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Hey gang, this is long overdue. I’ve been a member for about a year but haven’t had the time to start this thread until now.
I bought a used 2000 Nissan Xterra in October of 2017. In January of 2018, I totaled it. Black ice in a canyon road. Hit the center barrier. View attachment 110948View attachment 110949
I bought back my car from insurance and decide that this was going to become my first overland vehicle.
I scavenged the junkyards to find new body panels, a new radiator, a new fan, and wheels.
Mechanically, nothing was wrong, thankfully. All cosmetic damage really.
I fixed the immediate damage over the course of that winter and by May, the Wrexterra was road worthy again.
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The next “mod” was the air intake resonator chamber deletes. Filled with test plugs (in Utah, I/M testing requires the resonator chambers to be replace so I keep them around, just for that purpose)View attachment 110960
Next I added some ditch / rock light pods and a little bling. #ob11415
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Then one day I was feeling crafty and made up a set of DIY Limb risers.
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The latest addition is a Raspberry Pi based car computer to replace the head unit. This will probably warrant a project thread all of its own soon but it’s main objectives are: sound controller, navigation hub, camera display, obd2 monitoring and lighting control.
I bought a used 2000 Nissan Xterra in October of 2017. In January of 2018, I totaled it. Black ice in a canyon road. Hit the center barrier. View attachment 110948View attachment 110949
I bought back my car from insurance and decide that this was going to become my first overland vehicle.
I scavenged the junkyards to find new body panels, a new radiator, a new fan, and wheels.
Mechanically, nothing was wrong, thankfully. All cosmetic damage really.
I fixed the immediate damage over the course of that winter and by May, the Wrexterra was road worthy again.
View attachment 110959View attachment 110958
The next “mod” was the air intake resonator chamber deletes. Filled with test plugs (in Utah, I/M testing requires the resonator chambers to be replace so I keep them around, just for that purpose)View attachment 110960
Next I added some ditch / rock light pods and a little bling. #ob11415
View attachment 110961 View attachment 110964
View attachment 110962
Then one day I was feeling crafty and made up a set of DIY Limb risers.
View attachment 110963View attachment 110965
The latest addition is a Raspberry Pi based car computer to replace the head unit. This will probably warrant a project thread all of its own soon but it’s main objectives are: sound controller, navigation hub, camera display, obd2 monitoring and lighting control.
