01XterraPhilly
First Fill-Up (of many)
- Location
- Conshohocken, PA
I figured I give this a whirl since all the cool kids are doing it.
My truck:
2001 Xterra SE 4x4 Auto
General Grabber AT2 265/76/r16 (31s)
Custom Rock sliders
Painted Plastics (70% complete)
Resonator deletion mod
Interior D-Rings
Rear Sway Bar removed
Bilstein 5100 rears/4900 fronts
Calmini Idler Arm Brace
Calmni Shackles with PML
Cobra 19 DX IV with Firestik II 4'
Crap load of stickers
Hula Girl copilot
Lobo Rack
Diff Breather Extension mod
Mag Light mounted with QuickFists
Hi-lift
Future Mods:
Custom Switch Panel (in progress)
Rewired secondary fuse box
Auxiliary Electric Fan
2" BL
33" Procomp Extreme ATs
Snorkel (either Navara D22 or homemade)
Rear container storage box
Here's is how she looked the day I got her:
Next Thing was to remove the step rails and mud flaps. If I was going to do any off roading this was necessary.
Next step was find mud, dirt or anything I could get into. Living in a big town there isnt much but I went on my bachelor party and drove some fire access roads in Hickory Run State Park in the Poconos. From that trip I determined that I need new tires. After tons of research and see what I could get in my limited budget I went with the General Grabber AT2s in 265/70/r16 (31").
The next step was to get to offroading. April 2013 was the first of many visits to Rausch Creek. A group of Xterras from GPAX and NExterra showed up, about 7 or 8 in all. Had a hell of time. My wife wasn't too keen on it but she's grown in to liking it.
At this point I decided I needed rock sliders to protection. Definitely got used up at ECXC. I also decided to start painting the plastics. Also did the resonator deletion mod and switched the old air filter for a K&N drop in:
My wife's aunt's boyfriend and I made my rock sliders using 2"x2"x 3/16" steel. Painted them with truck bedliner but now i gotta redo them because of rust.
When we made my rock sliders I also installed a Calmini Idler Arm Brace and it has done its job. A corner of the brace is missing a chunk from a rock that had my name on it at Rausch Creek. Next thing I needed to do was remove the rear sway bar and install my new Bilsteins. I was rather giddy about putting these on since they have an excellent reputation and it set me up for a PML.
I would say the shocks needed to be replaced.
That would be the last thing for a while until I got my PML thanks to the help of XterraMike. For the PML I got the calmini shackles for 1.5" of lift and cranked the torsion bars.
My truck:
2001 Xterra SE 4x4 Auto
General Grabber AT2 265/76/r16 (31s)
Custom Rock sliders
Painted Plastics (70% complete)
Resonator deletion mod
Interior D-Rings
Rear Sway Bar removed
Bilstein 5100 rears/4900 fronts
Calmini Idler Arm Brace
Calmni Shackles with PML
Cobra 19 DX IV with Firestik II 4'
Crap load of stickers
Hula Girl copilot
Lobo Rack
Diff Breather Extension mod
Mag Light mounted with QuickFists
Hi-lift
Future Mods:
Custom Switch Panel (in progress)
Rewired secondary fuse box
Auxiliary Electric Fan
2" BL
33" Procomp Extreme ATs
Snorkel (either Navara D22 or homemade)
Rear container storage box
Here's is how she looked the day I got her:
Next Thing was to remove the step rails and mud flaps. If I was going to do any off roading this was necessary.
Next step was find mud, dirt or anything I could get into. Living in a big town there isnt much but I went on my bachelor party and drove some fire access roads in Hickory Run State Park in the Poconos. From that trip I determined that I need new tires. After tons of research and see what I could get in my limited budget I went with the General Grabber AT2s in 265/70/r16 (31").
The next step was to get to offroading. April 2013 was the first of many visits to Rausch Creek. A group of Xterras from GPAX and NExterra showed up, about 7 or 8 in all. Had a hell of time. My wife wasn't too keen on it but she's grown in to liking it.
At this point I decided I needed rock sliders to protection. Definitely got used up at ECXC. I also decided to start painting the plastics. Also did the resonator deletion mod and switched the old air filter for a K&N drop in:
My wife's aunt's boyfriend and I made my rock sliders using 2"x2"x 3/16" steel. Painted them with truck bedliner but now i gotta redo them because of rust.
When we made my rock sliders I also installed a Calmini Idler Arm Brace and it has done its job. A corner of the brace is missing a chunk from a rock that had my name on it at Rausch Creek. Next thing I needed to do was remove the rear sway bar and install my new Bilsteins. I was rather giddy about putting these on since they have an excellent reputation and it set me up for a PML.
I would say the shocks needed to be replaced.
That would be the last thing for a while until I got my PML thanks to the help of XterraMike. For the PML I got the calmini shackles for 1.5" of lift and cranked the torsion bars.
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