Joining from NH

[dunnX]

I moved to Western NH about 2 years ago, and quickly realized my Altima wouldn't cut it with the Mountains and snow. I liked my Altima so I stuck with the family and after test driving the Frontier and Xterra I felt the Xterra was a smoother ride. (again when driving over a barely paved mountain every day that's key) When the dealer said "I know there's a puke green one in the showroom my manager's desperately trying to get rid of" I knew it was meant to be.

My neighborhood is all Jeep enthusiasts, 3 of them are always mod'ing and off roading their Jeeps. I went out with them over the summer on a fairly easy trail and had a blast. The thing is all 3 Jeeps aren't their every day cars and 2 are fairly rough rides on smooth surfaces.

I look on this site and see some great mod's, I was just curious if your Xterras are your every day cars, or if they are mainly just having fun on the trails. Do you notice a difference? Just wondering if I plan on keeping it as my every day car and do some trails if people with experience have any tips.

2011 Nissan Xterra X
November 2011 (driving off the lot, call me Irish but I actually like the color)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/969wwukoy2gtnb4/IMAG0082.jpg

 

[AZhiAZiAM]

welcome to the nation! for the 2nd gens that is my absolute favorite color nice choice!

 

[gorillamel]

Oh man, I LOVE that color! So jealous of you. Wish they had that color when I got my X (2005 year).

I have a 2nd Gen like you and have begun to mod it fairly heavily. At this point since I drive about 40mi roundtrip to/from work and my X has almost 170k mi on it, I got a POS daily driver for my everyday driving. I save the X for fun and road trips. Though most people on here I believe use their X's for daily driving AND off-roading.

Feel free to check out the website some more. We have an area for 2nd gens (yours) and 1st gens. Start up a build thread so we can see some more green X porn!

 

[drbandkgb]

That is my favorite color!

I dd my gen 1 like crazy.. Though I would like to park it for a weekend toy. My wife's gen 2 is pretty stock right now but it will be lifted and armored up this year.

Tires are the number one mod you can do to the xterra. Grip is king! Goodyear Duratracs are the #1 pick for the xterra. They are a great trail, all season, and on the road tire out there right now. The BFG KO is a great tire too.. You can run a 285 75 16 with only a melt mod.

Rock sliders would be the next mod..

Welcome into XN

 

[dunnX]

Thanks AzhiAZiam & GorillaMel, I actually joined about a week ago and sunk it all in, the site is great.

I drive roughly 60 mi round trip 4 days a week (work from home the 5th day). Haha there's actually a '03 X I pass every day to and from work I'm seriously debating to turn into my every day car, but the miles are kind of high http://www.stoneysautosales.com/2003_Nissan_Xterra_Milford_NH_169890860.veh

Anyway, the build thread def will come, only installed side bars so far, but I'm def getting ideas thanks to this site. (much to my wife's dismay)

 

[Macland]

I daily drive my Xterra but I only drive about 15 miles a day altogether. I haven't wheeled much at all but I plan on doing some stuff this year. I wish I had done tires first then lift, instead I did a bumper first and then a rack, along with the smaller mods.

Welcome to the nation though, it sounds like you live in a nice place.

X nerds unite!

 

[Xterraforce]

Welcome to the Nation. My X is a daily driver/vacation traveler/off-road toy do it all vehicle. I've averaged about 15,000 miles a year since I've owned it. I try to think out the mods to improve off-road ability without making it unpleasant to drive for hundreds of miles at a time. In my opinion, if you can only have one vehicle and you love to play in the rough but need to drive anywhere else in comfort as well, the Xterra is the only good choice.

 

[TKDx00]

Welcome to the Nation...

My Gen1 is also my DD but I only do 5 miles a day. She's slowly (very slowly) being transformed into a weekend warrior. With almost 200K on her she in need of a lil TLC. Enjoy your upcomming mods.