I would definitely like to rent one...but of course, I cannot live with myself if I ruin it...so if I did, I'd stick to greens!

We will get you a trail rig sometime, I promise!

I think I need to design a custom Xterra front bumper....maybe high clearance tube fenders too?????

Yah, but they're all the same. All Xterras with them look the same.......no variety.

Adam, I can send you pics of the ones already out there.....that way you know what NOT to make it look like. You'll have no competition when it comes to people who don't want to be like everyone else*. You could also check out some prerunner bumpers and the bumpers they have for the FJ Cruiser and make a mix of your own.....because my Blazer WILL need a front bumper eventually. I'll work with you on it!























*(one particular group of Xterra people have a problem with anyone being slightly different, or they bash them....you should see the rotten-spirited thread they have going on one site about this one poor guy's X just because they don't "approve" of the guys' mods. It's the main reason I left that club LONG before I totaled my X. Their loudest ones are the cheesiest offenders too. They were picking on him for not wheeling it (as if they KNOW) when their biggest 'challenge' day of wheeling consists of stuff everyone with slight mods on a different vehicle has done. I hate double standards. I believe in giving people a bit of respect just for loving their vehicle enough to take time to do things to it.

I need new front and rear bumpers for the dodge if you are interested in fabbing something up.

I have a firm belief that anything can be done to a vehicle. And I've seen the improbable happen. All it takes is the proper amount of imagination, determination, and a little trial and error. I have seen a brand new Chevy Colorado with a completly custom solid axle swap and 39.5 inch tires. Most of you hopefully have seen that TJ on 49s. There are many bumper manufacturers out there, but all it takes is the imagination to build something completely one of a kind. I plan on building complete tube fenders, not just flares but fenders, that increase the rigidity of the vehicle and allow larger tires with less lift and bash proof. Tube doors are simple to make and can be made 1000 different ways to suit an individuals taste....the key word there is individual. Any mod is a good mod as long as it's safe and the owner likes it...i could show hundreds of pics of vehicles with mods that I don't particularly care for, but the owner loves it and thats all that matters. The bottom line is this...anything you can dream up can be built. Some things that are built are hard to dream up. Never stop pushing the envelope of custom, and no matter what....enjoy your rig no matter if its stock or on 54's.

Ok...I'm done preaching....lol...but on the serious side...if you have an idea, please, by all means share it and we'll see if we can't build something.

Adam, you're 100% right. I just find that among certain vehicles, there's not a lot of originality. That's why I think you'll do great if you just stick with your imagination and what works.

Ken, they have a way of putting people down instead of being creative/constructive with their comments.

They're looking at cell phone pics...you have no idea what's anchoring that winch. Hi-lift? So? I had a shovel and an axe....but never needed them. I carried things in my X I wouldn't need, but someone else might. I would have put a hi-lift on mine and I didn't have sliders either. But someone, somewhere may need one and if I have the space to put one and wheel with other people, why not have one? So what if he cut his factory bumper? He showed some imagination when maybe he didn't have the money for the clone bumpers everyone else has.

You never see a Jeep forum where someone is bashing another's Jeep....no matter what silly mods they have. I have been on countless Blazer forums and no one behaves that way. One Blazer club I belong to has everything from 6" lifted Blazers to bagged/lowered Blazers on 22s. Everyone compliments everyone else.

THAT's the way a 'community of like vehicles' or 'club' should behave. You're not like them.....you were the one that got me excited about my X.

That's all. Now.....we are way off topic.


This thread is about my Xterra...the one that wanted more than anything to not be like any other.