Rev's 2008 Nissan Xterra SE

[Rev]

 

[mtnbike28]

Looks like fun...

Seems you are enjoying a fine looking truck... fall is here!

 

[Rev]

Rear 3" lift:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

 

[08whitex]

looks good Rev :victory:

 

[mdrauh]

Nice xterra. You're on the EOC forums a lot, aren't you? My username is 97z28 over there. Small world, haha.

 

[Rev]

Thanks.

I'm there from time to time to check out their camping chat. Good folks there. I don't post very often.

 

[Rev]

A few mods for 2010:

First, a cheap $20 Obusform heated seat cushion. Not pretty but it warms my butt.

Rock deflector

I like that it blends in well with the paint colour I have and sort of beefs up the front end a bit. Ultimately I added it because the front is getting chipped badly.

Garmin 755T and Nissan mount:

A shot of my reverse sensor display and switches.

A shot of my little Hamburger Wreath. next year it gets LEDs.

 

[Rev]

Wired up my Daylighter's today on a Fangars cage. They look really good.

Crappy parking garage shots wired up

hood glare is minimal

 

[Rev]

 

[Rev]

KC Daylighters with 130w bulbs are pretty bright. But they take a lot of power to run as well. I chose to run 50w HID bulbs in my center roof lights to alleviate this issue. The benefit, however are BRIGHT lights! So here is the how to. It is a simple job.

Note: I only have 1 light installed so far in this how-to (ran out of time).

The Materials: 50w ebay H3 6000 HID lights.

The Plan

The above two pics are care of cynicroute http://www.thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=25207

Let’s go

Begin by unscrewing the clamp that holds the glass on to the light. (I removed both screws but I’m not certain this is required)

Remove the glass and unclip the power wire.

Unscrew the ground and remove.

Lift up the tab and pull out the old bulb

 

[Rev]

Cut off all the nonsense

HID bulb. Do not touch!

Set the new bulb in and center it up.

Replace the screw and push the tab down

Crimp on new connectors

Everything fits without any drilling. Just put it all back together and turn your attention to the ballast.

Mount the ballast:

 

[Rev]

Power and ground of the ballast to the distribution block

Connect your +and- wires from the ballast to the lights (soldered and shrink wrapped)

Night shots

smart

no lights (other than the loft's lights)

lo-beams (no fogs)

hi-beams

hi's with roof lights

 

[Rev]

lo's with roof lights

just roof lights

The trees are about 100 feet away. The hill is about 15 feet high. The lights are not aimed, but they are amazingly bright. Even brighter in person. Great mod for $50! Can't wait to try them out on a dark country road.

 

[maXTERRA]

Great write-up on the HID conversion, Rev.
Be doing that to some of my lights too, especially once I do the safari rack & 4 overhead lights.
Still liking them better than the 130w lamps?

 

[Rev]

Great write-up on the HID conversion, Rev.
Be doing that to some of my lights too, especially once I do the safari rack & 4 overhead lights.
Still liking them better than the 130w lamps?

Thanks!

Oh ya, the HID lights are far far brighter than the halogens. I also like the white light's output far better. The halogens seems so yellow now that they could be fogs, ha!

I turned them on in the city last night and they were lighting up overhanging tree limbs and street signs a block away with nice crisp light.