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2007 Xterra:Terry's Bolt On Wheeler

Hard to see in this picture but the rear axle is on the stands with the weight on it and the front is completely unloaded. The rear hub is lower than the front. I'm looking forward to seeing how the front ends up!

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GWeakland620 said:
Done yet?
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I'm not super man..... and yes!!!!!

It's done!!!!

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It's taken a good bit to get it done, but with the help of my dear wife and a buddy who came over yesterday after I helped him hang his new HF antenna, it's finally done. I've been looking forward to seeing it on it's wheels again all week. I roughed in an alignment and it seems to drive ok. I think the tow is a bit high.

I wound up cranking the cam bolts all the way out and moving the ball joints out on the SPC's about a 1/4" from the fully inboard position. I've got to find a shop this week to get the alignment taken care of.

Parts tally comes in at:
SPCs
Fat Bob's coil over modified 5100s with 600lb/in Eibach springs and 1" Nisstec Spacer
New Moog Lower control arms
New brake pads
+500lb +2.5" Alcan springs
Rear Radflo shocks
PRG u-bolt flip kit
Timbren bumps (need to check length, may have to add spacer)

I still have a full set of stainless brake hoses to add, but it looks like the rear will be OK without them for the time being. I figured at this mileage they wouldn't be a bad addition either way.

I went ahead and ground the coil buckets till the UCAs would bottom out on the bucket with the ball joint all the way inboard. I shouldn't every have any issues with CBC or ball joint boot damage now...

Post lift by TerryD, on Flickr

Most of these parts were used and I want to thank everyone who sold me your junk cheap!!! I can't remember who I got everything from right now. I'd have to look it up.

Now to await my Shrockworks front bumper and try to find time to install my ARB compressor and finalize my radio install.

20180414_160920 by TerryD, on Flickr

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GWeakland620 said:
Looks tough!!!
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I'm really happy with it. I took it up the dirt road above the house and between the new suspension and larger tires it does a pretty good job soaking up the pot holes. Played around on the little trail at the top of the mountain but had forgotten my phone at the house.
 
Today is kind of a lazy day. Took the time to seal up the timing tensioner inspection port on the passenger side. I had the dealership take care of the secondary tensioner TSB last year and its been leaking ever since. I hate having others work on my junk....
 
Made my appointment for an alignment Saturday. Firestone has their lifetime alignment on sale for like $170 right now. I figure owning a lifted IFS rig, it's not a bad investment to have it checked out after a big trip.
 
TerryD said:
Made my appointment for an alignment Saturday. Firestone has their lifetime alignment on sale for like $170 right now. I figure owning a lifted IFS rig, it's not a bad investment to have it checked out after a big trip.
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So is the 2007 xterra already a strut suspension?
My buddy's 2001 is a torsion bar and after looking at available options for a lift, we are leaning towards sfa.
Rear is easy anything can work.
 
imiceman44 said:
So is the 2007 xterra already a strut suspension?
My buddy's 2001 is a torsion bar and after looking at available options for a lift, we are leaning towards sfa.
Rear is easy anything can work.
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They went to strut in 2005 with the new body style. Have him watch the Xterra yardsale page on Facebook. 1st gen stuff pops up there quite often.
 
At the alignment shop now. Looks like I did ok with mt tape measure alignment. He's just got to adjust camber slightly on one side and set the tow. :woot:
 
I mentioned going to the local trail after my alignment and a buddy got a hold of me and said he'd like to take his JKU out for a shake down run too. He just put a Metal Cloak 4" system on it and wanted to give it a test.

So after my alignment, I headed up to Craig County to meet up with him and see how our freshly lifted rigs would do.

I only aired down to about 25psi for the trip. I'm pretty pleased with how the Xterra worked out there. We only ran down to the Sand Notch at The Overlook and turned around, but Brett got to finally go across Kidney Rock and I good a pretty good idea of how the Xterra is going to work out.

The sliders took a couple light hits. I need to see if there's a way to get a little more down travel. Coming out of a few pot holes, I could feel the front top out and actually carry the front tires. I've only got a 1/2" thick spacer on top of the 5100s, I may need to go to a thicker one when I get the Shrockworks bumper on there and gain a touch more down travel.

This morning I retorqued the whole suspension. Found out that the clunk in the front end was a loose swaybar end link and I had to put about a 1/4 turn on each of the u-bolts to get back to the torque specs. Otherwise, everything was good.

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I took Elder Minion with me, she was taking the pictures. I think she did ok. The video she shot is pretty shaky though. I'm going to have to give her some lessons on shooting off-road video here soon.

20180421_181106 by TerryD, on Flickr
 
GWeakland620 said:
Looks like a good payoff!
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I'm pretty pleased with how it performed!

I've got to look into getting some more down travel in both ends. I think even the rear Radflo shocks wound up being too short. I need to try it again with a full compliment of children, dog, and gear to see for sure though.
 
This part of the trail had its moments! It began with a down hill stretch where everyone three wheeled at least twice. I picked a slightly better line than most and just barely picked up one of my rears.

It took a few stacked rocks under the driver's rear and a touch of throttle to get up that because of my wheel base put a little ledge at both front and rear wheels. After a couple rocks in the hole and a good bump, it crawled the rest of the way out.

I'll try to get more pictures up today sometime.
 
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