GPD605X's New TS'd Build Thread

GPD605X

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So I flew up to Chicago Wednesday and picked up my new rig! I have to say, I'm absolutely loving this thing!! I can't stop smiling and staring at it!

This rig used to belong to Paulkuczs and here's his build thread. He hasn't updated it in about 2 years so there's not a lot on it.
Paulkuczs Zombie Rig

Year:2007
Make:Nissan
Model:XTerra
Trim:S
Color:SuperBlack

MODS:

Suspension/Wheels/Tires: Titan Swapped!
- BFG 285/75/16 AT KO2's
- ProComp 7089 Wheels
- PRG Advanced 4x4 Kit, 650# Radflo Coilovers (need rebuilding), Adjustable Shackle, U-Bolt Flip Kit
- Alcans with 3" lift and 350# over stock weight.
- M205 regeared to 4.10, with ARB air locker
- ARB Air Compressor (needs installation)
- M226 with electronic locker that still needs wiring
- M226 Ballistic Fab High Capacity Diff Cover (needs paint and installation)
- InSain Rear Shock Skids (Needs Installation)

Armor:
- White Knuckle Off Road 2" BL Sliders (these things are gorgeous!)
- Bucksnort H2 Rear Bumper (LOVE THIS THING!)
- Hefty Rad Skid
- Shrockworks Front bumper with factory fogs

Exterior:
- Craven Speed Stubby Antenna
- SPEC-D® - Black Halo Projector Headlights with LEDs (going to be replaced as the driver side completely broke off on the drive home)
- Pasti-Dipped Grille and Killswitch Zombie Apocalypse Badge (going to be repainting it and making it look my old one)
- RBH2 Raingler Ballistic Rack Handle
- Cheap EBay backup Camera (needs finagling)
- 4' Firestick
- Xoskel LoPro Light Cage with 4 KC Daylighters converted to HID. (Taking these off soon, the HID's are getting on my nerves.)
- 2" JerseyParts body lift
- WeatherTech Vent Visors
- DepHep Roof Basket with Hi-Lift mount
- Southco Locking Wetbox Handle
- Airflow Snorkel
- F*%@ You reverse lights (pending install)
- Gobi Pass Side Ladder
- Auxbeam X-series 21.5" Light Bar

Interior:
- Pioneer AVH-3300BT
- Nissan Cargo Cover
- Plasti-Dipped Oh Sh!t Handles
- Raingler RIXN Large ceiling net
- Pro Clip Phone Mount
- WeatherTech Digitifit FloorMats (Front's only, stealership apparently wanted the rears more)
- Midland 1001LWX CB with PA and Weather
- OTRATTW switches
- It had heated seats but the stealership apparently wanted to take those out along with the seat covers.
- Bullydog GT Tuner
- Hep's Designs Molle Panels X2
- Ax mount on the rear hatch. (Going to replace that with my Molle Panel from my other rig)
- Xterra Performance center console cover
- Upgraded Rear view mirror with compass and temp reading
- Replaced the stock Over head lights with an SE sunglass one with LED interior bulbs
- Rear Headrest paracord grab handles

Gear:
- ABC FireExtinguisher
- 48" Hi Lift Xtreme

Now on to the pictures!
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My son definitely approves of the new rig! He loves climbing the Gobi Ladder lol
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I'll be uploading more info once I get the low down from Paul on everything he's done to it.I'll be driving the rig to WENT also so I'll have some nice wheeling pictures soon!
 
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Niiiice! That thing is badass. Make sure you do a purification ceremony on the hood to wash the bad juju of the old truck away.
 

GPD605X

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Niiiice! That thing is badass. Make sure you do a purification ceremony on the hood to wash the bad juju of the old truck away.

Hahahaha! Will definitely do! We made it out of Chicago so I'd say that's a good sign!


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GPD605X

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A little update since WENT. Had an absolute blast at WENT! The rig tested fabulous and met all expectations. Its weird though, I bashed my sliders more this year than I did on my previous rig but hey, that's what they are there for! During WENT, I got some really good flexing shots and really stretched its legs! Just waiting on the pics to come in from the other folks that were in our group. There's definitely a setback at being so wide with the TS but that's ok with me lol. Put a nice little ding in the front rad skid but again, that's what it's there for! I finally got home and noticed the rear diff was dripping a little bit so I went ahead and painted the new Ballistic Fab High Fill cover that Paul gave me and threw it on there with some Royal Purple. It definitely needed to be changed, it appeared to have a little water in it and it was completely black. Painted it in Rustoleum Gloss Cherry. I do plan on painting the skull a different color but I was in a hurry to change the cover so I didn't worry too much about it. There were a lot of goodies at WENT in the raffle that I put in for... LED cubes, rock lights, new Pro-4X wheels, storage boxes, tow staps and such. I finally won something big! I won a set of White Knuckle Sliders and a tow strap! So now that I have 3 sets of sliders (Shrock from the last rig, XT Fab ones that are currently on the rig and the White Knuckles), I have to decide which ones I want more. None of the 3 are accommodating of the BL but I kind of like having that extra step into the rig. Once I mock the White Knuckle sliders up then I can decide on which ones I want or might sell all 3 of them and get the proper 2" BL sliders. I mounted some 7" round LED's on the shrock that I had laying around also. I still need to figure out what I'm going to do about the KC's... 2 of them stopped working at WENT and the other 2 aren't bright at all. Paul converted them over to HID and they have this purple-ish tint to them which is hideous IMO. I can't decide if I want to keep the Xoskel and replace them with LEDS or take the Xoskel off and put my 40" bar up there. I'd like to find some nice 6" Round LED's but those are pretty hard to find apparently. But enough with the rambling lol. Here are some pics I took at WENT!

