AllDogs Offroad RCKilla lift kit post installation on my Nissan Frontier
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- Recently installed my RCKilla kit from AllDogs Offroad, I wasn't able to do a installation video but here's a walk through of what went into installing this kit and some tips if your looking to install this kit yourself.
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Love the look with the RCKilla and 33s.
I’ve been looking at this exact kit for my ‘18 Fronty for like two weeks now. After watching your video, I’m buying it now! Love the stance it gave your truck. In my opinion, it’s the perfect height.
I’ve been very happy with the lift kit, enough lift for the 33’s and still rides good. Add the adjustable cam bolts, camber will be off a bit after install. Best of luck and thanks for watching the video.
Awesome video. Not just the frontier content but Def Leppars in the background too 🤘🤙🤘🤙
Awesome Video! That's one good looking Pro-4X
Thanks guys, kit gave it a great stance, wheel and tire combo dressed it out nicely
Hey man do you mind listing all the parts you ordered? I want to do the same thing to my frontier
Clinton there’s not a lot of parts, the kit from AllDogs Off-road is the RCKILLA and I added the adjustable cam bolts for the lower control arms. My truck was new so I stuck with the stock Bilsteins for now. If yours is older or an SV you may want to add the Bilstein 5100’s to the kit. Other than that it was just new wheels and tires. I went with the American Racing AR933’s with the Cooper STT Pros in a 285/70 17. That’s basically it so far.
Nice truck. Thanks for the info!
Thanks Jason, hope the info helps out.
Doken rockin' in the background!
Think I had hair nation playing during that.
Beautiful!
Thanks Andrew
Looks awesome! Great work
Thanks Frank!
YW
Nice lift bro.
Wow. That's a nice kit.
Thanks Joey, been very happy with that kit.
I'm glad I found your video. It's much better than the one I was gonna buy. Thanks
Rockin with Dokken!!! 👍
Hell yea, hair nation.
Hey, brother I talked to u on fb a couple days ago about your nice house but u were definitely not lying about the front coils
Yea without a good compression tool those coils are tough to deal with.
Great video
Thanks Chris
I have a 2018 nissan frontier pro4x i used 3 inch spacer blocks on the front end and 2 inch blocks in the rear end but i like the leaf spring you did so i think i might change that to a leaf like you did
Definitely an upgrade over the stock
Looks A O K too me
Nicely done 👌🏾
TY
Thanks man
Is it necessary to remove the leaf springs to install the add a leaf? Im getting ready to do it?
Good Jams!!
I removed my anti sway bar completely and didn't reinstall it I think it rides much better and has more articulation
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nice!
Truck looks nice! Looking into getting the same kit, I’m not much of a mechanic so I’m not sure doing it myself would be wise haha
Thanks Cody, I've been shade tree mechanicing for about 30 years so taking it on wasn't a big deal for me. I've heard other say they've gotten it done for around 300 so not to bad. best of luck
Pro4x Adventures yeah all dogs told me they charge $130 an hour
If you’ve never done any suspension work before I wouldn’t recommend doing your own lift. You can do all kinds of damage to the axles boots diffs and ruin the ride quality if you don’t know what you’re doing. Not worth causing thousands of dollars of damage to your truck installing for a couple hundred dollar lift kit. Nothing wrong with paying a professional.
Thank you for this informative video. My question is do you have any Rubbing in the front did you have to do any trimming or are you all good with that particular tire set up and off set.
Yes I did have to do some trimming to get clearance for the 33’s. I have another video on the channel where I walk through what trimming I had to do.
Fitting 33's on a Nissan Frontier
Try 35s with 2.5 lift lol I can almost make turns
just got a new 2020 frontier, Midnight package, so I have the 18 inch wheels. I am trying to find the largest tire without a lift kit. However, do you think I should get a lift kit to get larger tires on the truck?
Just depends on what you plan to use the truck for. Off road use I would say yes but if it mainly on road I would probably leave it. Really just personal taste on what look you want. I personally like the small lift with the larger tires but had to do some trimming for the fit so there are some trade offs.
Great video, I have been looking at the alldog kits. Is this the kit that comes with spacers and if so did you use them. I have a Pro4X and I’m looking for 2” so I can put on 33’s
No, no spacers with this kit, new springs up front and leafs in the rear, great kit for the Pro4x if you want to stick with the bilsteins that came with it.
So there’s no need to remove the bolt from the upper control arm ball joint and separate to swing the spindle out of the way when you swap out the new shock?
Nope, once the coil over was free it slide right out. I didn’t have to disconnect the spindles.
I am pretty late to the game here so not sure if you will see this comment but after installed does your pro-4x sit level? I have '17 pro4x and wanting a small lift. the most common I have seen for pro4x is this one or readylift (2.5 inch front spacer, 1.5 inch rear). My concern with readylift is it may sit higher in the front. however probably easier install. I do not do much offroading so not too concerned about coil bucket contact if it isn't too bad. What are your thoughts? You seem to have way more experience than me in this field. thanks for video!
The RCKilla lift I installed did level a bit but the rear is still a little higher. However for me that’s fine, I’ll eventually be adding racks and gear which will add weight on he rear. As for coil bucket issues there are none as far as I can tell so far. The spring replacement doesn’t change the suspension geometry so good to go there. Obviously coil bucket contact can be an issue with the spacers because those do change the geometry. Even on road with speed bumps and pot holes you may still have contact. you can probably get away with it but off road it could cause issues without changing the uppers.
I’m new to the frontier community. I just bought a 2017 SV. I was looking at a small lift for it. I like the idea of a added leaf spring for extra payload. I usually have a dirt bike and gear in the bed or tow a smaller utility trailer. If I we’re to purchase this kit would I still be able to use the stock shocks or would I need to purchase new ones? Appreciate your advice!
With the SV you would probably need to upgrade the shocks, I don’t think the stock SV shocks will have the travel you’ll need with the lift. My Pro4x can with the Bilsteins so it wasn’t a big deal for me. Mine does fine with the stock ones, I think their the 4600’s. From what I’ve heard from others most of the guys lifting the SV’s with this kit will jump up to the 5100’s. Pretty sure AllDogs offers the kit that’s the same as mine with the 5100’s.
I appreciate the response. I’ll have to look into it a little further. I’m not trying to go too crazy with it. It’s my daily driver and if I do go off road it’s nothing serious. As for the add a leaf with this kit,does it offer some extra payload? Sorry for all the questions..I can’t seem to get their website to pull up so I can read the description
I would think it does offer a little better payload but don’t have any measurable info on that so don’t hold me to it. The kit basically replaced the over load spring with an additional three leafs so I would think it does. From my experience with it, which is pulling a boat, I have less squat now than I did with the stock setup.
I am doing the Broverland L/P and 5100 Bilsteins Monday on my Frontier 173.000 miles Runs like new.
I'm at 151,000 and counting, freaking thing drives sweet! I'm coming from the Jeep world so I'm learning, I've driven and owned a lot of Jeeps and Trucks, this little red bastard is my favorite!
@@frankfilippone9679 Wife as a new Wrangler Teraflex lift Black Rhino rims winch blah blah blah Anyway point is This Frontier cost half as much has 3 times the Mileage. And is a way better built vehicle. Her Jeep is the biggest overpriced POS We have ever owned.
I've had so many Cherokees crazy 04 Jeep Rubicon 2010 jk a bunch of TJ'S ZJ'S ETC. But all along I've needed a pickup, if you look up Frank Rubicon on TH-cam you'll see my silver Rubicon and me beating the crap out of it! At Rausch Creek off-road park about 12 years ago going to be making a comeback to off-roading really want to get in SAS under this thing not a big fan of the independent suspension
Looking to put that lift on my 2019 pro 4x I have a set of 265 75 R16 Wildpeaks on my stock rims. My question is do you think I'll have to do any modifications or is it just a straight forward install like you did to your truck? By the way its looks sweet nice looking stance.
Thanks, the 265/75 16 is still basically a 31” tire so you shouldn’t have to do any mods for clearance, I had to do some mods because I jumped up to a 33”. I would think you would be fine.
@@pro4xadventures345 Thanks thats what I was thinking.
No overload leafs?
Do you get any rubbing when on or off road? Also, how was gas mileage effected after lift? Thanks
Haven’t had any rubbing so far and gas mileage did drop a couple mpg with the 33’s
Dang now I have to cut metal to fit the AAL too? I don't have money for all these tools lol
Wow! I think I arrived just in time for this video, only with the LOWER CONTROL ARM CAM BOLTS were you able to give your PRO 4X more than 2.5" ??
No the lift was from the springs I changed on the coil overs. The cam bolts are so the front end can be aligned after the lift is installed. Unfortunately the frontiers, at least mine, didn’t come with adjustable came bolts. The lift will add camber that has to be corrected.
Nice video Friend,how much did you expended lifting it up? Looks awesome I have one 2014 SV and I’d love to look the way u did.
The lift itself wasn’t bad, the kit with cam bolts was under 500 and just my time to install. Of course wheels and tires were much more.
Did you need longer shocks for the rear? I was going to do a block lift in the rear and still need to find out if need new shocks
No, I’m still running the bilsteins that came on the truck, haven’t noticed a need for anything different.
@@pro4xadventures345 which model truck is it? I got a 2016 sv model and i dont have bilstiens
Mines a Pro4x so it came with them, the sv may need an upgrade but not totally sure. I do know AllDogs does offer the kit I used with Bilsteins 5100’s. You could call AllDogs and ask, those guys would know for sure.
What is in this lift, coils and leafs? Did you get a body lift as well? Looks sick
Yea this lift is just upgraded springs for the coil overs and a three leaf pack that replaced the overload leaf. No body lift although I do think they offer the same lift kit with a body lift as well for a little more lift. I did add the adjustable cam bolts to correct the camber on the front end.
Do you have any trouble with the coil bucket problem that I have heard them talk about with doing a lift?
No, changing the springs doesn’t change the geometry of the suspension so no bucket contact with this lift
Hey nice video I’m looking at one of these kits for my sv 2wd, Do you have any coil bucket contact issues at all?
Yes, I do have some if I get ruff with it, will probably do uca’s fairly soon. Normal driving it’s fine
@@pro4xadventures345 I don't think you're supposed to be getting CBC with this lift since it's a coil over lift. At least that's according to All Dogs. That's unless you have a spacer lift as well which you didn't mention.
It’s possible it’s not coil bucket contact, if I jack the front end up so it’s hanging theres not much space between the coil bucket and the uca, like 1/4 inch or less so when I get the metal to metal knock I assumed that’s what it was. Happens very seldom as well, only if one of the front tires drops completely. Was down in the Ozarks in October and hit some pretty ruff trails and didn’t notice any contact so it’s totally possible it’s not that.
I am confused by some things going on here. The AllDogs website stresses the use of the stock Bilstein 4600s with this kit, but the Bilstein website stresses the fact that the 4600s are intended for stock height only. Which is true?
Not sure which is the most accurate statement however I’ve had no issues running the stock 4600’s with the kit.
Hi Mike I noticed your front grill is black did you use plasti dip for that?
No, I ordered paint and did it myself.
@@pro4xadventures345 I went to a body shop to see if they would paint my grill black but they said if they did eventually stone chips would chip away at the paint.
Mine has a few chips here and there, when it gets on my nerves I’ll just repaint it.
Looks great! Several questions if you don't mind:
1) How's the ride? It looks like you reused the stock PRO4X Bilsteins.
2) Are those Coopers Load E tires? What pressure are you running? I just put stock size BFG KO2s on my 18 PRO4X and am playing with tire pressures.
Thanks James, the ride is good, a little firmer than stock but I think it handles better. I’m also running the stock bilsteins. The Coopers are E rated and run them at 36 psi on road. I think you have to run at least 35 to not trigger the tpms.
Great walk through video 🤙🏼
Have you had any issues with drivetrain? Pinion angles still good? Have you used it off-road and maxed out articulation?
I just bought the '22 Pro4X two days ago and already found out that she's definitely in need of a few inches(aren't we all) to clear the lava fields here in Hawaii.
Had no issues with the drivetrain at all, off road articulation in the rear is excellent, up front it’s good but the springs are stiff so travel is ok but not great. Works fine for what I do with it.
