Xterra's Nickname: None yet, was thinking Juggernaut?
Make: Nissan
Year: 2006
Model: Xterra
Trim: OR 4WD
Color: Night Armor
MODS:
2006 Off-Road Xterra
I bought my Xterra in 2017 after a road trip to Washington. I was doing a lot of camping, but because I drove a Geo Metro I was confined to either hiking or camp grounds and all the camp grounds were either full or crowded, this annoyed me. While I was up there I kept noticing all these dirt roads and I thought, jeeze - if I just had 4WD I could get away from all this stuff. I came back, and started doing research. I wanted something that had a factory locker and initially I was looking at Toyota's but quickly found those were out of my price range. I always liked the Xterra, so I started looking at those and found they were much more affordable. I ended up picking mine up for $4700.00 with 190k miles on it.
Fresh off the lot:
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Scope of Build:
Ultimately the goal is touring or "overlanding" with the Xterra. To give you some ideas, I'd like to drive it up to Denali in Alaska from the lower 48 doing as much of the drive as possible off road. In the mean time I'd like to start completing some of the BDR's on the west side of the country. Some consideration is being paid to the look of the build, I want to maintain a "fleet" build look - so I'm trying to keep everything as close to matching OEM as possible and all my wires and connections in line with what a fleet vehicle would look like. I may add or remove things from this list.
To Do List:
Driveline/Suspension:
Radflo 700 Coilovers
PRG Upper Control Arms
Alcan Rear Leaf Springs
General Grabber ATX LT265 /75 R16 (will upgrade to 33's later)
ARB Front Locker
Armor:
ARB Deluxe Bumper
Maxxterra Rock Sliders
Maxxterra Rear Bumper w/ dual jerry can holder
Nissan underbody skids (may upgrade later)
Engine:
Safari Snorkel
Volant CAI
XPT Intake Manifold Spacers
Accessories:
Smittybilt X20 10k Synthetic Winch
ARB CKMA12 Air Compressor
KC Gravity LED G46 off-road lights
KC Halogen HiLiTES Daylighter (x2 spot x2 flood)
P&P Xterra Light Cage
Custom built telescoping work light
Custom built rear drawer system
ARB Fridge Freezer Series II 50 Quart
ARB 2000 Series Awning
Custom built drop in roof rack
Gobi rear ladder
BearTracker Scanner BCT15X
Yaesu FT-8800R
Mods:
Overhead console mod + switch panel
Compass/Temp mirror mod
Android head unit
Dual battery system
Front diff breather move
Rear diff breather mod
Repairs/Maintenance: (Stuff I've either fixed, need to fix, or will need to fix in the near future)
Replaced front catalytic converters
Replaced timing chain
Replaced oil pump
Replaced rear differential cover
Replaced O2 sensors
Need to replace rear diff spider gears
Need to replace engine galley gaskets (going with a full engine swap from a buddies Frontier with 80k miles on it)
Wish List:
Gull wing rear windows (I'd like to put a small TV screen on one side for briefings and movie watching)
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How it looks today:
Make: Nissan
Year: 2006
Model: Xterra
Trim: OR 4WD
Color: Night Armor
MODS:
2006 Off-Road Xterra
I bought my Xterra in 2017 after a road trip to Washington. I was doing a lot of camping, but because I drove a Geo Metro I was confined to either hiking or camp grounds and all the camp grounds were either full or crowded, this annoyed me. While I was up there I kept noticing all these dirt roads and I thought, jeeze - if I just had 4WD I could get away from all this stuff. I came back, and started doing research. I wanted something that had a factory locker and initially I was looking at Toyota's but quickly found those were out of my price range. I always liked the Xterra, so I started looking at those and found they were much more affordable. I ended up picking mine up for $4700.00 with 190k miles on it.
Fresh off the lot:
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Scope of Build:
Ultimately the goal is touring or "overlanding" with the Xterra. To give you some ideas, I'd like to drive it up to Denali in Alaska from the lower 48 doing as much of the drive as possible off road. In the mean time I'd like to start completing some of the BDR's on the west side of the country. Some consideration is being paid to the look of the build, I want to maintain a "fleet" build look - so I'm trying to keep everything as close to matching OEM as possible and all my wires and connections in line with what a fleet vehicle would look like. I may add or remove things from this list.
To Do List:
Driveline/Suspension:
Radflo 700 Coilovers
PRG Upper Control Arms
Alcan Rear Leaf Springs
General Grabber ATX LT265 /75 R16 (will upgrade to 33's later)
ARB Front Locker
Armor:
ARB Deluxe Bumper
Maxxterra Rock Sliders
Maxxterra Rear Bumper w/ dual jerry can holder
Nissan underbody skids (may upgrade later)
Engine:
Safari Snorkel
Volant CAI
XPT Intake Manifold Spacers
Accessories:
Smittybilt X20 10k Synthetic Winch
ARB CKMA12 Air Compressor
KC Gravity LED G46 off-road lights
KC Halogen HiLiTES Daylighter (x2 spot x2 flood)
P&P Xterra Light Cage
Custom built telescoping work light
Custom built rear drawer system
ARB Fridge Freezer Series II 50 Quart
ARB 2000 Series Awning
Custom built drop in roof rack
Gobi rear ladder
BearTracker Scanner BCT15X
Yaesu FT-8800R
Mods:
Overhead console mod + switch panel
Compass/Temp mirror mod
Android head unit
Dual battery system
Front diff breather move
Rear diff breather mod
Repairs/Maintenance: (Stuff I've either fixed, need to fix, or will need to fix in the near future)
Replaced front catalytic converters
Replaced timing chain
Replaced oil pump
Replaced rear differential cover
Replaced O2 sensors
Need to replace rear diff spider gears
Need to replace engine galley gaskets (going with a full engine swap from a buddies Frontier with 80k miles on it)
Wish List:
Gull wing rear windows (I'd like to put a small TV screen on one side for briefings and movie watching)
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How it looks today: