Project: Ballistic Titan

[Discount Tire]

Many of you know, Discount Tire and Discount Tire Direct is full of car and truck enthusiasts like yourselves. We love the way our vehicles look and handle and we love working on them as well. Many of the guys that work here frequently visit and participate in car shows. Some do extreme builds and restorations and some just stick to the bolt on parts. Since we have been on the boards here for a while, We thought it was about time to join in on your fun and start wrenching a little ourselves; time to get my hands dirty.

First A little about the Truck:

2006 Nissan Titan KC SE White

Here's how it sat stock

(Steps have since been removed)

The Plan.

First and most important to us, Wheels and Tires. With the new release of the Ballistic off-road line it was an easy decision. We are going to do 18" Ballistic Jesters in Black wrapped with some BEEFY 35" Nitto Mudgrapplers. Full details/ specs will be posted when we install them. If you have a question about wheels and tires for your car or truck please let us know. PM us, visit us on-line or give our sales and Technical Department a call.

Lift/Suspension: In order to get these bad boys to fit we're going to lift it all up with a lift kit from TrailMaster Suspension. Details to come.

Intake/ Performance: For performance we are going to install an AirAid intake and PowerAid throttle body spacer from AirAid.

Exhaust: The stock exhaust just won't cut it for this build. We want this truck to sound as mean as its going to look and in order to get full gain from our intake system we're bolting on an cat back exhaust system from Gibson Performance Exhaust This is our first project.

Brakes: With all the added weight and power, increased stopping ability is also in order so we've decided to go with New Rotors and brakes from Frozen Rotors another TitanTalk sponsor. We've heard a lot of great things here about them so we are excited to see their product first hand.

Lastly for looks and protection from the muck that the Mud Grapplers will though we've decided to bolt on some Pocket style flares from another TitanTalk sponsor Bushwacker. The flares we are using from these guys will surely add to the beefy look of our wheels and tires as well.


Project #1 Gibson Exhaust:

Product: Duel Sport Exhaust built by Gibson Performance Exhaust.
Install time Start to finish: 1.5hrs (including time to stop and take pictures). This could be done easily in under 1 hour.
Difficulty: Easy
People needed for the Job: 1
Tools Required: 9/16" wretch, WD40

My hands get dirty. It's always a happy day when parts show up at your door, it seems even better when they show up in 1 Giant box so when this box showed up I was dieing to dig in and take a look. I had heard that this install was pretty easy but not having installed a full cat back exhaust system before I was ready to see for myself.


I got to it quickly and starting laying out parts as the direction suggested. Everything was there and now in order.


Following the directions, I started from the rear with the tail pipe and carefully removed it from the muffler.


Now unbolted, The tailpipe slid out of the hanger grommets with ease without even a shot of WD40.



After the tailpipe was removed I moved up the exhaust just behind the catalytic converters and unbolted the exhaust and muffler from there back.



With a little bit of WD40 this time, I was able to slide the remaining portion of the exhaust out and that completed my OE exhaust removal.


Now for the install. This time from the front back, continuing with the directions I first installed the Y-pipe, bolting it loosely up behind the catalytic converters.


The next section followed easily.


I was flying at this point. I next installed the muffler band with hanger and hung the muffler, again loosely, in place. I also slid the duel tail pipes into rough position, bolted them together with the included hardware and hung them from their hanger.



Last I positioned the tail pipes where I wanted. installed the tips, and then tightened everything down.


Project done. It was that easy!

Install Review: This was a piece of cake. I would put it up with changing your oil for difficulty. Everything fit exactly the way Gibson said it would. Their directions were simple and easy to follow and all the parts needed were included.

Product Review: I must say the duel tail pipes look great. How does it sound? When I turned the key for the ear candy I was anticipating I couldn't help but smile. This Titan now sounds like it should. I wasn't able to dyno test this product for a before and after but I do feel the difference on the road. It accelerates quicker than it did before and I notice the biggest difference on the highway. The next project will be the intake I will be excited to feel and hear the difference the combination makes.

