Bottobro's Build. Laura let's get SASSY

[Macland]

Nice progress dude, that's a lot of work.

 

[bottobro]

Dropped off the front bumper and sliders to be sandblasted and powder coated flat black. 425 for all 3. Not too bad of a price I hear.

Went to reassemble the heads today to find out the guy left the bolts at the shop so hopefully I get some done tomorrow.

 

[yellowx16]

nice work man! Excited to see it all back together, you coming out to the Anniversary run on the 13th?

 

[bottobro]

nice work man! Excited to see it all back together, you coming out to the Anniversary run on the 13th?

I though about it, but I want to keep the miles to a minimum and as of right now shes not running and dont know when she will be officially running. Plus I don't want to risk breaking down on the way upstate again. Lol it was a $500 bill to get the truck towed home the first time.

I'm also babying her until I do my roadtrip next April

 

[bottobro]

Few more photos

Nice and cleaned heads

And new parts galore

 

[Prime]

Mmmmm...... Clean head......

 

[bottobro]

Shiny new LED bar for the front bumper to replace those 2 POS $20 lights

 

[Maxterra]

Nice! Just added a 20" bar on top of my bumper too. Login' it![emoji41]

 

[Xaggerated]

Ooooh shiny... Me likey

 

[bottobro]

Im just going to leave these here for now I need to do some HWK

 

[bigjim247365]

that looks a little more than just valve cover gasket replacement....

have fun lol.

 

[Xaggerated]

My thought process.
While its opened up i might as well throw in a cam... And get a head job... And so on... And end up with a 400 HP VG.

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[caseycamby]

My thought process.
While its opened up i might as well throw in a cam... And get a head job... And so on... And end up with a 400 HP VG.

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Nothing wrong with that thinking.

 

[bottobro]

IT LIVESSSSSSS

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got it all running and purring again and then this happens....

Turns out the Rad I have is already the upgraded one I beleive. Lol

But I also go a chance to redo my college rigged wiring

And one of my moms coworkers gave me this

Prob going to find a home for that in my trailer

 

[Timrich]

Ouch! The old broken radiator hose attachment. That sucks! Better that it happened there than on the road.

 

[Xaggerated]

If it's not one thing it's another.

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[Prime]

And one of my moms coworkers gave me this

Prob going to find a home for that in my trailer

The hell is this?!?

 

[caseycamby]

The hell is this?!?

That's what I was thinking haha!

 

[bottobro]

The hell is this?!?

That's what I was thinking haha!

It's like a cargo organizer from a pro4x

 

[Muadeeb]

Looks like a cargo organizer

 

[bigjim247365]

how much are those?

 

[Fromfrontier2Xterra]

They don't make them anymore. Discontinued thru Nissan. eBay or craigslist will be your best bet. Original price was around 100 bones if I remember correctly.

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[Xaggerated]

Like he said, best bet is buy them off of someone. Amazon has them if you're willing to fork out $175.

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[bigjim247365]

They don't make them anymore. Discontinued thru Nissan. eBay or craigslist will be your best bet. Original price was around 100 bones if I remember correctly.

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Like he said, best bet is buy them off of someone. Amazon has them if you're willing to fork out $175.

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well poop.

 

[bottobro]

Well finally I got my SC radiator,

And after 2 months shes back on the road and driving better than ever!

 

[Fromfrontier2Xterra]

Love the hood. Any word on the bumper?

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[caseycamby]

Good work man!

 

[bottobro]

Love the hood. Any word on the bumper?

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Last I talked to them, I was getting it wed. Hopefully lol

Good work man!

Thanks dude!

 

[TheFauxFox]

Dang! Its been two months already?

 

[mtnzuk]

Sweet build man and you look like you know how to have fun in the snow with a 4x4. I used to do that exact same thing with my built Suzuki samurai's and my kids up in Rockford Tn. Red really looks nice on and Xterra. Glad you got your motor rebuilt and running again.

Pete

 

[bottobro]

Finally on Friday got to pick up my bumper and sliders from the powder coating. Damn do they look good. Totally worth the wait and the company did a fine good job on them.

Got everything all mounted up along with my new light bar and she looks good again.

The sliders are getting put to the side as of right now to let the engine rebreak with the least weight on it possible. So those with the skids will get put back on the weekend before ECXC.



Monday I finally got my full sized spare and man that makes the truck look complete.

All in all, the X has really be running better than ever after the time and money I pumped into her. And with the radiator upgrade she chills at 177 degrees even on the hottest day so far

Now I just have a PML sitting staring me in the face that needs to be installed, I got to get that Brooklyn crew to help lol or at least someone

 

[caseycamby]

Looks good buddy!

 

[yellowx16]

looks great!

 

[caseycamby]

Just noticed the Botto Bros van! That's awesome!

 

[bottobro]

Just noticed the Botto Bros van! That's awesome!

Yea it's the company my great grandfather started back in 1930s that my dad now runs. Now you know where I get the name from lol

Sent from Nov. 5 1955

 

[caseycamby]

That's really cool!

 

[bottobro]

Finally got her out to the beach for some easy wheeling.

 

[bottobro]

Light em up, up, up,

Got my roof light bar rewired and hooked up!

Also got my sliders back on.

whats left is put the winch back in, skids, and get my PML going. Dam brother no having a car isnt alowing me to take my truck apart

 

[xterraminator]

Looks good, love the bumper. I need those lights!

 

[caseycamby]

What actual color are your small bumper lights in person? They don't look like the typical bluish-white, in pictures, anyway. They seem to have a slight green tint to them.