Old Diff Cover:
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New Diff Cover:
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Carrie bent an Idler Arm, went got a big pry bar and bent it back. It wasn't too bent so that was good. She then cut a tire. Wasn't a good day for her lol
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The next day, she blew her front axle and that was an interesting recovery... Had to winch her forward while trying to drag her a$$ end around so she can go back down the trail.
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Doing a little teeter totering
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Casey who took the picture said the tire was at his chest, that's how far it was lol
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Here's where I smacked the rad skid
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Group photo
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Also went to the Nemo Tunnel with my fellow NORSE guys
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Saturday was a nice slow day. Went with the Beginner Intermediate group and of course, I see a big rock, I mount it lol
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Tested out the Gobi Ladder and DepHep rack to see if it could handle my big old a$$ lol. Was very surprised at how sturdy it was for me.
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Breslin just had to make the group photo a little more awesome! haha
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GPD605X

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Haha! Well if I decide to sell them to get BL sliders, I'll hook you up. Going to try and mock them up this weekend and see how they line up.


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Haha! Well if I decide to sell them to get BL sliders, I'll hook you up. Going to try and mock them up this weekend and see how they line up.


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Sounds like a plan!

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GPD605X

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I saw those lol but they are the same style as the 7" ones. I don't see why they would make the "gold/bronze" ones 1 inch smaller than the other ones lol. And I have their floods and they really aren't that great. And their product dimensions section, its clearly states that they are 7.9" x 7.1" x 6.7" lol. I'm at the point now to where I'm just going to say F it and put my LED bar back on. I've been looking at these too Xprite 7" but there's a lot of them here: 4D 60W Round LED. If I have to, I can put a small "spacer" where it mounts to the rack and see if a 7" light would fit
 
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GPD605X

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Nester (trail leader) was completely shocked at how much it flexed out. We all got to play on those 2 spots to really see how each rig flexed. I wish I would have had the lockers wired up for WENT but never really got a chance to do so
 

GPD605X

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A few updates...
Added a new camera to the rear. The old one stopped working. Got it mounted just under license plate holder. It's pretty bright and works great!
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Ditched the 35w ballast and the horrible purple bulbs. 2 of the ballast stopped working for some reason. Switched with over to 55W 6k bulbs which are a nice crisp white which makes a huge difference.
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Also installed some flush mount pods in the corners.
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And did a trail clean up with the local Off Road group and got a nice pic out of it.
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GPD605X

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Thanks guys! My next mod will go to suspension. It's all shot. I'm not sure what route I'm going to do. I can either mod the MK's with 2" spacer and shorter studs (according to Chris at Nisstec) but I'll lose 2" of travel and 2" isn't really that much IMO. Then I would send my 2.0 rads out for rebuild and either put the rads back on or sell them. I could also do the budget tundra Coilovers too and sell the MK's and the rads. I would ideally like the 2.5 Rads and some new UCA's but that's a nice chunk of change. I do still have my SPC's laying around so I'll be selling those so that's a little extra $$ in my pocket. I also need to talk to Chris and see what rear shocks I should get. I was told they looked to be too short but I have no clue, I just know they are shot. I'm not sure if the rear Radflo's can be rebuilt also so that may be something else to consider. Hopefully soon I'll figure out what I want/need to do.


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JeffPro4x

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I have a set of ebay 2" spacers laying around if you need them. They have studs on them already.

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And the rear rads are rebuildable

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Finally took off my non BL sliders and put on the new White Knuckle Off Road sliders. I love these things. They are very well built and solid all the way around. Very pleased with these.
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GPD605X

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Ditched my round LED's on the bumper and added a 21.5" AuxBeam X-Series LED Bar. This thing is really nice. It has these changeable lenses to make it 100% flood or 100% spot or whatever combo you want. Also has colored lenses you can get such as amber, red, green and blue.
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