E.J.
Explorer
Been putting this off too long, but the truck is coming together faster than I expected. Last September I reculently had to replace our old Forester that was getting a little beat and unreliable for long trips especially when I threw our small trailer in the mix..
R.I.P. lil buddy (well he lives last I heard, just not in my driveway)
I really wanted to get into an Xterra but nothing panned out, did an image search for "Overland Frontier" and it clicked. Found an unsuspecting Frontier on craigslist advertised simply as a 4x4 Frontier. Went and checked it out and noticed the switches for the dif lock and decent control :wings: Swung it by a trusted shop and everything appeared kosher. Little haggling and I came home with this...
Did I mention the Foz had a little lift?
And now in it's current form (I'll update this bit as I go)
As prudent with any used rig I started the build process by baselining: changed all of the fluids, brake job, fresh battery, and the kicker was having the timing chain and guides replaced.
Exterior/Suspension/Mechanical
ARB deluxe bullbar
P&P Engineering rock sliders
Softopper (used, awesome deal)
US Rack topper rack, shortened 2.5" to make it level with the factory rack siderails on the cab
Ebay snorkel kit
Raised rear diff breather
OME HD coils up front, medium Dakar leafs out back, nitrochargers all around
265/75 16 Kenda Klever MT's
Interior
Replaced double din RF head unit with a single din Alpine for ipod integration and room for...
Uniden 520 CB radio, mounted in the dash under the Alpine stereo
Life Hammer mounted on roof console
Not really a mod but the rear driver side door pocket fits a fire extinguisher and first aid kit like it was made for it.
TSC truck box mounted to the utilitrack
R.I.P. lil buddy (well he lives last I heard, just not in my driveway)
I really wanted to get into an Xterra but nothing panned out, did an image search for "Overland Frontier" and it clicked. Found an unsuspecting Frontier on craigslist advertised simply as a 4x4 Frontier. Went and checked it out and noticed the switches for the dif lock and decent control :wings: Swung it by a trusted shop and everything appeared kosher. Little haggling and I came home with this...
Did I mention the Foz had a little lift?
And now in it's current form (I'll update this bit as I go)
As prudent with any used rig I started the build process by baselining: changed all of the fluids, brake job, fresh battery, and the kicker was having the timing chain and guides replaced.
Exterior/Suspension/Mechanical
ARB deluxe bullbar
P&P Engineering rock sliders
Softopper (used, awesome deal)
US Rack topper rack, shortened 2.5" to make it level with the factory rack siderails on the cab
Ebay snorkel kit
Raised rear diff breather
OME HD coils up front, medium Dakar leafs out back, nitrochargers all around
265/75 16 Kenda Klever MT's
Interior
Replaced double din RF head unit with a single din Alpine for ipod integration and room for...
Uniden 520 CB radio, mounted in the dash under the Alpine stereo
Life Hammer mounted on roof console
Not really a mod but the rear driver side door pocket fits a fire extinguisher and first aid kit like it was made for it.
TSC truck box mounted to the utilitrack
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