TN4x4Xterra

Rear Bumper Update:

So the weather last weekend was really hot yet nice so I thought I would take advantage of that weekend and paint some of my plastics in my X. First, I decided that the back bumper was so badly faded and I got really tired of armoring it every 2 weeks so I just pulled it off and painted it black. I didn't get a before pic but I'm sure most of you know what a badly faded gray bumper looks like though.

Pic of Xterra metal bumper with plastic off: Really simple to pop off:


Pics of Xterra plastic bumper mounted back painted black:



And yes, I took the monster dual hitch off, LOL.

Wiper Cowl Update:

While in the process of doing my rear bumper (in post above), I noticed that my plastic wiper cowl was badly faded too and same thing with the armor every 2 weeks, got tired of it so what I did was unclip the hood cover, take off the antenna, wiper arms, and popped those white clips, the cowl was a little bit tricky to pop off but with little patience and ease, it came off easily. I washed off the dust, dirt, grime, particles so it would be all clean upon painting, I used Joy with lift formula and it works just like 409.

Pic of the X without the cowls/wipers:



Pic of the faded wiper cowls:


Pic of the newly painted wiper cowls in black and installed back on the X:




Whole thing with the wiper cowls took about 3 hours maximum...the hot sun helped the paint dry fast.

Next day, put some armor on it to help seal the paint after drying out for 24 hrs, same goes for the rear bumper (post above).

The wiper arms are next on my mod list to be repainted gloss black!