Good day everyone.
I recently purchased a 08 Xterra. And really do like the thing!
I have been in the Army for 16.5yrs and am an Field Artillery man. Been deployed a few times and have had the oportunity to drive lots of foreign vehicles while stationed in Germany for 7 yrs. I love cars and previous vehicles I have owned are... an 72 Datsun Pickup, 79 Opel Kadett, 82 Fiat Tipo, 00 Civic Si, 02 RSX Type S, 96 Acura TL, 96 Talon TSI AWD, 04 WRX, 05 Legacy GT, 05 Scion Xb and still have a 08 Sentra.
The mod bug is always there! I really like the X, well everything but the gas mileage! And yeah I knew what I was getting myself into when I bought it. Was thinking there should be some things out there that I can pick up to improve the MPG's a bit. Figure the basics, CAI and exhaust to start. And was thinking about a tune after that. Anyone have any recommendations? I do more driving in town during the week. And on the weekends I am fishing quite a bit.. usually my drive to fish is around 90 miles. And sometimes that would be with the boat in the back...
Thanks and glad to be on the board!

Welcome, Nice X

I use to have an 03 RSX type S such a fun car.

Welcome to CX! :wink-big:

As for performance improvements, I'll have to leave that up to our 2nd gen members but I know there is quite a bit more to offer the new X's then in the past. The aftermarket availability finally seems to be picking up. Just wish it would do the same for the 1st gens. hahaha

Welcome to the club!

Welcome!

Aloha and welcome to the club.If most of your driving is around town as mine is,I wouldn`t expect more than 18 MPG.I recently installed a SuperChips Cortex tuner.Xcellent mod.I have it on performance tune and my mileage went up 1 MPG around town and 2 MPG when I did 2 60 mile round trip drives.Plus the performance is greatly improved.I went from a best of 7.1 0-60 to 6.38!Volant is the way to go CAI.
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Welcome!

Thanks everyone, I do appreciate it. I was looking at the Volant and the AFE for CAI. And was going to have a custom exhaust made here in town. I am sure I can get one built cheaper than buying a premade piece.
I was looking at the Superchips products also.. but hadnt really seen anything written up on them.
Thanks for all the good info and I am looking forward to reading/learning more from everyone on the forums.