Modifications

Adventures in upgrading.

• The engine of my (as of then) stock Xterra.
• Moi!
• Under the dash...
• Down low.
• Removing the glovebox so I can disable the airbag.
• Matt, searching for tools.
• Matt poking in the engine compartment.
• The new bumper.
• Alex and Nicole in the background.
• Alex and Nicole in the foreground.
• Matt unbolting the stock bumper. Grill is already off. We broke plastic tabs and had to buy new ones. Gus got them for me.
• New front skid and stock front skid.
• No face!
• Gus' brother, John, peeled out his Grand Am.
• That is John after peeling out.
• John going for a second try.
• Still no face.
• Gus and Matt bolting on the new bumper.
• The installed bumper with new fog lights.
• Craig Elden's Xterra. He helped me do the SLR lift.
• That's Craig. When I said he helped, he actually did it.
• This is the rear diff hanging without springs.
• The rear lift completed before the springs settled.
• DOing the front lift--no wheels!
• Stock UCAs.
• This is a Raingler interior X-net.
• This is a cargo net...AWESOME. Best accessory...ever.
• Rubber floor mats--already filled with mud.
• GPS. I moved it to a suction cup mount though.
• CB Radio install.
• Three words: Neoprene Seat Covers.
• Seat covers again.
• The console open for wiring purposes.
• What the shifter looks like with the top off.
• The switch for the Lightforce driving lights.
• Gus sitting on my driver's seat. I had to remove it to run wires for the CB.
• The car without the seat.
• Me, sitting where the seat should be.
• Me driving without a seat!
• Ditto!
• The X, en route to the extension cord.
• The view above the roof...where I drilled holes for lights and CB.
• The CB, again.
• A quick picture of my new CB location. MUCH better. :)