Rooney's X aka White Trails - Xterra is Gone and Welcome the New Frontier !

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Make : Nissan
Year: 2008
Model: Xterra
Trim: S model with dealer installed leather seats.. So pimp !
Color: Avalanche White.. Because in a world full of night armor Xterras there's white!

Owner/driver: Keith Rooney aka "Rooney"

Rig name : White Trails

MODS

SUSPENSION
---(FRONT)---

• PRG billet strut mounts with 1" of lift
• Nisstec 2" spacers
• Rancho rs9000xl adjustable shocks
• TJM medium rate springs ( yellow ) 1.5" of lift
• SPC upper control arms
• PRG Bump stops
• PRG lower control arm urethane bushing kit
• Moog camber bolts
• Swaybar removed

----(REAR)----

• SpringForce rear AAL's 1.5-2"
• AC shackels adjustable. -Whiteline performance spring, shackle and frame bushings

• Rear Radflo emultion shocks 0-3" lift
• PRG U-bolt flip kit bash plates
• Chevy Silverado spring plates and square U-bolts to work with above
• PRG 3° shims
• Pro4x rear leaf spring pack ( replaced the worn out stock leafs )
• Swaybar removed ....Good bye see ya !!! Lol

STEERING**
-Super Pro steering rack bushings

* BRAKES

• Duralo Front slotted rotors and pads
• Front Posi quiet ceramic pads
• Stainless steel front brakes lines (extended length)
• Duralo slotted and drilled rotors with Duralo pads.
• Nistec rear extended stainless brake lines

TRANSMISSION and AXLES *

• (rear) M226 with 4.10 gears by Yukon and stock e-locker
• (front) r180 with 4.10 gears by Rugged rocks
• r180 front locker by lokka installed.
• TruCool transmission cooler
• Stock trans with valvoline synthetic fluid.
• Vent line extended for the rear diff
• Lucas 75/140w synthetic rear fluid

ARMOR *

• Shrockworks front winch bumper
• Shrockworks engine skid
• Shrockworks rock sliders
• Shrockworks radiator skid
• Boulder iron works rear shock skid plates
• Custom one off rear differential skid made be me.
• Custom aluminum diamond plate trans skid made by member "Meatloaf"
• 1/4" thick aluminum diamond plate gas tank skid made be me .
• Pro4x OEM transfer skid
• BFT kryptonite m226 rear diff cover

RECOVERY

• Smittybilt XRC9.5 9500 lbs winch
• Smittybilt synthetic winch line
• Smittybilt Quick release D-rings on the front
• Daystar D-ring isolators
• 10k lbs synthetic winch line
• Boondox rear recovery brackets
• Neiko recovery strap 20k lbs 2"x 20'
• 2 D-rings on rear .

WHEELS and TIRES **

• Level 8 ZX wheels 16x8.5
• level 8 rock gaurds for the wheels
• 4x BF Goodrich KO2 LT315/75/16
• 1 x stock spare S wheel with LT315/75/16 bfg ko2.
• White knight spline lock lug nuts
• 1.5" wheel spacers

* ENGINE and PERFORMANCE

• Bully Dog GT programer
• NGK Platinum plugs ...big horse power gain ! Lol
• Flowmaster 10 series muffler with custom piping
• Jet throtle body spacer ( waste of money ! )
• K&N drop in filter
• Stillen Nissan Titan aluminum performance radiator
• 2x 14" electronic cooling fan to eliminate belt driven fan
• Custom aluminum radiator shroud

EXTERIOR LIGHTS *

• Xoskel light cage ( Thanks to larryboy )
• 4 x Xoskel anti glare sheild for the roof lights ..(get these if you dont have them !!!)
• 2x 7" led spot lights (arb knock offs) mounted on the bumper
• 4 x KC daylighters 6" spot lights
• 4 x KC rock gaurds for the lights
• 2x 4" led spot lights in the rear corner bumpers for extra back up lights.
• OEM fog lights
• H9 fog light bulb conversion puts out more light then stock H11 bulbs.
• KC rear flood lights
• Fuse pannel to run all the lights

EXTERIOR **

• Gobi driver side ladder .
• Gobi rear hatch struts for ladder . extra height and support
• HI-lift jack mounts and Pittsburg 48" jack
• Custom made snorkel kit one of kind made by me!!
• some stickers for the windows to add horse power ! Lol
• Spare tire mounted on roof
• Firestik CB antenna
• EGR rain gaurds
• Spare tire up top
• Stealthed the emblems
• Front windows tinted 20%
• Rear bumper painted black
• Viggsdesign hood wrap helps cut down on the glare from the light cage
• Simpson off- road stainless steel hood vents

INTERIOR and AUDIO

• ARB air compressor
• Rangler grab handles
• Para cord wrapped grab handles
• Custom rear cargo rug (rex rug mod )
• Leather steering wheel from a SE model
• Pilot billet automatic shift knob
• Overdrive button relocated
• WeatherTech floor mats front and rear. These are a must have!
• OEM seat covers with "Xterra" stitched on them full set front and back
• Dealer installed leather seats covered up by the above covers ^
• Otrattw rocker switches for roof lights, front driving lights, back up spots, trans cooler fan, arb compressor, rear locker.
• LED dome lights from v-leds.com.
• Uniden pro520xl CB radio
• Poineer avh p4300 dvd/cd player
• New factory oem fog light switch
• Rubber diamond plate flooring in the cargo area

EXTRAS AND SAFETY GEAR

• Colman Led lantern
• Jumper cables
• Ratchet straps
• Bungee cords lots of them !! Lol.
• Tire plug kit
• Fire extinguisher
• Mechanics gloves
• Extra spool of wire , zip ties , conectors ect ect. For trail repairs.

TRUCK HISTORY
My love for a Xterra started one day when I drove by member XterraMike's house who live around corner from me. He was hosting a mod day and there was at least 4 heavily modded Xterras there and right then and there I said I had to have one! I then set out to find a Xterra and it led me to buy 2002 Xterra SE. It had some transmission issues when I bought it that I was planning on fixing but I ended up cutting my loss and sold it for what I paid for it ($3k). Instead of giving up my bad start in the Xterra world I set out again to search this time mixing things up and looking at frontiers instead but being that the wife will be driving it to I kept on course with finding another X! She is not a fan of pick up trucks. She hated my 2004 Chevy Silverado I had we we first met.
I found this Xterra at a local Nissan dealership parked in the very back of the lot . It was a 08 Xterra S model that was a trade in. It was less then desirable with some ugly checker flamed decals(see picture below) on the sides. Probably why know body wanted it. There was a few other Xterras on the lot but they were priced out of my range.
I purchased it July of 2011 it was listed for $19k and after my trade and some negotiating over the ugly stickers and the price she was mine ! I was not planning on spending over $10k at the time but i said I'd rather have a newer X with less miles then something older with more problems.
She had 50k on her and came equiped with a oem brush guard , step rails and dealer installed leather seats and some cheap kenwood cd player. The dealer also tossed in a new set of floor mats . The truck was in showroom condition inside and out (minus the decals lol). Everything was very well kept maintenance wise. Looking back I wish I held out and searched for a Offroad or Pro4x but I didn't know much about them at the time this would have saved me $$ buying a rear locker. My plans at the time were to put a Mild lift on the X and do some trail riding. That plan has gone completely out the door as of today lol. My other toy at time was fully built 1991 nissan sentra se-r track car. Its not a real friendly daily driver for the streets with no a/c ,heat and radio just a hungry turbo and a roll cage !! That car sadly she is parted out currently gone she will be missed ! My other currant fun toy for the street is my 71 datsun 510 that getting close to finish with a built sr20det and few goodies .

Ok back on to the build thread .....

PHOTOS

Recent action pictures from ECXC 2015



Pictures from last month 6/2015


Pics from the NEXterra Fools Run 4/5/14 Gremlin Gravyard




This is how she looked the day I took her home or to my shop for that matter to break out the heat gun and remove the ugly stickers. So basicaly this is my first legit mod "remove stickers" lol !!


And after a hour with the heat gun ...walla !


Next up was the nice set of KC 6" daylighters my wife bought me for xmas 2011 ...she rocks ! I Mounted the top lights direclty to the roof rack by drilling a hole in them. Too cheap to but a light bar lol.


I Mounted the front lights to the front gaurd . They are mounted sideways so i had to turn the lense to get the beam pattern right .


First performance mod ( April 2012 ) . No noticeable hp gain but maybe a 1/2 of a MPG ... Jet TB spacer = Not worth $hit !!



First set of tires June 2012 They are Sport King AT's size LT285-75-16 load range D.


And first lift set up .. PRG front 2" spacers and the rear SpringForce AAL'S 1.5" lift for the back. Installed jully 2012 .


Picture of the AAL's going in ...


And the final results ....It rides a bit harder but I need camber bolts to dial out the positive camber

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Here's a three wheel motion shot from my first trip to ECXC (2012) What a awsome time !