So I have finally decided to make one of these since it appears to be the tradition here :P

Anyways here's what Ive got:
2000 Nissan Xterra SE RED (not maroon, R-E-D) and it's 2WD.

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/Xterra/9024_1037994368268_1777795857_75908_7091718_n.jpg

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/Xterra/38195_1163653669672_1777795857_314853hmfgbv_827659 4_n.jpg

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My first Mod was a new sound system. Dad wouldnt let me get subs :(
But, I put in a Sony Xplod stereo reciever with 2 Kicker 6" competition speakers (3 channel with integrated tweeters) in the front and 2 Kicker 4channel 6x9 competition speakers with dual integrated tweeters in the rear. Pushing around 250-300 watts.
I only have this picture at the moment. My girlfriend took it lol

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/Xterra/xplod.jpg

The next mod came this past summer a few months after my sound system.
It's a Insys USA Cold Air Intake, and from the few basic tests I've done with it, it performs just as well as my friends K&N.
(couldnt burnout before the CAI, now I can hold a burn out at a dead stop without holding the brakes for about 6 seconds. I dont recommend it)
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Finally a few weeks ago I gave her a good wash (took me a few rounds) and used some Back To Black on the plastic trim to bring back its color.

before (you can see how faded everything is, especially on the rear panel):
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/Xterra/fade.jpg

After Back To Black:
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/Xterra/66269_137047159675924_100001119225754_188721_29177 47_n.jpg

Thats as far as I have gotten right now.

I've also removed the one step rail (yes, one. the two very ditzy and very spoiled teen girls/brats "lost" the onther one).
I also removed the mudflaps. They annoyed me anyways.

Currently I am looking at putting a 2" BL on her with 32" TreadWright Guard Dog mud tires.
Im thinking of doing a safari bar/bull bar. Not a shrockworks (not yet at least!) as that is WAY too expensive. But something like Xterramike had.

The Guard Dog tires and 2" BL should come in around Christmas time ;)

looks good man, it'd prob be easier just to paint the plastics, just throwing that out there.

looks good man, it'd prob be easier just to paint the plastics, just throwing that out there.

Already talked to dad about it (only a few more months and I'll be outta here. THEN I really get to do what I want with my X ;))

But he is very wary of me using any sort of paint on the truck. Even if I take the crap off and paint it.
He wont even let me black out the wheels D:



for now at least ;)

That blows lol, just show him all the pix where people painted and he'll change his mind

That blows lol, just show him all the pix where people painted and he'll change his mind

Oh I've been doing plenty of it!
he usually says something along the lines of the cliche "would you follow your friends off a cliff too?" or the "they are probably experienced professionals" speech.

I'll probably hook up F.U. autos and do it without telling him. he'll get over it. after all thats what I did with my cold air intake and my stereo xD

just ordered my bull bar today :D

haha ik exactly how u feel

my dad dosent like the word "paint" and "My X" in the same sentence

haha i just started ordering parts and puting them on like CB, antena, F.u. lights,

haha ik exactly how u feel

my dad dosent like the word "paint" and "My X" in the same sentence

haha i just started ordering parts and puting them on like CB, antena, F.u. lights,

LOL same here.
As long as there isnt anything TOO "complicated" he will be fine. And as long as it isnt too expensive. Being a student in my schools engineering academy going into an engineering college, I think i can manage to figure out quite a few DIY's that will be cheep.
Im thinking about ordering another front right qarter panel and getting a bunch of PVC and PVC concrete to make a snorkel.
I'll get a spare quarter panel as I dont want to mess up one cutting it and be stuck with a messed up front end.

But i havent decided if i want to do it or not

theres a fairly simple diy snorkel that Steeze did a write up on. Did it for like 35 bucks, but you have to trim your fender a little bit

theres a fairly simple diy snorkel that Steeze did a write up on. Did it for like 35 bucks, but you have to trim your fender a little bit

exactly what Im going to do :P
Im going to buy a new quarter panel just so I will have a margin for error and wont mess up the bodywork.

And I will have to build a new airbox (more of an airtube or something) out of PVC to go around the filter thats on there as it is a cold air intake.

Oh I've been doing plenty of it!
he usually says something along the lines of the cliche "would you follow your friends off a cliff too?" or the "they are probably experienced professionals" speech.

I'll probably hook up F.U. autos and do it without telling him. he'll get over it. after all thats what I did with my cold air intake and my stereo xD

Haha just show him pics of mine!
I was 17 when I painted my plastics.

Looks Good

Try telling your dad you need to borrow his garage while you chop the roof off your X... My old man was stoked when I told him that lol

Looks Good

Try telling your dad you need to borrow his garage while you chop the roof off your X... My old man was stoked when I told him that lol

haha that would go something like "you chop the roof off, ill chop your head off"
LOL

when i dropped the idea of my roof coming off my pops said your vehicle your problem if you F*** it up...... can i help? lol

see my dad is like u might have the money for the parts you want to put on but then what happens if u F*** up the truck you dont have the money to fix it.

Plus my parents hold the insurance over my head and still wont let it die that they paid for half the car.

Need less to say since i got the car i paid for almost everything including gas since june. They gave me a "free ride" to work on grades for the first cupple months.


Plus my mom says its her car under her name but i wonder who put the last 5000 miles on it this past year....hmmm who can that be

Plus im going for technology education .... im learnin before i get to school about the automotive


PLus now my dad is starting to comeout and tell about his old car experences and what he used to do to them

ok im done noe lol

Ive said it before... take the back bumper plastic off.. on top on the bumper..
It pops right off..

Paint that.. it will show them that your not going to mess any thing up...

Yea my dad was the same way when I had "his" Durango but some chick decided to ram into me at a 4 way stop so Chloe (my X) is my X haha I know what your going through right now bud its frustrating but if you do something like the plastic on top of the bumper something small that can be easily turned back to stock he might give you the good to go number who knows be patient it'll all work out

ok so its been a while since Ive posted pics.
Basically Ive got some new stuff.

Aries bullbar.. yeah I know "get a shrock" but I dont have ~$700 haha
This one will work.

I gotta pirate flag. Dunno why, just looked cool.

Rear towhook. It is currently bolted to the chassis. Unfortunately only 1 bolt would fit, but Im going to weld it the rest of the way, if I dont get a hitch for christmas.

Oh, and I got my new HID lights up. (daytime picture doesnt show them mounted. will get one when it lightens up)
2 Navigator Baja's. 100 watts I think. they are two 4' by 6 inch bricks haha and for the price they do really well.
Glass lens. light diffuser cage. stone guards. very durable too.
and DBR, please. please, please, for the love of all things good and wonderful do not inquire as to how exactly I put them up there...


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Nice x.

ive spent like 2k on my X and i live with my folks still ! And painted my shi* up. ive been a lil forbiden to spend any more cash on the X . IMO jus paint it when there not around then theyll eventually say wait did u ......it looks good son !

ive spent like 2k on my X and i live with my folks still ! And painted my shi* up. ive been a lil forbiden to spend any more cash on the X . IMO jus paint it when there not around then theyll eventually say wait did u ......it looks good son !

