Skatchkins' '03

skatchkins

Test Drive
Location
Arizona
Long time driver and lurker. First time posting on an Xterra board in years.

2003 Xterra with stuffs. Got it stock and did the 2" BL + 3" Calmini blue parts special. A few years ago a car yelled surprise and pulled out in front of me and I drove (jumped?) over it from the windshield forward. The car was flattened but the X only sustained +10 damage to an upper arm and shock. Insurance said the frame moved a hair and stamped salvaged on it so I bought it back and swapped a JY frame under it and had a friend redo the front end all custom-like.

Anyway, it's my get-there vehicle and DD. It stays dirty and has only caught fire once but that's why I have the extinguisher right? It also has 4 matching tires as of a couple weeks ago so I'm feeling pretty fancy.

For crawling


For storm chasing

Close encounters
by No Stone Unturned Photography, on Flickr

For Moab

Hell's Revenge
by No Stone Unturned Photography, on Flickr

For Christmas

Cabin snow
by No Stone Unturned Photography, on Flickr

For camping

Camp
by No Stone Unturned Photography, on Flickr

For urban exploring

Abandoned X
by No Stone Unturned Photography, on Flickr

For the post-apolcalypse


I stand corrected, I found a clean photo


Found a front susp pic


Thanks
 

skatchkins

Test Drive
Location
Arizona
Woah thanks! Especially the photog comment, Beefy.

Prime, I dug up a couple

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skatchkins

Test Drive
Location
Arizona
Thanks again

Where did you get the lower control arm and coilover supports and that? Me need!!!

Friend of mine. He did a SAS on a cut-up X seen around boards in the long-ago.
We went with the longer travel IFS since I mostly use mine for expedition/exploring stuff.

Do you know how many inches of travel you have?

As a man I should... but I don't.

It's not SAS woah, but I like it. Especially on the big woops.
DyEnrkL.jpg


With the longer travel setup the front wheels stick out 3". The back has 1.5" spacers.

Roof rack was custom made by a friend and I.

Thanks again for the comments.
 

jg8992

Hi, my name is Brandon
Location
Spotsylvania, VA
Me: babe look
Wife: wow! That’s cool!
Me: we’re doing that to your X
Wife: I like it the way it is tho
Me: this is BETTER
Wife: then you pay for it
Me: ...nah


Crazy awesome build dude. WAY outside the box.
 

skatchkins

Test Drive
Location
Arizona
Dug up a photo from the CL ad I bought it from. The lady was so disappointed it got a tiny scratch the day before I showed up and took some money off the price. I can't ID that scratch from the others now.
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The altered suspension and no sway bars provides that nice lean on turns that passengers start looking concerned over, but the wider stance up front keeps her steady and well planted.
 
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