heyy, im getting ready to buy an 03 xterra and im going lift it up as soon as i buy it. im looking to do the 3" calmini lift, a brush gaurd and some beefy tires with teflon coated wheels, im going to get the super black color X, and tint the windows. but is there anything else i need to do on the suspension??? cuz this is my daily driver so....

depending on the size tire you may need to gear down.

you probably want to beef up your steering as well, you'll need it for big tires.

maybe some slotted rotors since a significantly larger tire diameter gives the wheel more torque against the brakes.

if its not SC then you make want to look @ some power mods; intake, exhaust

damn Riceman you know everything

cool thnx, yeah im going to run 33x12.50x16's on it.....

33's arent that drastic, you could get away with not gearing down and without the rotors(still is a good idea)

do you think i will need to upgrade my steering if im going to run 33's on it with the lift. and is calmini a good lift kit???

O boy :eek: you asked for it now :eek: What I mean is there has been several posts on this subject, you might want to check archives, I think there were a couple of experts on the subject............

depends on what you wil be doin in your lifted truck, will it be for show or will you take it on the trails?

calmini is ok, SLR is better www.spencerlowracing.com (http://www.spencerlowracing.com)

With a 3" lift you will want to upgrade the steering. Check out the L&P (http://www.lpperformance.com/). Calmini has been having a lot of bushing issues and two members of my local club just dumped their Calmini steering inplace of the L&P. SLR is good too, but it's the same basic design as the L&P for a higher cost.

Also, think about a real bumper instead of the grill guard. They look cool, but do more harm than good when it comes to protection. If you don't plan to wheel at all, then the grill guard would be fine though.

i changed my gears from 4.36 to a set of 4.88 gears from nissan motorsports. the ratio is a bit low for my 31-inch Baja Claws, and makes my Xterra a bit buzzy on the highway. but it improved the X's crawl ratio to 35.3 from the stock 31.5. and with a reduction in the low-range ratio, i now have a crawl ratio of 68.5:1. so i now have pretty low crawler gears. :cool: