Taylor Spaulding's '13 Xterra

Taylor Spaulding

Bought an X
Location
Vacaville, CA
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Make: Nissan
Year: 2013
Model: Xterra
Trim: S
Color: Night Armor
Code Name: "Night Fury"

Mods:

(Newer mods at the top)

Interior:
4/27/19: Rear Switch Plate and Junction Box (Post #5) and How To
7/1/17: Pioneer AVH-391BHS

Exterior:
4/20/19: Beginning of Operation: Batteries and OBW (Post #4)
4/6/19: 2.5" Rough Country Spacer and Shackle Lift (Post #3)
7/8/17: Curt Class III Receiver and Wiring install (Post #2)

Electrical
5/19/19: Dual Odyssey PC1200 batteries installed with the National Luna kit. (Post #6)
 
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Taylor Spaulding

Bought an X
Location
Vacaville, CA
20170708_145221.jpg 07/08/17: Installed my Curt Class III receiver and installed the wiring, took some pics of the install of the wiring, since I tried my best to make it look as OEM as I could.
 
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Taylor Spaulding

Bought an X
Location
Vacaville, CA
4/6/19: Added the Rough Country spacer and shackle lift kit! All aligned and ready to go. I just received my yearly bonus for work so I will be putting about 1/2 of it into doing a couple of prep mods:

1. Relocating the PS reservoir
2. Plumbing in a heat exchanger off the outlet heater hose

In preparation for a on-board hot shower and dual battery setup.

For the hot shower I have to find a local holding tank, luckily I live right next to a Camping World. And then I'll work on the plumbing. The tank will either be in the under-floor cargo or in the spare tire void!

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Taylor Spaulding

Bought an X
Location
Vacaville, CA
4/21/2019: Finished Plumbing the Heat exchanger

Wow...not easy to do in the small space.

I originally had planned on bolting the exchanger to the fuse box, more for stability than anything else (See pics) However, in doing so the angles from the heater and return nipples were too sharp and kinked the hose lines. Currently working on fabricating an angled strap to hold the exchanger in place, but here it is for now!"

8/3/2019 Update: The current hardware for this is leaking. I have standard tube barbs, which I've found out are NOT sufficient and leak fluid. So I'm buying some SS replacements with a 90degree barb with may fix a few issues at once! We'll see. :)
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Taylor Spaulding

Bought an X
Location
Vacaville, CA
4/21/2019:
Working fabbing up the junction box for my rear hatch switches which will eventually power my Water Pump, OBA, Overhead lights and possibly two or three more items.

The switch panel is from here:

The fuse box is here


Relays are just standard 30/40 amp rated automotive fuses.

I plan on fabbing the junction box out of ABS, glueing the box behind rear passenger panel and then the cover will go on over the top, flush with the rear panel, that way the switches and vent/viewing window is easily accessed, but looks stock.

8/3/2019 Update: All Done!! Check out the How To here

Ended up buying a project box for the junction box
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Taylor Spaulding

Bought an X
Location
Vacaville, CA
5/26/2019: Added the water tank. The cage is bolted through the body in the front and back, and a middle brace will be added to bolt through the frame rail. I can currently hang off the cage without issues, without the middle brace, but I prefer to overbuild my setups.

This project has stalled slightly, due to the leaking of the heat exchanger (see Post #4). But it is still in the works!

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