Protek
Test Drive
- Location
- Thornton, CO
I blew my life up 20 years ago, half a life and one of the last thing's I did during that era was go camping on a 4x4 only trail with some friends. It was among the most peace I've had in my life and I have always wanted to experience it again. Fast forward to 2-3 years ago and I finally got a sports car again and took it on my first vacation in 20 years as a 1k mile road trip through the mountains (covid happened so it's only been one trip).
I have in the past few months decided to sell my daily, an 04 saturn vue and buy something that can go off road. Funny enough it was the Donut media series high low where they took the tacoma's and made them the subject of the series that kicked me in the pant's to get myself another way to vacation. I have thought about many different 4 wheel drive vehicles but have recently settled on the Xterra as my vehicle of choice. I almost pulled the trigger on a Maverick but that's hardly off road capable and not my style. I would highly prefer a "cheap" vehicle that I can put 2-4x the purchase price into and have something custom to my vision. (like I did with my mustang).
So any words of advice are appreciated, I'm not afraid to work on a vehicle and enjoy modding and upgrading. I know about the smod and timing chain issues and just today learned about the rear locker being only 2 pin. I want a second gen because of how they look. My current family mechanic is looking for one at auction that he can fix up and sell to us at a small mark up. But any advice is greatly appreciated.
This vehicle is right up my alley, old and easily modded and simple to work on. I'm not afraid of a wrench.
*edit: how do you fix the timing chain issue?
I have in the past few months decided to sell my daily, an 04 saturn vue and buy something that can go off road. Funny enough it was the Donut media series high low where they took the tacoma's and made them the subject of the series that kicked me in the pant's to get myself another way to vacation. I have thought about many different 4 wheel drive vehicles but have recently settled on the Xterra as my vehicle of choice. I almost pulled the trigger on a Maverick but that's hardly off road capable and not my style. I would highly prefer a "cheap" vehicle that I can put 2-4x the purchase price into and have something custom to my vision. (like I did with my mustang).
So any words of advice are appreciated, I'm not afraid to work on a vehicle and enjoy modding and upgrading. I know about the smod and timing chain issues and just today learned about the rear locker being only 2 pin. I want a second gen because of how they look. My current family mechanic is looking for one at auction that he can fix up and sell to us at a small mark up. But any advice is greatly appreciated.
This vehicle is right up my alley, old and easily modded and simple to work on. I'm not afraid of a wrench.
*edit: how do you fix the timing chain issue?