Hello everyone, thanks for viewing my build thread. This will be a very long and drawn out process.

Stock Pic:
http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af154/caseycamby2/IMG_20100828_185143.jpg

Gotta start somewhere!
Have fun with it.

Today I took out the stock speakers up front
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and put in 2 65W Dual speakers
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Gotta start somewhere!
Have fun with it.

Thanks. This thing is sitting on over $500 worth of brand new tires that was on it when I got it so I feel the need to get the use out of those tires before I lift it and put bigger tires on it but I'm wanting to do some work on it pretty soon though.

Wow, this makes me missmy 2000. Looked very much like yours does. I don't blame you for wanting to ride on the tires for a while, but you might want to check local tire shops. A lot of the ones around here will take lighly used tires on a sort of trade. You might be able to get a great deal on larger tires if you trade in before you use up the tread.

Wow, this makes me missmy 2000. Looked very much like yours does. I don't blame you for wanting to ride on the tires for a while, but you might want to check local tire shops. A lot of the ones around here will take lighly used tires on a sort of trade. You might be able to get a great deal on larger tires if you trade in before you use up the tread.

Thats a great idea, I'll definatly look into that.

Today I installed a Pioneer stereo in the X
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The Pioneer DEH-3200UB
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We also gave her a bath
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And put a coat of wax on the hood
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looks good!

looks good!

Thank you very much

Man, I miss my yellow X!!!!

**DISCLAIMER - This next project was not my idea, all credit for this project goes to drbandkgb (http://www.clubxterra.org/forums/member.php?u=8403)

Last Saturday I started a new project of painting the interior plastics of my Xterra..

[BEFORE]
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[PROCESS]
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[BEFORE & AFTER]
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looks good!

looks good!

Thanks a lot man

you should to black the bumpers and trim ASAP
Use krylon fusion for platics spray paint, pretty easy mod and well worth it

how hard was installing that deck? how long did it take
my buddy just got the same alpine deck as me but doesnt wanna pay 120$ to get it professionally installed
we have all the parts i just dont wanna have to cut wires and mess stuff up

Looking good man... now its time to paint those outside plastics

^X 2^ Looks good!

how hard was installing that deck? how long did it take
my buddy just got the same alpine deck as me but doesnt wanna pay 120$ to get it professionally installed
we have all the parts i just dont wanna have to cut wires and mess stuff up

It took me and my dad about 4 hours to do the whole project, provided we have never done anything like this ever before. But after finishing the project and looking back on it, it wasn't too difficult.
I don't know about you all in CO but at the best buy near me, I could have the deck installed for around 50 bucks but I didn't want to wait 3 days to do it so we just done it ourselves :)

I defiantly agree with you guys about painting the outside plastics, that will probably be my next mod whenever I can get around to do it.

Yeah looking good! And installing a deck is extremely simple. If you have the wiring harness and the radio adaptor then you just need some butt-connectors and it's all color coded. Don't worry if there are a couple unused wires, most vehicles don't use them all. Try and get a good set of wire pliers because they will help a ton. You could solder the wires if your up to it, but in every case I've just used the red 18-22 gauge connectors and they work fine. Good luck with all the future mods.

A few days ago I ordered the 2in BL from AC so a lift is on the way!!

BL came in the mail today! Should get started putting it on Wednesday.

The BL is officially installed..
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Should get some better pics tomorrow and tires Friday, hopefully..

i like it man i wish im gonna do the dash plastic this weekend i have a silver 2000 so idk what color to it im thinking something crazy how hard was it to take it off..?

Taking it off was no problem. The only problem I had was putting it back on but it wasn't too bad.

thanks champ! im thinking about taking the time to mask it and do like a monster green checkerboard pattern or something pics will be up if i get around to it this weekend

No problem man. Defiantly post up some pics when you get a chance.

Yes putting the dash back on was the hardest part..
Because you dont want to scratch the paint..

