11/3/20 - New Shocks, 63,484 miles
Front seat heaters added
Rear shocks were blown, replaced with Bilstein 5100's
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Yeah, cheap Autozone helper springs, I think they were $40. 10 minute driveway install, couldn't be easier. They make a surprisingly big difference, I tow a boat weighing about 3500lbs from time to time, these springs level everything out and if I even notice them when it's empty, I think they might make it ride a little better. Some day I'd like to put airsprings on it, but these were a great budget interim solution.Are those some leaf spring load helpers on there? Did you install them? Do they help at all?
Thanks!
Thanks! It's my second one, the kids took my first.Nice rig! I just picked up an '09 Off Road and am in the middle of getting it up to par. I was thinking of going with the Duratracs as well. Did you get Cs or Es? And have you been happy with them on the X?
Nice! That looks really nice. Not having an adapter will be nice if you ever find you need one and don't have one.3/29/23 - Hitch plug relocation
Wow - almost 2 years since I've done anything to my Xterra but drive it, and this barely rates mention, but this is where I track everything.
Finally relocated the hitch plug - pretty easy job, not worth a write up, except to say there was no purple wire (following the instructions on the new plug) on my Xterra, but process of elimination determined that red equals purple in this case. Slightly better departure angle (the plug on my 1st Xterra is completely mangled....)
Kind of went overboard with the Hopkins 7 blade/4 pin combo, but for the extra $10 I like not having an adaptor. But it is a little big, I'm going to find a tiny "NO STEP" sticker for it....
Pics or it didn't happen...
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