Haha thats what Im thinking about doing.

I may have an opening to get a shrock front bumper. My friend says he may have found a salvaged X with one, and there are a few other leads Im looking into.

If not Ill hit up 4x4 parts or concept customs and get a prerunner bumper.

gunna get a pair of hella's soon too.

And in a month is christmas!!!!!
and hopefully a lift, new tires, and a cb!

keeping my fingers crossed.
pray for me brothers

just read through this thread, you and i and the other red x (sorry i didnt look at your name) are all in the exact same boat. my dad doesnt like me doing anything with my X. i was beyond surprised when the other day, we went to a hardware store so he could pick up some stuff for the house, i noticed some flat black krylon paint-in-a-can, i told him i wanted to get one or two of those to paint my plastics, he grabbed a bottle and said, "I'll buy ya one." i was speechless for 10 minutes...

tbh what got me to this thread was your profile pic. i saw the exo and was like.... I want one!!!! saw yours was a 2wd and i was like YES! i hope you get one now. where are you going to school for your engineering? i plan on auburn or FSU in a year or two...

Hah no worries im Chris

my dad is now jelous of the truck cuz he is startting to relize my grandma is telling me stories of his first cars and how he put LIGHTS on CARS like the lights i now have on my car were once on his :)

just read through this thread, you and i and the other red x (sorry i didnt look at your name) are all in the exact same boat. my dad doesnt like me doing anything with my X. i was beyond surprised when the other day, we went to a hardware store so he could pick up some stuff for the house, i noticed some flat black krylon paint-in-a-can, i told him i wanted to get one or two of those to paint my plastics, he grabbed a bottle and said, "I'll buy ya one." i was speechless for 10 minutes...

tbh what got me to this thread was your profile pic. i saw the exo and was like.... I want one!!!! saw yours was a 2wd and i was like YES! i hope you get one now. where are you going to school for your engineering? i plan on auburn or FSU in a year or two...

2WD IN THA HOUSE!!!
or the trail (after pulling out his friend's Ford...)

Im just going to leave this here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrt6K1kq4LY&feature=related



My dad is slowly coming around.

I am convincing him to get some rancho shocks, stuff for a PML, and 32" tires.
the thing is they have to be CHEAP. He stills says it is technically his car as he owns it, therefore it still must be in reasonable condition for the family to use.

So moderately large tires and a PML arent too bad.
Im going for treadwrights, which from my research, seem to have amazing performance. I am getting the guard dogs.
His theory is he is not paying out the ass for expensive mud tires that wear out in a year and are not practical for normal use.
So inexpensive retreads are okay with him. plus treadwright tires are know to last forever

He has been gone on business for the past few weeks, so the rear towhook, mudflap removal, step rail removal, lights, cold air intake, and bullbar were done as a "surprise".

I have also found a place that will mount and balance tires for cheap, as well as an alignment.
His response last night was "Yeah that place alawys has the best reviews and they do some really good business, so we'll take your new tires up to them here in the next month".
Ergo, I have new tires as a christmas present.


Oh, and dbr. I talked to him about painting my wheels and plastics. I showed him the DIY threads and he is very interested. He loves the way they turned out, and he said it's a great idea.
O this christmas I plan to have a PML, 32" MTs, a steez-ratt bumper job, and blacked out rims and plastics.

already, youve convinced your dad of more than i ever could...

already, youve convinced your dad of more than i ever could...

Well, the catch is he refuses to pay for anything unless it is "standard maintenance price".
So, if I wanted some superswamper tsl boggers I would pay for every cent of the tire cost and shop install cost.

The reason I can get this stuff for christmas is because it is cheap, the tires are $80 a piece, the shocks are about the same as OEM replacements, and it's called a poor mans lift for a reason (its only $60!). Plus it is the christmas of my senior year, and my little sister absolutely refuses to drive the xterra so they are ok to get rid of it.

Plus, I wrecked my old maxima :'(
They got the Xterra as a heap of junk for $3000 (it really was). It was brought back to what it should be. However if it gets wrecked or messed up in anyway (unless it's something that would normally happen, like an old alternator failing) then Im outta luck. If I want a car, I'll have to get my own and pay the insurance if the X gets screwed up.

So most of the mods Im doing are just enough to get some better offroad performance. Granted with no job and a swamped school year my wheeling will be limited. Alot of my mods are for looks. My dad thinks the same way.
However, I dont believe in flashy imagery and talking without walking, so it'll have some increased off road abilities ;)

Hell, It can already get through more than the other guy's trucks at my school.
Of course they all buy heavy as hell American trucks with massive body lifts and larger than necessary tires and think they have "wun baydayss truhck mayn, let's git sum muhddd".

I love seeing guys whose body;s are 6 inches taller than their frames. You never have to worry about one getting stuck beside you in traffic, you can see perfectly in between the body-frame gap.

Saw mom wrapping some boxes today.
They were long and slim and one said "ranch-". I couldnt read the whole word due to wrapping paper coverage but I think I know what it is ;)

She had another, smaller box and told me to put it under the tree.
It was pretty heavy and the stuff inside it was mettalic (It clinked a few times).
Sounds Like Ive got some new shocks and shackles!
Now to see if I can find where they hid the tires...

i know i got a tomtom under my tree somewhere...

i know i got a tomtom under my tree somewhere...

I deffinately didnt D:
One thing I would love to have is a GPS about as badly as I want a rear diff locker.

So it looks like you'll get stuck, but never be lost.
I'll sometimes get stuck, but always be lost.

Maybe we should wheel as a pair to balance it out lol


You should look into the locker LockRight is making for the H233B axles for the 1st gen Xterra/Frontier trucks.

I deffinately didnt D:
One thing I would love to have is a GPS about as badly as I want a rear diff locker.

So it looks like you'll get stuck, but never be lost.
I'll sometimes get stuck, but always be lost.

Maybe we should wheel as a pair to balance it out lol


You should look into the locker LockRight is making for the H233B axles for the 1st gen Xterra/Frontier trucks.

gotta link? sounds interesting.

gotta link? sounds interesting.

http://www.clubxterra.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24386&highlight=H233B

http://www.clubxterra.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24386&highlight=H233B

they seriously need to update the status on those Im chomping at the bit.

Take that 328is off road too while you are at it.lol.

Take that 328is off road too while you are at it.lol.

RALLY CAR FTW!

http://www.bmwtuner.net/wp-content/uploads/phoenix_rally_2008_0058.jpg

Well ladies, I got a job today. My X is happy because Ill be bringing home $250 paychecks which will be going to mod my X. In 2 months I could get a shrock :D

Anyways.
North Alabama CX bros hit me up at Hastings Coffee and Tea on Highway 72 right in front of Lowes and Redstone Federal Credit Union in Madison.