Id go silver on your dash Jmoney

idk silver or checkerboard im not much for matching

A better pic..:)
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All of the plastics are finally painted, I'll put up some pictures tomorrow

She is no longer a virgin to mud haha :D
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The Exterior Plastics
The Paint
Dark Pewter
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Satin Clear coat for extra protection
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Before & Afters
http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af154/caseycamby2/IMG_20101221_121109.jpg?t=1294504558
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On the X
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Lookin good! Keep up the good work!
I think it would look great with Kyrlon Fusion satin black plastics paint. It might just be me, but I think the black looks better than the grey. IMHO

Lookin good! Keep up the good work!
I think it would look great with Kyrlon Fusion satin black plastics paint. It might just be me, but I think the black looks better than the grey. IMHO

Yeah man I definitely considered using the satin black for the bumpers but I obviously went with the dark pewter. I guess it all just comes down to personal taste but thanks for compliments!

looking good man! I need to do the BL here at some point soon :)

looking good man! I need to do the BL here at some point soon :)

Thanks, you do need to to :) I'm loving mine!

My X finally got new shoes!
Nexen Roadian MT
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Before & After
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what r the specs on those new shoes ? 32's?

im deff stealing the idea of painting the interior plastics....once i get my X lol

but shes at home waiting for me, shes an ATOMIC ORANGE 03 XE 4WD

u decided on the orange one ? Any news on the X ?

what r the specs on those new shoes ? 32's?

They're 31's

im deff stealing the idea of painting the interior plastics....once i get my X lol

but shes at home waiting for me, shes an ATOMIC ORANGE 03 XE 4WD

Hey I stole it from Dave haha it's an awesome mod, I love it.

Looks good tho !!

Thanks a lot!

Wow, this makes me missmy 2000. Looked very much like yours does. I don't blame you for wanting to ride on the tires for a while, but you might want to check local tire shops. A lot of the ones around here will take lighly used tires on a sort of trade. You might be able to get a great deal on larger tires if you trade in before you use up the tread.

Hey man I finally got around to using your idea of trading in my tires for some muds. Its awesome, thanks a lot for the idea, I love em!

So while doing a little off roading over the weekend I ran into a little problem. I was going up this very difficult trail that is pretty much just driving up a creek, and I got stuck. I got stuck at about 5 oclock and I called by buddy in with a winch on his Jeep and we tried to get it out but no luck.. I had school the next day so I had to leave my baby in the woods, sitting in a creek over night (one of the hardest decisions in my life lol).
We came in the next day after school more prepared and was able to get in out in about an hour..Thank God..
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On the plus side, I found out that she had more flex than I thought she did :D

Glad you were able to get it out!

Nice! At least you got it out pretty easy...lol

Glad you were able to get it out!

Nice! At least you got it out pretty easy...lol

Yeah me too haha I made it through that spot once. The way the trail is it's one trail and you turn around and come out the same way and coming through I got stuck a little bit but was able to make it out easy but when I got stuck the first time I think I dug it out and made it worse..

Recently I was repainting the dash and clear coating it and I came up with the idea of painting the AC knobs and...
http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af154/caseycamby2/6db1db67.jpg

Pretty cool

Nice!

I also found some off road lights in the basement a friend gave to me a while back and threw them on the X..

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http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af154/caseycamby2/6c11f219.jpg

Looks awesome I have a yellow X too. How hard was the body lift?

Thanks. It wasn't too bad, it came with some decent instructions and it took me and 2 other guys about a week to do it and that's not working alot each day.

Recently I was repainting the dash and clear coating it and I came up with the idea of painting the AC knobs and...
http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af154/caseycamby2/6db1db67.jpg

Pretty cool

oh man that is awful!

I love it!

oh man that is awful!

I love it!

Thanks?? hahah

Very nice X bro !!!!

Very nice X bro !!!!

Thanks a lot, man. I really appreciate it!