2007 Nissan Xterra

[Chris924]

2007 Nissan Xterra 4X4

Front Suspension:
Converted to Nissan Titan front suspension for the extra wheel travel
- PRG Products Titan upper control arms
- Titan lower control arms
- Moog Titan inner and outer tie rods
- Sway Away Racerunner coilovers 2.5" body with external reservoirs
- PRG Products extended stainless steel brake lines

Rear Suspension:
- Custom leaf springs
- Custom length Bilstien rear shocks
- PRG Products adjustable shackles
- PRG Products extended stainless steel brake lines

Drivetrain:
- SAW/PRG extended length chromoly axles
- Swapped the R180 front diff for another one with 3:36 gears (to match the rear axle)
- Swapped the rear axle for a Nissan M226 with an Electronic locker
- Tom Woods double cardan custom drive shaft

Powertrain:
- B&M Hi-Tek transmission cooler with Temp controlled fan
- B&M Transmission temp gauge
- Gibson Stainless Steel catback exhaust
- Doug Thorley secondary "cat-delete" pipes
- Rear diff breather tube routed into side of cabin

Tires:
- 285/75R16 Goodyear Dura Tracs (running dyna beads in the tires)
- wheel spacers on the rear axle (The titan suspension widens the front track width by 3" on each side. I put 1.5" spacers on the back to try and remove atleast some of that difference)

Exterior & Armor:
- Recovery points on front and rear bumpers
- DepHep drop in roof rack
- 30" LED light bar on the roof and multiple 3" CREE chip LED driving lights around the truck
- Line-X on front and rear bumpers and corner trim
- Heftyfabworks full skid plate set (3/16" steel)
- Heftyfabworks rock sliders
- Shrockworks front bumper

Interior:
- Cobra CB (would like to add a VHF radio at some point too)
- Blue Sea Fuse Block (picture added below of the full wiring diagram)

Recovery Gear:
- 48" Hi-lift jack under back passenger seat
- 30' 17000lb ARB snatch strap in rear cargo compartment
- ARB tire repair kit in rear cargo compartment
- ARB EZ tire deflator
- 30' standard tow strap in roof rack bin
- E-tool in roof rack bin
- other basic stuff, gloves, flashlights etc stashed throughout the vehicle

Wants/Needs/Upcoming mods:
-winch
-rear bumper w/ tire carrier
-M205 (haven't decided for sure on this, I mostly want it for the accessibility of extra half shafts)
-VHF/UHF (undecided on configuration, at this point I carry a handheld Yaesu VX7R)

Other Gear list:
- General emergency kit (re-packed roadside kit with signaling items, medical kit, etc)
Cargo shelf:
- Eno hammock
- Eno bug net
- Eno rain fly
- Eno slap straps
- poncho liner
- Emergency "space" blanket
- Koppen camp pillow
- Rain/Winter coat (hats and gloves)
- Collapsible fishing rod
- Small amount of tackle
- 100' 550 cord
- Military IR/LED strobe
"Molle" Seat covers:
- Extra AA and AAA batteries
- Headlamp
- FRS Radios
- CRKT fixed blade
- Gerber Multi-tool
- Garmin GPS
- AOR 8200 handheld scanner
Compartment under rear cargo area:
- Old combat boots
- Old cover alls and other trail repair type clothing
- Tarp
- Several lengths of various ropes
- Trying to find a way to fit my 0* bag here
Pockets in rear cargo area:
- Basic medical kit
- Random lights and rope etc

[Chris924]

Also, if anyone knows who to contact about getting your screen name changed, please point me in that direction. I've had an account on here for a long time actually but just never got back on, there's a screen name I use commonly on other forums that I'd like to change this over to.

[drbandkgb]

You will need to find one of the Admins..


Xterra looks great man...

[Chris924]

Cool deal, not seeing alot of them on here so I'll just keep an eye out.

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

[Kuma632]

Welcome to ExPo, Chris.
Nice X, looks tough with the T-swap!
Keep us updated.

Peace ~Ben

[Chris924]

Updated the build.
So, several months ago I bought a BMW F650GS Dakar. I was racking up mileage on the Xterra and with the money put into that vehicle I would like to have it run for many years to come. I had always wanted a bike like this so now was the perfect time to buy it. I have not done any modifications to it so far. Mostly I've been riding the crap out of it and having fun. It's a 2006 with 15k miles on it so it should be running for a long time. The previous owner has done a few mods, better foot pegs etc, but this bike will likely remain fairly stock for a while as it is a pretty capable bike as is. It also came with a set of knobby tires and a different sprocket to basically allow lower gearing while offroad. At this point I still have to do my research on that though and learn how to work on the bike etc so I can do the maintenance and begin modding it.

[Darth Element]

Congrats on the Dakar, I had an R850r for quite a while; sometimes I miss the Beemer. Great looking X as well, that Titan Swap is stellar.

[Chris924]

Congrats on the Dakar, I had an R850r for quite a while; sometimes I miss the Beemer. Great looking X as well, that Titan Swap is stellar.

Thanks! Ya the bike has been a ton of fun so far. I ride it to work everyday to save gas over the xterra lol. Can't wait until summer to have gotten some experience on it and start using it properly.

[Chris924]

I need to update this but I swapped out the rear axle....again. I found a very low mileage M226 that literally still had all the stickers from the factory etc etc so I bought it since the other one I had out in was fairly high miles.
I rebuilt the old one and sold it.
Since I was spending the money in the interest of preventing maintenance down the road I decided to do something about the driveline vibrations as well. I have about 5" of lift with 3* shims on the rear axle but it wasn't good enough. I was looking at having to get rid of some of that lift to get the vibrations away. Anyways, I decided to call Tom Woods out in Utah an have them build me a driveshaft. I pulled my old driveshaft, removed the slip yoke and sent it off. Two weeks later I got a custom driveshaft back with a double cardan top and a single u joint at the bottom. Absolutely worth the money.

On a side not, that all happened over te last couple weeks so I was riding the Dakar the whole time haha. Of course the 2 weeks I decide to do all this it stayed around 30* the first week and rained every single day and te second was just plain bitter cold with some snow. I really enjoy riding that bike but those two weeks challenged that haha

[JeffRRC]

Very nice X!