Well, I learned last night that my 32" Guard Dogs are on back order D:
So I wont get them for a few weeks, but I'll get them nonetheless.
But Im stoked, Ive already got my lift, so MAYBE Lockright will have that diff out by the time my tires arrive...
Hmmmm ;)

nice man. really wish i could afford a lift and tires....or even convince my parents to let me get a lift and tires.

nice man. really wish i could afford a lift and tires....or even convince my parents to let me get a lift and tires.

Aww, its no big really.
Just keep throwing the idea out there. or just do it and bring it home haha :P
Im only getting the tires because its really cheap like I said.
Cheaper than the POS walmart tires i currently have.

look what I had under my tree!


http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/IMG_4669.jpg


My dad told me the tires are on the way, they are on backorder because they sold out :l
Oh well IM STOKED.
Shocks are going on tomorrow when it's not snowy.

Pml ! Great start and husky liners man a guy like me could could sure use those u feeling generous ? hahaha jus kiddin youll notice a huge difference in ride quality ! and sorry to thread jack but soulsage i was in the same boat then i jus sacked up and figuered when its all said and done theyll appreciate it and so thats excatly what happened ! PM if you need some advice on the subject

pml!

im stoked!

look what I had under my tree!


http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/IMG_4669.jpg


My dad told me the tires are on the way, they are on backorder because they sold out :l
Oh well IM STOKED.
Shocks are going on tomorrow when it's not snowy.

Sweet. :) Start spraying down torsion bar adjuster bolts, shackle bolts, torsion bar splines, and camber adjuster bolts with PB Blaster and let me know if you need a hand.

Sweet. :) Start spraying down torsion bar adjuster bolts, shackle bolts, torsion bar splines, and camber adjuster bolts with PB Blaster and let me know if you need a hand.

Will do!!!!!!
Im waiting for the tires though to do the pml. I dont want to do the alignment and lift and still have my stock 29.7" tires :P
especially since they are worn down "A/T" tires and one spare :P

But Im doing my shocks tomorrow!

My grand parents bought me the husky liners.
and then my parents bought the same set of liners lol
and photoshop (which I already have...) :P
So, Im going to get them returned and put the money towards rear shocks.

hey guise guess what :P

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1379.snc4/163124_157467110967262_100001119225754_284254_6227 841_n.jpg

What? :D

What? :D

haha

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:6zVZxltrbE2E1M:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/mizmooch/gifs%20and%20useful%20other%20stuff/oh_you.jpg&t=1

where are pics? i want to see how it looks with those shackles on!

where are pics? i want to see how it looks with those shackles on!

I dont have them on yet :D
but

MY TIRES ARE SHIPPING OUT TOMORROW!

Treadwright is sending me some Guard Dogs on Bridgestone Dueler M/T (or A/T, couldnt understand them, but the only difference in the two is the tread, their carcasses are the exact same) carcasses. Apparently they were practically new too. Some tire place dropped off a bunch of tires that were in amazing condition and treadwright capped em up. 4 are on the way, the 5th one will be coming in soon after.

:D

Im waiting to do my pml when I get my new tires. Im currently running some ANCIENT Uniroyal Laredos in the rear, and a really POS cooper walmart A/T, and a spare that has been attached to my rear end for the past 10 years and has a burn patch on it from the exhaust.

Plus I'll need an alignment, so I figure It's best to wait on my new 32"s :P

I painted the front of my roofrack windguard. Painted it matte black, and then painted the Nissan logo red. The black dried well, it's some enammel coating my dad had.
The red... not so much... it was humid out.
It's been about 20 degrees average down here in alabama this winter, but it was up to about 70 because of the humidity the past few days.
(it looks good at a distance).
I also painted my shackles red and dried them with a space heater.

Pics tomorrow!

Oh, and dave, I tried paying my respects to turk by attempting to paint my center console red to match my X (as yours was white to match turk's color..)
I should have used Krylon. the spray paint I used sucked and the humidity didnt help, so i repainted it black and now it looks...bad (well, decent since the lighting wont really hit it's bad spot..)
Gunna order another one and paint it red (properly...)

Here are my painted shackles and windguard :D

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/Mobile%20Uploads/0102111521.jpg

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpg

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/Mobile%20Uploads/0102111526.jpg

I already got the windguard dirty today driving through a field :P

look great man! planning to paint mine soon (been saying that for over a month now :P)

look great man! planning to paint mine soon (been saying that for over a month now :P)

Good luck!
Im going to paint my baffles tomorrow, the plastic just under the windshield wipers

well, I never got to painting my baffles,
but I did get this done today :)

finished my lift.
I FINALLY got my PML done.
measuring out at 1.8 inches, with rooms in between the bumpstops (had no problems aligning it whatsoever).
Also got my new treadwright guard dog's mounted, and got my cragar soft 8's put on this morning at around 8:00.
then i woke up my friend and spent the whole day wheelin all over harvest, alabama

I, the 2wd never got stuck.
my friend, the 4wd, got stuck (in the same stuff I was hittin, hehe)
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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs896.ash1/180428_1285078345213_1777795857_545566_6217744_n.j pg
** Please note, the picture of my X and the Ranger were taken on my friend's farm, on his property, with his permission for us to wheel there. The construction vehicles you see are owned by his grandfather's construction company, and are being loaned out to his family so they can build a barn or something.

http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png
Xterra offroad by Drew Bismack is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

:thumbsup-big:

Looking good man

Looks good man. :)

thanks guys, i LOVE it.
handles so nicely, and the ride is better than when it was stock :)

does great in the mud too.

sorry drake, i dont need you after all :)

sorry drake, i dont need you after all :)

Well fine then! :mocking:

Glad you got it worked out. I just got back in town a couple of hours ago.

looks wicked my shackles are coming in on monday cant wait to do my pml. keep up the good work

looks wicked my shackles are coming in on monday cant wait to do my pml. keep up the good work

you should deffinately paint them to get some style there :P
I painted mine red

Man your X is lookin really good! Nice disclaimer btw hahaha

Night and day... the X looks great!

thanks! now i need more stickers
(where's creepy?)

Man your X is lookin really good! Nice disclaimer btw hahaha

haha yeah, dave talked to me about it.
Im putting non-commerical CC liscences on my pictures from now on :P
dont want **those** people taking my pictures and editing them and such.

if they do with my cc liscense on them, then it gets into REAL legal trouble on their side :D

you should deffinately paint them to get some style there :P
I painted mine red

Copy cat lol :D

Copy cat lol :D

I like to think of it as a tribute to a lost brother
Lost...but not forgotten....:heul3-big:

well, I never got to painting my baffles,
but I did get this done today :)

finished my lift.
I FINALLY got my PML done.
measuring out at 1.8 inches, with rooms in between the bumpstops (had no problems aligning it whatsoever).
Also got my new treadwright guard dog's mounted, and got my cragar soft 8's put on this morning at around 8:00.
then i woke up my friend and spent the whole day wheelin all over harvest, alabama

I, the 2wd never got stuck.
my friend, the 4wd, got stuck (in the same stuff I was hittin, hehe)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs897.ash1/180573_1284914141108_1777795857_545347_8014283_n.j pg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs018.snc6/166886_1284932781574_1777795857_545360_7520301_n.j pg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs257.snc6/180573_1284914341113_1777795857_545348_6511496_n.j pg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs256.snc6/180428_1285078545218_1777795857_545567_5314041_n.j pg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs896.ash1/180428_1285078345213_1777795857_545566_6217744_n.j pg
** Please note, the picture of my X and the Ranger were taken on my friend's farm, on his property, with his permission for us to wheel there. The construction vehicles you see are owned by his grandfather's construction company, and are being loaned out to his family so they can build a barn or something.

http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png
Xterra offroad by Drew Bismack is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.




man that looks nice!!!!!!!

are you ganna revive your plastics at all?
if so...paint or heat gun?

man that looks nice!!!!!!!

are you ganna revive your plastics at all?
if so...paint or heat gun?

paint :D

I usually mess up something along the way, so I would rather mess up with plastic than a heat gun...

