I'D LIKE TO BE THE FIRST (yes, I am yelling) TO ANNOUNCE THAT PETERSEN'S 4WD MAGAZINE
HAS ANNOUNCED ITS 2009 4X4 OF THE YEAR (but won't be out until february's edition......



.....AND IT IS......(drum roll pleeeeeease).....


THE 2009 NISSAN XTERRA














PS. I do not want to see any bashing posts as they will be deleted/edited and the thread locked. There's a time and a place and NOW ISN'T THE TIME!!! HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!! SO be nice. You can bash the Xterra when I wheel mine on the trails. We ALL know that it doesn't stand a chance against a Jeep, so lay off.

Well I am an Xterra owner and they butchered the front end in 09.... stupid Nissan designers.. ugh.. and the center dash radio etc.. so ugly.. sorry.

I'm with you, Tim......I've been complaining about the front end change since the first sneak peek of the '09.

I do not like it AT ALL!!

The Mickey Mouse lights on top are silly too....although built-in lights in that air dam is a good idea.
They could have done different ones.

Yeah they went with two so they wouldn't look like the liberties but ugh.. I would have rather it looked like a liberty. haha. Oh well. I plan on owning my 06 for a long time anyway.

This is in regaurds to the picture M.I.C.K.E.Y M.O.U.S.E all they need is a sun visor out the front for the hat brim. Sorry, pattey I like yours. That one looks ugly

Oh, I'm with you, Tom....that front end on the 2009 in HIDEOUS~

The grill line is going to play havoc with after market winch bumper designs....the center grill drops down very low compared to the overall fender line.

Its good to see the X gettin' some respect though.

The last decent looking X was made in 2001 though.

Well, Jimmy, I know you're not Nissan savvy...so I'll post up pics of the aftermarket bumpers and my grille vs the 09's.......I just cannot right now, as I'm at work~!

I'm just pointing out that the aftermarket will adapt to the vehicle. So ya can't put a current production bumper on an 09 X. You'll just have to wait until the aftermarket starts producing bumpers for it. Or fabricate your own.

Although I have not seen the '09 in person, judging by the picture I think a big problem is with what is behind the cosmetic bumper. Nissan seems to be lowering the radiators on the Xterras over the different generations. The problem that I expect is not so much with the bumper itself, but with the radiator. The radiator is probably sufficiently low that, although you could design a bumper around it, the radiator will still interfere with winch mounting and clearance.

k_enn

Thats just one minor detail any good fabricator takes into consideration when designing and building any bumper. If you want it bad enough, you'll find a way around it.