no-go. $500 and long latency and still really *very slow* speeds. Could probably climb a tree and get at least a couple of signal bars. But thanks for doing an honest long term review. I've been tossing the idea around though.

Thanks for the tips! I agree with what you have shared. I recently added a RSI EVO Adventure SmartCap to my F250, love it!

Good review! Thanks!

Don’t sleep on Harbor Freight lights. I’ve had great luck with them. Aux beam from Amazon has done well too. Do they beat my Baja Designs no but they have their use.

Nice video!

I think a very big common misconception is that everyone needs big rooftop tents and the expensive trailers, and just sinking money. Normal camping supplies work well. Performance is everything first IMO as a newbie. The only new piece of camping equipment i want is a swag/cot instead of a ground tent. Rooftop tent just wouldnt work for me.

Hey Fletch, why two small panels instead of one big one?

You running wheel spacers or is that just larger tires?

Lots of things I wished I hadnt done as well But we live and we learn Bedrack was one of the most annoying things Hardly any access to the sides so I switch it up

Thanks for the detailed video! QQ: You give links to their 2 different RTT options. You have them linked as 1) the one you have in this video, and 2) the "similar but slightly cheaper" one. Do you happen to know the differences between them? I can't tell from the website. Also, the links you have actually seem to be the opposite. The link to the cheaper one, brings you to the "Aluminum Hardshell RTT", which is actually a few hundred dollars more than the 1st one you have linked, and the one you're showing in this video. Wasn;t sure if this was an error, or if maybe the price went up on the Aluminum tent. Thanks!

Thanks, I will try this

What tire size? Did you extend your bumpstops? You must drop your bumpstops to limit compression travel, both to clear the larger tires and to protect the springs. The shackle lift allows the leaf spring to compress beyond its limits and fatigue. If you do this right, your oem spring will not fail early.

The Frontier is looking good. I like the stance the suspension gives the truck 👌🏽

Is the titan wheel lug pattern the same as the frontier?

That sure is a nice campsite 😊

I have no idea why KZbin did strikethrough. Lol.

Great vid and excellent advice. I agree with all of it. Couple of points in addition that I would make to people as the follows: -rooftop tent - the two most important factors are weight and the mattress. I am currently running a Centauri RTT that was $2300 and is just as good as the name brands once I replaced the OEM struts with their stainless steel ones- $120 -auxiliary lighting - ask yourself if you really need it at all? Are you really going to be offloading in the dark? If so, by all means get it. But I see so many people with them that never ever off-road in conditions where they need them. If that’s where you want to spend your money that’s fine, but from a practical standpoint, so many people can do without them. -on the topic of lighting, do spend the money on a quick and easy to set up camp so that if you are pulling into camp in low light conditions, you can get it out and put it up easily. I use and highly recommend the Devos light ranger 1200. Absolutely one of the best investments you can make, especially the motion sensors and extra battery. -suspension don’t do a spacer lift system. Bite the bullet on your suspension and do it right with a good suspension lift that corrects the geometry, it will make everything about your vehicle better. I am running the AEV dual sport suspension lift on my jeep gladiator Rubicon. It was about $2300 plus install which I did not do myself. It is well worth the money as it is actually designed to handle the weight of overlanding vehicles. Truck drives like a dream both on and off road. -Bed racks- 100% completely agree with you. Other than a weight savings if necessary, I really do not understand them. I went straight with the Alu-Cab canopy with a rooftop tent and could not be happier. Having a closed in bed also allows me to store about 80% of my off-road and camping gear in there along with all of my mountain bike gear, including my mountain bike, 24/7 so there is very little packing to do for a trip. I literally could live a couple of nights out of my vehicle as is without even packing anything else. As to canopy plus RTT versus a camper with a pop-up top like an aluminum-Cab Camper, aside from cost difference, it all depends on your use. If you are going to be carrying a lot of stuff like toys like mountain bikes, or things like that in the bed, I find the canopy plus RTT works better (you can attach things to the roof so you can pack from the roof down as well as from floor up, plus being able to access from sides is key- half of my gear pack and get out from the side and very rarely ever have to crawl inside and can avoid needing those heavy bed slides). If you’re solely going to be using it to stay in or will be doing long trips over multiple nights, camper is a great thing because it allows you space to hang out, get out of any bad weather, and many like the Alu-Cab have a built in heater. -Perm Drilling- agree 100%. There are so many options to avoid drilling- from products that use factory bolt locations to SeaSucker mounts. Check out MORryde Jerry Can mount- I just ordered and stoked to have a low down, equally weighted on both sides way to carry water that uses stock bolts to mount.

Go for a camper type, like Super Pacific, Lone Peak Camper, GFC camper, Oru camper or for bigger space Four Wheel Campers Project M. I think Rooftop Tent is going to be a thing in the past for truck Overlanders. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3nLqah8gdSWfacsi=wsvaKCWl24ke8DrN

Would you prefer the cloth seat over the leather seat? If so can you explain why? I’m looking at getting a frontier so any insight is appreciated.

Just curious when u click the link for your ARB diff kit, there is a prompt under it saying it DOESNT fit a 2023 Frontiers? Is that the same one you got? Love the content as a got a Baja Storm 4X and always listen to your content for ideas or helpful discussions/content

I have the Peak Design phone case and the "ball mount adapter" non-powered phone mount. Best phone mounting system I've ever used and I've tried RAM, 67 Designs, Bullet Point Mounting, etc. Easiest and fastest one-handed attach/detach. Auto-locks into place so it will never come off until you want it too. It's also a dampened mount with some rubber pads, so your phone doesn't get vibrated to death on washboard roads or when you're wheeling it hard.

Packing cubes are great, keep me organized. Thanks great videos

Not sure about Nissan but the diff breather on my 4Runner was a one way valve meaning it only let hot air out. The problem that casues is when you go thru cold water and the diff gets rapidly cooled down it wants to suck air in causing a failure at the weakest point which is usually axle seals. That is why I added a 2 way valve on my rig and moved it into the cabin area

Seen a few videos recently on the TopOak RTT that sells for $1300 and it's getting pretty good reviews. I have somewhat committed to sleeping inside my Pathfinder as I find RTT's as a whole to all be extremely overpriced, but the TopOak unit has me considering one. My only issues are that I don't want it on top of the vehicle at all times and it would be nearly impossible for me to put it up and take it down all the time. And I'm not sure I want all that weight up high while I am doing harder trails.

Excellent content ... just sold my 4x4 ambulance and now looking for a truck set-up. Good info. Thanks for sharing.

Taller shackles are not stressing your leaf springs, it’s all the weight you added to the rig.

Any updates yet?

Can it be used to recycle water?

In most cases you get what you pay for. In most cases..

Great content.love the intro.

4 roof top tents in 5 years at 1600 bucks is more expensive than my alu cab that I have had for 6 years.

Can you do an reliability update of the powertrain? hearing all sorts of transmission grenades and engine bearings on forums?

The loud inhale was distracting.

Any condensation issues after leaving it unopened for a long period of time? I live in PNW so rain is constant.

Totally agree on the bed rack deal..... on my new truck I'm going Diamondback with rack on top. Also 100% support the no drilling cutting shit, I've regretted that everytime.

And here I was hoping we'd get a solar panel attached to your hood to pay homage to the Xterra. 😉

Drilling holes in a Nissan might actually increase the value...If you want bigger tires, and are buying new, buy one that already has them.

That "secret compartment" is just between you and me, pal. 🤫 😂😂😂

Content is cool, im ok with the intro 😂

Content is cool, I love the into