What to do with a week of vacation?

[Lucky_lefty]

I am on vacation this week and I am looking for things to do to better my xterra.

I installed the cb mount and ran the cable I just need to grow balls and solder the connector on. I am nervous. amd I am thinking about painting my roof rack but I am not sure how it will look, X is silver. I am going to rotate my tires and get underneath it and tighten the skids (they might be loose). I also plan on putting on the quick fists and mounting my hi lift on the passenger side instead of the drivers side.

 

[Macland]

Check all of your fluids and look for rust. You could do some mount some tie downs or build a work box for the cargo area.

 

[NismoFire]

You could change all the gear oil in my rig for me..

 

[AbuseTheElderly]

Hahaha, what she said^^! X2 on all the fluids though.

 

[NismoFire]

Seriously, though...look into it. And if you have an auto trans, look into doing a fluid/filter change before winter sets in hard.

I need to winterize my truck, and that's definitely on the list of things to do, since I don't know when it was last changed (if ever).

 

[Xterradude05]

I need someone to come over and change my serpentine belt.

 

[Lucky_lefty]

Nismofire, is the tranny filter and fluid change easy I cant get into the garage. I bought some oil and if I can get to my oil filer and drain plug I will do it myself if my skids arent in the way. Brake power steering, oil, tranny, antifreeze, what can I grease? and will there be a grease plug or do I get a stick and rub it on?

 

[AaronsX]

I need someone to come over and change my serpentine belt.

Id help but I have NO idea how to do that lol

If you haven't done it yet, the stock intake mod, hitch flip, paint rims....

 

[NismoFire]

Nismofire, is the tranny filter and fluid change easy I cant get into the garage. I bought some oil and if I can get to my oil filer and drain plug I will do it myself if my skids arent in the way. Brake power steering, oil, tranny, antifreeze, what can I grease? and will there be a grease plug or do I get a stick and rub it on?

Honest to gobble, I have no idea..I have a manual, which means no filter and no fluid- just gear oil. I've only owned one automatic in my entire life, and I never touched the tranny.

 

[Lucky_lefty]

I started painting the roof rack I googled painted roof rack and no pics came up. I wanted to see it before I did it but oh well. I only did the 2 cross bars I am letting the others warm up so I can peel the decals off.

 

[xearth]

I think RacerXXL has his roof rack painted black if you check his build

 

[Macland]

Sorry I didn't chime in earlier about these.

This guy painted the roof rack rails with Rustoleum Universal satin black. He did not take the rails off for fear of the spinning nutsert syndrome. Most of the work was masking. One can gave him five or six coats.

 

[Lucky_lefty]

very nice I am using dupli color. semi gloss black. all if it even the the grey plastic.

 

[Macland]

I plan on trying to do this in the spring when it warms back up. I'm not really going to try and paint when the conditions aren't right.