I love your thread. Your X is turning out great :)

Reading through and hearing some of you poor guys having to put up with your parents makes me glad to be as old as I am. I feel for you all :D I know it must be frustrating, having these trucks, seeing what they could eventually be, and having your hands tied.
Just hold on. Time will pass soon enough, and they'll either see sense, or you'll be older and on your own. Then you can do whatever the hell you like to YOUR truck :)

p.s. If I were your mother, I'd be out there HELPING you paint LOL

I love your thread. Your X is turning out great :)

Reading through and hearing some of you poor guys having to put up with your parents makes me glad to be as old as I am. I feel for you all :D I know it must be frustrating, having these trucks, seeing what they could eventually be, and having your hands tied.
Just hold on. Time will pass soon enough, and they'll either see sense, or you'll be older and on your own. Then you can do whatever the hell you like to YOUR truck :)

p.s. If I were your mother, I'd be out there HELPING you paint LOL

haha well thank you N4L :P



Anyways,
Im counting out my budget here and it looks like I'll be getting a Shrock front bumper soon :D
Im gunna do it via layaway.
I pay $100 down payment, they make it and hold it. They'll hold it up to 6 months, in that time I must pay (incrementally or whatever I want to) money until I've basically accumulated the same as the retail price. Its the same thing as buying on credit, except they keep the bumper untill Ive paid all the money :P
I like the idea. Since it's shrock and they take a while to build everything anyways, I figure paying incrementally keeps me fairly low budget, and lets them take their time.
By the time I've paid up fully, they should be finishing it.
Just to convince dad...

Love them Shrocks :)

I could get one right now, but I could do so much more with that money (lift, wheels, tires), and I wouldn't have much use for Shrock parts other than the looks, so I'll stick with my plastics for now. I love my X's face; I'd hate to change it unless I had to :mocking:

But mannn, Shrock bumpers and sliders...just sweeet things :D

Love them Shrocks :)

I could get one right now, but I could do so much more with that money (lift, wheels, tires), and I wouldn't have much use for Shrock parts other than the looks, so I'll stick with my plastics for now. I love my X's face; I'd hate to change it unless I had to :mocking:

But mannn, Shrock bumpers and sliders...just sweeet things :D

Tell me about it! My parents sound fairly indifferent.
Concerned.. But still indifferent. lol

LOL Some people just never will understand *sigh*

X looks sweet

Nice looking X. Makes me miss my my 2wd X.
http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af14/sholarsmyrna/014-1.jpg

Nice looking X. Makes me miss my my 2wd X.
http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af14/sholarsmyrna/014-1.jpg

looks nice!
Sad you had to see it go :(
Is that a PMl or a BL?

I forgot to update:
this past weekend marked a week after I put my PML and tires on.
When I did the PML and put the tires on I was measuring about 6.5 inches of clearance (up front) from the TOP of the tire to the BOTTOM edge of the fender flare/wheel well,

WELL, after coming home from an evening with friends everything was OK.
Next saturday I came outside to go back to my friends house (and then work) AND MY X WAS LOPSIDED!
I knew my torsion bars would settle (6.5 inches of wheel well clearance is high for a pml...) but in this case the front right side settled .5 of an inch of wheel well clearance, AND THE LEFT SIDE SETTLED TO ABOUT 1.7 INCHES OF WHEEL WELL CLEARANCE.
I was pissed because now it looked like I had it jacked up on one side (as if I were changing a tire...) and I had to drive it like that as I had no time to fix it.
The left side had been squeaking REALLY badly over the past week. I was going to post a quesstion about it on here, but I guess I figured out early what it was....

Anyways. On sunday I jacked up the X and re did by tbar crank. I brought the sunken left side up, and the right side down a bit, now I have ~5.2-5.5 inches of wheel well clearance on each side, so its pretty level and still high up there. Im measuring 1/4th of an inch off the bumpstops (I know...kinda reckless but I dont wheel it THAT hard, its a 2wd with open diffs come on now...). However despite the very short bumpstop gap, my X was able to align perfectly (with steel cragars...).

With a stock configuration I was always having to turn my steering wheel at least 1/8th of a turn to the left on a perfectly flat and level road when I had a "perfect" alignment done (3 alignments at 3 different shops, still had the horrid pull) and that worked pure destruction on my old tires.

With the high PML/low bumpstop clearance, steelies, oversized tires, and new shocks, my X has the smoothest, most stable, best aligned ride Ive ever felt in a truck. I love it.
It also feels a bit faster too, dunno why.
However, whatever I did with the tbars did wonders on the alignment, and will hopefully cause the tires to last along time.

Lets just hope my torsion bars dont decide to sink again after another week...
So far no squeaking but Im super paranoid about everything. Sometimes its good, other times you get laughed at for pulling your X out in the middle of th school parking lot 4 minutes before you have to walk accross the largest high school in Alabama to get to your class on the other side just to look at how awesome the X looks/what is wrong with it you need to fix/what you could do to it next to make it look more awesome.
:wink-big:

Anyways, apologies on the novel I just wrote haha, had a lot of stuff to update.
Also on the PML: I tried torquing down the lock nuts on the tbar adjuster bolts as hard as I could. So far no squeaking or giving, but if anyone knows something I could do to ensure I dont have my suspension re-settle on me like that, or cause anymore issues that would be great. So far brute force is what I've resorted to. If it happens again I will do a full re-index, which I have a hunch is what some of you may recommend BUT if there is anything else, that would be awesome too haha.

He had both.

when i cranked my tbars, i had a friend help me (my borother in law actually). he had done them before, and once we finished, we got on his road (it was an abandoned dirt road) and we drove the X backwards up to about 20-25 mph, then slammed on the brakes. he informed me this let the tbars pop into place once the weight lifted a little (we did the tbar crank on the ground with no lifting of my X, also helped me get the right height i wanted without having to do much measuring, we eyeballed it). so far, after several months, my suspension has remained completely intact with how it was the day we did the lift.

Im measuring 1/4th of an inch off the bumpstops (I know...kinda reckless but I dont wheel it THAT hard, its a 2wd with open diffs come on now...). However despite the very short bumpstop gap, my X was able to align perfectly (with steel cragars...).


