I carry two spares on all my trips. My 235/85R16 tires will not fit underneath in the stock spare location. I have a 245/75R16 under there, it's an inch shorter. It always stays under there, and I don't carry another when I'm around town. I toss my full sized sixth tire up on the roof for off...
A lot of it has to do with a crappy bunch of Diesel engines in the 70s and 80s. Another draw back now is a really high up front cost compared to gas offerings, most people will never get their money back on the gas savings
Ok so a successful weekend of work on the truck, nothing sexy or exotic but some stuff that needed to be done.
New battery, Interstate Mega-Tron Plus.
1000 cranking amps, 800 CCA, 125 reserve capacity
I also cleaned up the wiring for the rigid lights and ran some plastic loom to protect...
Nice pics! Too bad about the sway bar bracket, maybe it's a sign from your truck that it wants you to leave it off so it can fully stretch it's legs!
Try driving around with it for awhile and see how it feels, I don't miss mine at all
No issues, haven't made it to the in laws for the new battery yet. But it also hasn't been nearly so cold. I wouldn't hesitate to run that battery for awhile longer in town, but would make me nervous elsewhere.
Things on my list this weekend.
1. New battery
2. All new deive belts (AC...
unfortunately OME makes no suspension options for the first gen Xterras.
There are lots of kits out htere for 3+ inches of lift, but that doesn't sound like what he wants.
If it was me, I would be going to Alcan or Deaver for some custom 500+ pound rear leafs (1-2" of lift, they can give you...
very different from anything we see in Canada for the most part (mainly hunting rifles only).
Is that a stock bed storage compartment that you pulled out? or did it come from inside the cab?
Great series so far, I am definitely interesting in future videos exploring this area, as I plan to spend a week in Monongahela Forest area later this summer, so hopefully I can get some ideas of places to go and things to see!
Unfortunate to hear about the awning, it looks like the same nut...
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