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The time has come to sell my Xterra; a 2004 XE 4x4 in Thermal Red. I am the second owner - I bought it when it was ~14 months old with less than 15K on the odometer. It’s at ~172K miles and still running as strong as ever – it has been my daily driver and weekend warrior for over 13 years. I...

I've had the classic steering box leak for years and until now have had no problems. It all started after a wheeling trip that got my engine bay extremely muddy. My power steering belt would squeal if I had to turn my wheels while standing still or at very low speeds. The squeal rarely happens...

How to replace the PIAA 525 OEM switch with a Carling Tech type switch. Obviously, there are many variations of this type of install; this is only how I chose to do it. You will need the following for this writeup: - PIAA 525 lamp set with all OEM wiring and relays: Link to PIAA website -...

There are 4 known X owners in Bloomington, IN; me, Noxious007, hopelesshumansrus and wb9tlh. Redbird SRA and Badlands are relatively close to us. Just making us known to others in our region.

I found that if you are installing a HooHaa centerlink and wanting to use THESE tie rods on Ebay DON'T, they are NOT compatible! They are too tall and will cause interference that inhibits proper steering functionality. FYI.

I was too impatient to wait for any aftermarket light bar for the bumper area of the Gen 1 so I decided to build one myself. This write-up is picture heavy to help everyone see what I did so that you can get ideas to build this even better. Here it is.... I started out with an idea of...

I've documented all the wiring I've done on my truck and have compiled it all in this thread. It is sufficiently detailed to serve as an educational guide for future installs. I'm no electrician so I can't be held responsible if you burn-up your rig. :D With that said, I started with a wiring...

I wanted a power inverter hard wired into my X so I decided to do another write-up. Hope this gives y'all some good ideas. I used the following equipment: Cobra CPI-875 Power Inverter SR-80 High Current Relay Distribution Block Ground Block Inline Fuse (4ga) Mounted Inline Fuse (4ga)...

I needed a second garage door opener for my other car so I decided to go ahead and get fancy and installed a custom "Homelink" setup. Maybe this will spark some cool ideas for y'all. I have a Craftsman garage door opener so I went with the Liftmaster 971LM opener (you will need to get a...

I installed 4 new shocks, an idler arm brace and changed the front diff, rear diff, transfer case and engine oil yesterday. I tried to take some good pictures to help illustrate what it was like. For the record, I had never done any work like this on a vehicle before (minus the oil change). I...