If it happens again I will do a full re-index, which I have a hunch is what some of you may recommend BUT if there is anything else, that would be awesome too haha.

I'm not trying to tell you what to do with your X, but I will share my Xperience. I also raised mine until there was 1/4" upper bumpstop gap. I got it aligned and thought nothing of it. Then I noticed cupping on the front tires, because they weren't allowed enough room to downtravel. The result was the front tires bouncing on the bumpstops when hitting pretty small, and also bigger obviously, dips in the road. It can also cause excessive wear on your steering components. Just wanted to share, as I wholeheartedly regret going past 1/2" bumpstop gap (I've since lowered, realigned, rotated tires, etc.). Also repacked my wheel bearings, but can't say whether it was because of the cranking or not.

Whether you have 2wd or 4wd, locked or open diffs, has nothing to do with your steering system components as far as PMLs go.

As far as re-indexing goes, you only need to do that if you run out of adjustment before you reach your desired ride height, ASSUMING you have upper bumpstop gap to spare.

what is the BS on those cragers?

what is the BS on those cragers?

the backspacing is 4" i believe, maybe 4.5"
The tires stick out from the wheel wells about 1/2 an inch. It looks really good.
they are steel wheels though, so if they get scratched you need to repaint them or youll have rust and they are HEAVY. at least 50 pounds each.
In my case I like that, with heavy wheels and tires ill have a lower center of gravity, and the wheel weight helps force the wheels onto the ground when im wheeling, so far with open diffs in slick alabama clay Ive had very little wheel spin

so far with open diffs in slick alabama clay Ive had very little wheel spin

When did you get another diff? ;)

When did you get another diff? ;)

lol OKAY I have an open DIFF
soon to be a LOCKING DIFF


lol

lol OKAY I have an open DIFF
soon to be a LOCKING DIFF


lol

lol sorry had to :D

lol sorry had to :D

I would take my PML'd 2wd Xterra over a 4wd Ford or GM anyday (even with lockers...)


ANYWAYS

I am now apart of the bumperless brethren!
untill I become an elite shrockmaster :P
or proud winch bumper owner... one of the two

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i think it looks good, for a cell phone picture :D
the trimming I did helped, untill i hit a bump, then the front would rub.
so i removed the bumper. it sorta helped, but whenever I hit a really big bump it still rubs, but on the back of the wheel well on the fender, which i cant do anything about really...
EXCEPT LIFT HER HIGHER :D

I think If I didnt go with the cragars and 4" backspacing I wouldnt have the problem, but thats only on huge bumps, not even speed bumps actually.
really only when I decide to go up the 4 foot tall, 70 degree incline the spaerates my driveway from my neighbors, which is everytime i drive now :D
what a ford 4x4 slips on, I climb up with no wheel spin.
Im loving it.

anyways. off to do my research paper for english.

Nice!
Starting to look more and more like my truck!

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/166493_10150124696394009_775619008_7528158_1959248 _n.jpg

Nice!
Starting to look more and more like my truck!

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/166493_10150124696394009_775619008_7528158_1959248 _n.jpg

thanks! im loving the ruggedized look.

I'm thinking about getting a set of those tires. How are they on noise and ride?

Oh, by the way nice rig!

Looking good man....keep up the hard work.

I'm thinking about getting a set of those tires. How are they on noise and ride?

I must give out the disclaimer that they are Treadwright retread tires :D

BUT

That said they are really good!

The tread is the old MTR tread pattern, except it is a bit narrower in between the lugs, but that hasnt bothered me.
They ride very smoothly.
With any mud tire at low speeds it will feel bumpy due to the spacing between the lugs, however with these there is only a little vibration at 5-10 mph, and its really only noticeable on very smooth flat surfaces. I havent had a problem.

As far ass noise, they dont have the traditional cabin crushing BWAAAAAAAAAAAAH you would get on Mickey Thompson Baja's for example.
They have a whine to them. They arent loud but you can hear them. I would compare the tire noise to the sound you hear going over an interstate bridge.

and thanks guys :D

hows the tread wear on the Guard Dogs? Thinking about them for a second set of tires.

Thanks. I am still deabting if i want the Guard Dogs or the Wardens. I can get buy with the Wardens really like the look of the Guard Dogs.

hows the tread wear on the Guard Dogs? Thinking about them for a second set of tires.

Well I've only had them for 2.5-3 weeks now haha
So far so good. the little nub things are still there surprisingly. they still look brand new with 400 miles on them, which is expected :P

No one has been able to tell they are retreads.
Ive had people admire them, and then become totally shocked when I reveal to them what they really are :D

I went to ardmore for a hardcore show last night.
I went to sonic afterwards in one of the drive up spaces where you order and eat in your car.
all 15 of the ardmore high school kids were in thar muddn truhks cirklyn round mahyn tryn to figyer out whut the heyell was wrawng wit me since i haint gawt no dawdge er ferd pickemup truhk.

The locals werent sure what to think of a real well rounded and seasoned off road machine, being a foreigner to their land of chewing tobacco and cheap beer.

whats scary is I translated your alabamian lingo with no trouble (originally from GA).

probably getting the guard dogs in 35's before the summer wheeling season begins

whats scary is I translated your alabamian lingo with no trouble (originally from GA).

probably getting the guard dogs in 35's before the summer wheeling season begins

:D
you wont be dissapointed
BUT
do not buy the Kedge Grip tires.

they sound nice and all, but they are mamde with crushed glass an walnut shells. the theory is that the tires have a gritty surface wear to help with snow.
dont get me wrong it does help tremendously, however they wear FAST.
as in they will be gone in 6 months if you use them as DD tires.
they are treadwrights version of a snow tire. the work magnificently in snow, but if you dont get alot of snow (like down here) then dont get them as they will wear too fast.

but the Kedge Grip is still uner $100 a tire for 32"s :D

great tires all around and you CANNOT tellt hey are reatreads! they look brand new!
the rubber compound looks really weird when you look at it up close, but it is a really solid piece of work treadwright made

i love them

whats scary is I translated your alabamian lingo with no trouble (originally from GA).

probably getting the guard dogs in 35's before the summer wheeling season begins

ohh the memories...i miss WV and i hope like hell i can get back there soon

note to everyone:
if you are going to do a lift and put 32" tires on Cragar Soft 8's just go ahead and start grinding your fender near the back of the tire (where the mudflaps are attached) or just do a 3" lift, or just dont get the cragars.

nice rims, but the backspacing has been making my front right tire rub and has worn of a little bit of tread. Thankfully its not bad , but it annoys me.

im going to be grinding my fender tomorrow and rotating my tires.