Youtube

Gibson Exhaust sound comparison

[albonismo]

wow thats pretty awesome. cant wait to see the end product. any chance of you guys giving us members a special discount?...

[jasonmotox]

for tire people, I would think you'd know better than to ruin that ride with mudgrapplers! NOISY! thats all I got to say.

[DisturbedR6]

i liked the gidson idleing...but its too rapsy for me...

nice to see the write it.. pretty cool tho

[Discount Tire]

Originally Posted by albonismo

wow that’s pretty awesome. cant wait to see the end product. any chance of you guys giving us members a special discount?...

Right now we offer the lowest Price delivered on the web. We don't inflate our prices so that we can offer discounts that appear to give you a savings. We guarantee to be the lowest delivered up front and we give it to everyone. If we are not the lowest, somehow, please call us and we'll beat the competition’s price. We also run discounts from time to time on our web site, I will post the details in our specific forum here. Discount Tire Direct Forum

Originally Posted by jasonmotox

for tire people, I would think you'd know better than to ruin that ride with mudgrapplers! NOISY! thats all I got to say.

Ah, man..... My plans of an oversized stealth truck...Ruined.... No but honestly, Sound was not a factor in this build. I decided on the Mud Grappler because it will most closely match the styling of the Jester, they ride smooth (no quiet, but smooth) for how aggressive they are and they can take any beating we may decide to throw at them.

Originally Posted by DisturbedR6

i liked the Gibson idleing...but its too rapsy for me...

nice to see the write it.. pretty cool tho

I think it may be the angle of the camera and microphone the sound may be bounding off the ground. It sounds very clean in person even when you hit it. I find myself driving with the windows down just to hear it when I otherwise would keep them up.

[DeadRiver]

looks like a fun build.........

all this and they pay you too? man i have to switch jobs

[Discount Tire]

I started out as a customer for life. Now I work here. Discount Tire is a great company to say the least. I love my job.

I should also add, I do some of this on my own time as well.

[DeadRiver]

sounds like a pretty good gig to me......

I've done all my Titan mods on my time

[Discount Tire]

Awesome, your truck looks great DeadRiver. I dig the color. I dont see many that color here in Phoenix.

[DeadRiver]

Originally Posted by Discount Tire Direct

Awesome, your truck looks great DeadRiver. I dig the color. I dont see many that color here in Phoenix.

thanks man... been a long time coming.. most of the things have gone on in the past year or so as the buy/sell forum has been very good to me and the Titan..

Sedona was only available in 04, and I guess not too many people liked it as it's pretty rare to see. There are a few Armada's around here in Sedona and I've seen another Titan like mine a handful of times..... which is why mine is pretty personalized!

[Discount Tire]

Originally Posted by DeadRiver

thanks man... been a long time coming.. most of the things have gone on in the past year or so as the buy/sell forum has been very good to me and the Titan..

Sedona was only available in 04, and I guess not too many people liked it as it's pretty rare to see. There are a few Armada's around here in Sedona and I've seen another Titan like mine a handful of times..... which is why mine is pretty personalized!

I dig it. If they would have had that color when I bought my Titan I would have been all over it. Let me know what you think of this project as it comes together.

[d0va]

cool project, why the trail master lift is it because of the wider stance ?

[Discount Tire]

The wider front stance did help our decision but there were a lot of factors that made us choose the Trailmaster. We wanted a kit that would compliment the agressive look of the Ballistic wheels and Mudgrapplers. We wanted it to be durable and still easy to install and we wanted to use a kit that hasn't had much press here so that we weren't just doing a build with products everyone has seen ten times over. I spoke with Greg from PRG, he actually was the first to mention the kit to us. He has a friend that works there and he said their kit was worth looking into.

[Peytons_Titan08]

you copy cat. i would actually like to see the jesters in a 20", they prob look better bigger. i love mine though.

[Discount Tire]

They do look great on your truck Peyton. Glad you are digging them. Are a lot of people asking you about them?