Which bilsteins do you have on?
I’m still running the 4600’s that came on the truck.
How's the ride with the stock bilstein 4600 shocks?
Ride is fine, kit stiffened everything up some but it’s not bad.
Do you think this set-up will hold an Arb Bumper?
Would think it would be fine, will be adding a hefty fab aluminum bumper and winch to mine
Awesome lift and video! Can't wait for the winch and bumper to go on. Gotta love HairNation!!!
Truck looks awesome!Do you have a link or the info on the American Racing rims?
I picked those up from Custom Offsets but I don’t see those on their site now. Anyway those are AR933 Intakes, 17”.
@@pro4xadventures345 thank you very much for the quick reply
What rims are those? I like them
Those are American Racing AR933 Intakes in black, believe they offer those in machined as well. Mine are 17/8.5 +18 offset.
Wish I did this instead of a fabtech lift... dropping the diff is counter intuitive af ... the dam thing scrapes everywhere : /
that thing is fuckin sweet
Thanks, everything came together rather nicely. Not as pretty now, she does hit the trails so a few battle scars here and there now but that’s we build them for.
Any rubbing with the 33s?
Not without the melt mods, I did a video on the channel on fitting those as well
Whats the total ground clearance? Whats the brand of the tires and size?
Not exactly sure what the clearance is, with the 33’s jumps it up over stock but not significantly. This weekend I’ll measure it for ya. The tires are Cooper STT Pro’s, 285/70 17’s (33’s).
@@pro4xadventures345 thanks! Love the look of your truck!
Can you tell me the height or your truck with your lift kit and the 33’s? I wanna do it in my truck but I have parking under the building and I don’t wanna hit the pipes! Hahahah thanks!
Looks like it’s about 78” to the racks, that’s just eye balling with tape measure but should be fairly close.
@@pro4xadventures345 thank you so much!!! By the way, great video!!!!
Did you ever consider a 1inch body lift?
I haven’t, not yet anyway
@@pro4xadventures345 or do you ever kinda wish you had a 1/2 spacer in the front to level it some more. But I guess even with it level if there's stuff in the bed it'll sag.
Problem with a spacer is you’ll get coil bucket contact unless you change the uppers. Eventually it will be getting a rack and such so that should level it out a bit more.
What size lift
Just a 2”
How did you compress your springs?
I used a compression tool from autozone. Don’t suggest it though, the new springs have more closely packed coils and getting the cleats out isn’t fun. That’s the only part of this install I would suggest having someone else do that has a better tool to deal with those springs. It can be done, so did it, but those springs are a pain with a basic compressing tool.
@@pro4xadventures345 From what I have seen in videos it reaally doesnt seem hard. You compress, install, then remove the compressors.
The problem with the basic compress, like you would rent from autozone, is that the cleats are too thick, once you decompress the spring on the coil over you can easily get the cleats back out of the springs. I had to take the threaded shaft out so the cleats were all loose then get one corner pried out then beat it the rest of the way with a hammer. 8 times, which sucks. It’s not hard other than those springs, a better tool would help as well.
@@pro4xadventures345 SO I have the double compressors with an impact wrench, from what I understand it is easy to compress. Once I get the top mounted and bolted in, it should be good to pull out, or is that what you are referring to is the hard part?
Yes, the end of that process is the hard part, at least with the compression tool I used. Everything is going fine until you release pressure on the spring in the coil over assembly and realize you can’t get the tool out of the spring. As I said, that’s with the rental tool from autozone, other compression setups may have different cleats so may be easier, not sure.
Just buy the prebuilt front coil over from alldogs offroad
If mine hadn’t been brand new I probably would have, just could see spending the extra money buying new shocks to replace new shocks. Eventually will upgrade those but going get some use out of them first.
Lift size?
Just a 2 inch, enough for the 33’s
@@pro4xadventures345 have you gone off road and if so any rubbing?
Yes, she goes off-road and I’ve had no issues with rubbing
Why not go with their parabolic leaf
Probably because that’s not what came in the kit from ADO. Not sure they were even available when I bought my kit.