I realzed I havent updated this in a while :D

ok so I finally got new rear shocks the other day.
now she rides like a dream.
If anyone has heard me complain on other threads as to why the X leans right, well its fixed!

the shocks and psi were causing me grief, now its straight as an arrow :D

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/Mobile%20Uploads/0224111256.jpg

and had some fun:
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/Mobile%20Uploads/0224111354a.jpg

and now I can do this:
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/183319_171171429596830_100001119225754_355136_5674 467_n.jpg

:D
im ordering a bumper from Tactical Armor Group this weekend.
Im getting the wincher bumper with a lightbar (hopefully I'll be able to order it so they build the lightbar in a prerunner-esque style)

Please dont rail on me for not going shrock or at least ARB.
Personally I cant justify paying ~$800 in total for a bumper like that. If it was some super nice custom job yeah. Granted I understand how good shrock products are, but now that I've seen the TAG bumpers I prefer these. They are much cheaper, than shrock, both companies use 3/16th inch thick steel, both can accompany the same load rating as far as winches go, both are built with very similar production processes, and as fas as appearance I have seen some just really really outstanding bumpers from TAG. Plus I have had excellent customer service from them. Email correspondance has been literally timed by intervals of a couple of hours (not days) and they are some really friendly people.
Plus they offer so many more options up front than shrock, all of which are still cheaper unless you really load it up.
Personally I dont see much of a differenace, besides I think the TAG bumper looks a bit beefier than the shrock :D more tank-like.

Also they are 3 hours away from me and the shipping time is significantly faster than shrock time. If all else fails and I REALLY want it ASAP, I can pay 7% georgia sales tax and pick it up if need be.

should be ordered saturday :D

then after that: an idler arm brace!

They have a website? Curious to see what their prices are and what they look like.

Looking good man!!! Nothin wrong with your bumper setup... whatever makes you happy bro. Hell, look at my rig LOL!!

How are you attaching the Tree Wires?

http://www.tacticalarmorgroup.com/

Looking good man!!! Nothin wrong with your bumper setup... whatever makes you happy bro. Hell, look at my rig LOL!!

How are you attaching the Tree Wires?

For the tree wires i attached them to the very rear most loops of the roofrack basket. I then ran them through the front loops and twisted them to torque the wires down, then ran them down to the front and wedhed the wires under the hood, and finally tied them at thr towhook attatchment points, ill do a write up here with pics in a few minutes im on my ipod atm...
My computer crashed D:

Here you go RATT :D
http://www.clubxterra.org/forums/showthread.php?p=382855#post382855

just wrote it up, all the steps and pix to boot :D

enjoy!

today I took a blowtorch to my rear plastics. Ive been too lazy to paint them and I was sick of the ugly faded look, so I lit up my blowtorch and held it about 4 inches or so away from my plastics and voila, it worked just like the heat gun trick!

I cleaned the X a bit before I did this, but Im going to REALLY clean it soon and then redo the heat treatment

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/IMG_4932.jpg

Oh, and yesterday I got sick of the my tires rubbing my fenders and wheel well plastic, so I ripped the plastic out (and my intake baffle) and then I went to my friends house.
He owns an Omni DualSaw with counter rotating blades. Equipped on his saw are 2 diamond tipped blades.
After about 5 minutes, here is the result:
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/IMG_4933.jpg
One part at the top is a little rough, but for a meal at mcdonalds I think he did a pretty good job. I touched it up with aztec red rustoleum paint so it wont rust.
Honestly its hard to tell where the spray paint ends and the factory paint begins. The other side has a much cleaner cut, but once again Im feeling lazy today lol.

Anyways, only a few more days and I'll be ordering my bumper from Tactical ARmor Group!
Ive decided to get the normal "Wincher" style with a prerunner grill guard.
something very similar to this:
http://nates4x4.com/galleries/bumpers/xj_winch/002%20Pre97XJ%20Winch%20Bumper.jpg

Do you still have your stock rims? Rigs looking great!

Awesome!!

Looking good. I'm interested to see your bumper when its done.

Thanks guys :D

had to remove the limb risers (since I must appease some of the people on here :P)

Im stoked for the bumper!
ONE MORE PAYCHECK! This saturday I'll be ordering it.
If I've got anything left over I'll be ordering a B&N lightbar as well.
My PVC redneck rigged monstrosity of a "lightbar" is wearing out.
Time to hit up Dave

Sweet. Looking good.

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Sweet. Looking good.

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vielen dank!

well Id like to say I ordered my bumper but I cant :/
shipping is way too much for it, which really sucks.

Man that sucks, where are they located? You could always go pick it up...I'm digging the TAG bumpers.

Man that sucks, where are they located? You could always go pick it up...I'm digging the TAG bumpers.

Its $585 for the whole bumper, $160 for shipping :/ Too much for the moment.
The price for the bumper is great honestly.
I cant justify paying $850+ for a bumper. There is no way I can justify that.
Hell I could go to a steel yard in Decatur and get some scrap, then take it to my friends bike shop and make a bumper. It wouldnt be the nicest looking rig, but it would work.
For a professionally made bumper, I'd say TAG is it. Problem is shipping, which will only go up :(

They are 4 hours away, but as a 17 year old senior in highschool working minimum wage I cant really afford to pick it up :(

Where are they located? A tank of gas should get you there and back. Just save up the $160. The wait is going to suck though lol good luck with it man

Where are they located? A tank of gas should get you there and back. Just save up the $160. The wait is going to suck though lol good luck with it man

There wait isnt THAT bad.
Not like the 4 month shrock wait!

lol I forgot to mention they are in Kennessaw, Georgia xD

I realized I never answered your question xD


Anyways,
next week I'll be painting my plastics :)
going flat black!

I used Home Depot "Quick Color" Spray Enamel for Plastics
its like $1 per can.
I used this stuff to re-color my valance for the roofrack (the plastic piece at the front above the windshield that says "Xterra" on it) and it has held up perfectly for about 4 months now, so I'll be doing my other plastics as such.

here is the result from testing it on one of my front fender plastics I took off after my pml
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/Mobile%20Uploads/0406111626.jpg

The result is actually really good after extremely light coats of paint.
The first coat blacked it out completely, but 2 more coats darkened and toned it better, and made it a stronger finish I think

I blacked out my X today :D


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mom even loved it haha
now its in the garage to protect it from the storm thats coming

:D im so stoked!
everybody loves the look

Looks good....what did you end up using?

Looks good....what did you end up using?

I did a 3 coat deal with 2 different spray paints.

for the first 2 coats I used Quick Color flat black plastic enamel. Its tough paint, but its really rough (does great as a paint or primer) then I finished up with some much higher quality and much more rugged Rustoleum all weather paint to hold everything down and have a good finish.

I had a really bad moment when painting the grill as I had just washed everything and some water was still left in the grill section (which caused a few mistakes) but I got it cleaned up.
after the first coat tho I found out just how scratched my grill is :/ but they went away for the most part after the 2nd and 3rd coat. It looks really good, Im happy about the outcome.

no more back to black or mismatched fenders!

Looks great! Painting those plastics makes all the diffrence in the world on an X. She's come a long way...

Looks great! Painting those plastics makes all the diffrence in the world on an X. She's come a long way...

indeed she has :D

my girlfriend calls her sally.
she claims i spend more time with sally than her, which is probably true sometimes lol

and yes painting the plastics improves it so much!



alright, so in 2.5 hours I turn 18!
woo I can smoke in every state except the one I live in, I sign up to be forcibly sent into a slaughter field, and I am able to elect the next corrupt politicians.
life is wodnerful eh?

I also ordered an Idler arm brace today. I debated on the steering stabilizer but after some research (TJTJ) I found it does nothing but mask problems that can develop, so I went with the IAB.
off to hit up creepy for some stickers

Looking good. You still going to make that stinger bar?

Looking good. You still going to make that stinger bar?

yup! I plan on it when I get the materials!

LOL.... Be safe or die trying..

LOL.... Be safe or die trying..

isnt that the truth :D

we've had this discussion about your quote before lol

late thanks for the rep

LOL.... Be safe or die trying..

you missed a . at the end lol. in his quote you have 3, but in yours you just had 2.

new stickers thanks to creepy :D

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/Mobile%20Uploads/0418111839.jpg

no idea why my X looks maroon in this picture.
its not a soccer mom color its a fiery red, ranger savin, zombie slayin, beast from hell

oh well, cell phones

Looking good!

looks good man, im thinking about doing pretty much what you did. Nice to see it on an x that looks the same as mine so i know how itll turn out

thank you much :D there arent many aztec red xterras out there that are modified like this :D

I saw a guy once with a BL and 3" SL that had a full roof rack, shrock bumper, and lights, but i havent seen him on any forums recently

Did you paint your shackles red?

Did you paint your shackles red?

yes i did :)

I like. Thinking of painting my calmini blue to red

thank you much :D there arent many aztec red xterras out there that are modified like this :D

I saw a guy once with a BL and 3" SL that had a full roof rack, shrock bumper, and lights, but i havent seen him on any forums recently

Yeah there arent too many of em, i need to start lifting mine, i just went the audio upgrade route first, gotta have my loud tunes!

Yeah there arent too many of em, i need to start lifting mine, i just went the audio upgrade route first, gotta have my loud tunes!

I did that too xD

I went with one of the higher end Sony Xplod Stereo's (with the ipod stuf and satellight radio capable, HD radio capable, with the auxilary ports and everything :P got it for cheap off amazon!)

then I went with some Kicker KS competition and Kicker DS competition speakers

The Xplod is sick. The kickers are nice too, you just have to have the right sound. Everything sounds amazing with them, but only certain stuff sounds *perfect* if you know what I mean. They are just so sensitive to tuning. But they are loud and the 4 channel 6x9s sound AMAZING when they pump some heavy bass into the cargo area of my X :D
got those for cheap too :P


In fact, everything Ive done to my X has been cheap.
good quality, but cheap :D

I did that too xD

I went with one of the higher end Sony Xplod Stereo's (with the ipod stuf and satellight radio capable, HD radio capable, with the auxilary ports and everything :P got it for cheap off amazon!)

then I went with some Kicker KS competition and Kicker DS competition speakers

The Xplod is sick. The kickers are nice too, you just have to have the right sound. Everything sounds amazing with them, but only certain stuff sounds *perfect* if you know what I mean. They are just so sensitive to tuning. But they are loud and the 4 channel 6x9s sound AMAZING when they pump some heavy bass into the cargo area of my X :D
got those for cheap too :P


In fact, everything Ive done to my X has been cheap.
good quality, but cheap :D

Wow we have a similar setup, ive got a build thread on here, i did sony deck, ks series speakers front and rear and 2 12 cvrs, i'm very satisfied with kickers equipment im thinking about ordering my 4 channel amp soon, id also like to add 2 more cvrs and another dx1000

Wow we have a similar setup, ive got a build thread on here, i did sony deck, ks series speakers front and rear and 2 12 cvrs, i'm very satisfied with kickers equipment im thinking about ordering my 4 channel amp soon, id also like to add 2 more cvrs and another dx1000

my friend is gunna sell me his MTX's (maybe) haha with an amp

well, it's been a week since I've installed them, but I got some subs!

I have 2 Kicker Comp 10" subs, a insanely huge OBCON sealed dual box with an amp rack and cooling fan (takes up the whole truck, theres about 4 incheas of clearance from the front of the box to the hatch), a Pyramid Arctic amp, and the full Boss audio wiring kit.

it was an easy install, took me 45 minutes (I have learned you must be EXTREMELY meticulous when working with electrical equipment)

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I've got pictures of them in the truck installed, but its late and im lazy, so theyll be here tomorrow.

Anyways, the subs hit HARD. Harder than any other 10"s ive heard.
They arent just trunk rattlers, they rattle my rear wiper blade at half volume!

I cant even see out the side mirrors at that volume due to the fact they vibrate the truck so hard (I have a really funny comment about girls riding in my X now, but Im not sure the appropriateness of it for the forums xD)

The advantage of them is they keep me up on those late night drives. It was helpful when Drake and I rode home from the 1st day of NXM. He led the way down Hwy 231. For those of you that dont know, when 231 passes through southern Tennessee its nothing but twisty mountain roads with little or no guardrail. Pair that with the fact its at night, im sleepy, ive never driven this part of 231 before in my life, and Drake is driving his Xterra (thats sitting on 33's with a PML and 3 inch BL) like he's the star in a Fast & Furious movie, staying alert was a pretty important thing to say the least (remember I also had brakes with nothing left on the pads)

speaking of my brakes,
they exploded while on top of a mountain at NXM. the inside pad on the front right brake exploded, so the pistons pushed into the rotor, damaging it and making me lose my brake fluid.

So this is what myself, Tommyboy, RacerXXL, drbandkgb, and Xterror04 did all afternoon. Brake work and hauling me to advanced a few times to get parts.

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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=705341&id=1777795857

here is the caliper, you can see how the pistons were ground down onto the rotor
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/249757_1404591772974_1777795857_705564_3211983_n.j pg

and here are my old pads:

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/253947_1404594293037_1777795857_705566_4767715_n.j pg

you can see how these were basically nothing more than metal slats ready to explode like the one already had, this one has chunks that came out of it already, and was most likely going to blow just like the other one.

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/251065_1404594413040_1777795857_705567_1835487_n.j pg

Nice, how do you like the comps? A lot of people ask me about them but ive never actually heard them so i never know what to tell them. All i know is the cvrs rattle every darn thing on an xterra hah

Nice, how do you like the comps? A lot of people ask me about them but ive never actually heard them so i never know what to tell them. All i know is the cvrs rattle every darn thing on an xterra hah

well, to put it this way, I have a friend with 2 Dual 12"s in the box with the neon glow.

my 10"s destroy them.

I have another friend who runs 2 set ups: 3 10" MTX Road Thunder subs, out of a 2000 watt amp, or he runs one Kicker 12" CVR on the same amp.

My 10"s destroy them both. The one CVR is a close competition to my Comps, but not quite.

It doesnt quite have the articulation between bass frequencies that my 10"s have. Granted Im running mine at their optimal rms/peak amperage in a friggin steamer trunk of a box, and they are wired to 2 olms (his CVR is wired striahgt to the amp, so its 4 olms, and his 3 Road thunders are all in series, so that means his olm rating is around 6 olms). Granted, he let a shop do his install (he isnt very good with electronics...) but he does know how to change out subs haha. I plan on giving him a lesson in subwoofer install sometime lol

anyways, here they are:
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the amp:
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/247932_1405122386239_1777795857_705977_753260_n.jp g

cooling fan in the box:
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/247467_1405122546243_1777795857_705978_4438788_n.j pg

and the head unit
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/247467_1405122146233_1777795857_705975_5177853_n.j pg

In fact, I went out and was cleaning the trash outta my X and cranked the tunes and nothing happened with the subs! no bass!

I found that somehow my ground connection came loose AND my power wire to the amp. So I connected them with a better set of connectors and everything was good to go, except the bass sucked at full power.

I re-did the ground connection at a new spot, sanded everything for about 10 minutes to make sure it was pure metal to metal, then hooked everything up. I had to re-tune all my speakers and subs through the head unit and the amp.
It sucked.
But lesson learned: make sure all the connections are good, and make sure everything is tied down properly!


I also went to advanced and picked up some new front rotors!
Now I wont have to worry about old, worn out, and ripped up rotors messing me up.

Yeah ive got my cvrs on the dx1000.1 which is putting them right over rms bc the amp actually does about 1200, they slam, i know they slam a lot more than the comps, the comps are great for sq too. Im just tired of having absolutely no cargo space, ive got a 5 cubic foot box, no room at all

Yeah ive got my cvrs on the dx1000.1 which is putting them right over rms bc the amp actually does about 1200, they slam, i know they slam a lot more than the comps, the comps are great for sq too. Im just tired of having absolutely no cargo space, ive got a 5 cubic foot box, no room at all


I'll free up that space for you :D

I'll free up that space for you :D

Ive honestly thought about selling them. I love em and they sound sick but....heres what im dealing with now http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww61/urtoohigh/System/DSCN1224.jpg

Ive honestly thought about selling them. I love em and they sound sick but....heres what im dealing with now http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww61/urtoohigh/System/DSCN1224.jpg

you have more space than me!

You got everything working right on it now??

Did they show you on first gens where that heat shield touches the brake lines and can burn a hole in it? If not I can post pics up and show you it. I used a metal pole and dented the heat shield back away from it.


Also for the love of god I can remember your name. I know it sounds crazy since I talked to you a ton this weekend

You got everything working right on it now??

Did they show you on first gens where that heat shield touches the brake lines and can burn a hole in it? If not I can post pics up and show you it. I used a metal pole and dented the heat shield back away from it.


Also for the love of god I can remember your name. I know it sounds crazy since I talked to you a ton this weekend

Yeah I showed Drew where the problem is....but it doesn't burn a hole in the line the metal heat shield rubbing on the metal line eventually rubs a whole in the line.

Yeah I showed Drew where the problem is....but it doesn't burn a hole in the line the metal heat shield rubbing on the metal line eventually rubs a whole in the line.

Ok I knew his name was drew but roschil is also drew so I was confused. I didn't even take my tire off. I just tapped a metal pole with a hammer by the wheel and it separated it about a half inch

yup. Kelly's the man.

I'll be doing the A/C repair and the heat shield mod sometime this week. Im putting new rotors on.

and kelly I have a reimbursement for you :)

I would not even fool with taking the tire off. Just get a long piece of small piping and put it against that silver heat shield down by the tire and hit it a couple times with a hammer. It moved mine away from it but no telling how long it will last

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/0616111552.jpg

Never will I be in a pinch again while on a trail :)


putting the mounting bracket in was a PITA.
My drills are too tall for the section I put it in, and the radio is too big to use Dave's DIY CB install, or mount it to the side like Drake did. I eventually stared smaller holes because the screws would tap, then I got em in.
I dont have the antenna yet. It's a 4' tall Firestik Firefly with a door jam mounting bracket and spring. It *should* be here tomorrow, but we'll see.

Sweet!! How much was that cb?

That's pretty much exactly where I put mine, but I used heavy duty velcro instead of a mounting bracket.

Sweet!! How much was that cb?

That one retails at $50, but I got it for $20 brand new at a fire sale. I bought all my junk off of a firesale my friend was doing for his uncle. Spent maybe $40 for a CB, swr meter, an antenna, and a cable. The antenna is a cheapo, so I have a Firestik Firefly on the way.

That's pretty much exactly where I put mine, but I used heavy duty velcro instead of a mounting bracket.

I should have done that instead of mutilating my dash with a drill :P oh well, the resale value wasnt very good anyways haha :wink-big:

dang. it's been a while since Ive updated, Im so lazy :)

anyways you've all seen the CB hehe
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/0222311811-1.jpg

heres my firefly and spring:
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/0709111811.jpg

and a little act of spontaneity :)
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/0709111812.jpg

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/0709111812a.jpg

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/0222311812-1.jpg

low pro is the way to go
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/0222311813.jpg

well Im bored.

As I've been all day.

I decided to post some pics of my flex


I measured to 13.5 inches from the top of the tire to the top of the wheel well arch (the black plastic).
Thats probably from the shocks though, since I ordered the extra long travel ones (3" I believe) since I know I'll be doing another SL in the future


This is all with a PML btw

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/282401_112402522190054_100002609194392_93455_56505 15_n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/281441_112402598856713_100002609194392_93457_65636 10_n.jpg

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/283887_112402565523383_100002609194392_93456_36112 07_n.jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/281365_112402628856710_100002609194392_93458_23766 25_n.jpg

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l489/dbizz2010/0616111552.jpg

Never will I be in a pinch again while on a trail :)


putting the mounting bracket in was a PITA.
My drills are too tall for the section I put it in, and the radio is too big to use Dave's DIY CB install, or mount it to the side like Drake did. I eventually stared smaller holes because the screws would tap, then I got em in.
I dont have the antenna yet. It's a 4' tall Firestik Firefly with a door jam mounting bracket and spring. It *should* be here tomorrow, but we'll see.

nicely done! Looks similar in size to one I just put in (took a lot of plastic cutting and had to change up the way the head unit was mounted. Yours looks good!

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6180/6266794914_85089da4a7_b.jpg

nicely done! Looks similar in size to one I just put in (took a lot of plastic cutting and had to change up the way the head unit was mounted. Yours looks good!

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6180/6266794914_85089da4a7_b.jpg

Thanks!

I don't recommend the model I bought though.
Its a Midland 5000, and it's not as good as it looks.
The transmitting range isn't so great, and now the backlight on the readout dial doesn't work.
Plus, the switch to the PA is messed up. When I turn to PA, it does PA.
When I switch to CB, the CB radio chatter plays over the CB speaker, AND my PA. So I not only hear it inside my truck, but everyone else does too.
I installed an in-line switch in the PA line to fix the problem. It's working... so far lol