I have began doing my Front end conversion to that of an 03/04 Xterra.
Hope you enjoy!
I ordered my lights a few nights ago and installed my fiberglass fenders last night... took a total of about 4 hours including a dinner break in between and another to do battle in wii tennis. I'm still searching for my grill and a used hood.
The 03-04 Xterra fiberglass fenders are direct replacement on 1st gen frontiers and will use stock headlamps on 98-2000 frontiers. If your wondering what the difference is between the two fenders, the body line that runs along the body under the windows takes a curve down that follows the fender instead of ending behind the head lamps.
Here is the story::crib:
Washed and removed bumper cover
Sprayed the inside of the glass with undercoat and let it dry while I worked.
The hood was open until I was ready to align the hood and fender lines.
Had to pop off the plastic hood cover to access this bolt:
Removed the 9 screws and the fender came off with a little finesse.
The red trim piece did not want to fit with the edge of the fender to I removed it and the grill.
And followed that by cleaning and applying two generous coats of duplicolor undercoat to everything exposed.
Also, literally tore off my airbox resonator. I drove it today and it made a huge difference in acceleration. You may say im exaggeration but I was trying to figure out where my new power came from today until i picked up my cousin and he reminded me we removed the resonator.
Before and after pics of a cut I made in order to properly align the top rear corners of the new fenders:
I figure fiberglass can't be expected to be a precision part so all I did was sight down the holes and drilled where I felt comfortable... this was the result:
In the darker photos you can the the curved body line I was talking about better.
In these two photos you can see a gap that measures 1/4" outwards and down. I fixed this via 5 bucks worth of shim washers that I picked up this afternoon( I did this yesterday).
Also installed my new taillights while I had the tool box out.
Had to trim away at the bulb socket a little to make it fit right
And my new plate:
For those of you that don't speak Spanish or don't have an imagination... it says FRiJoLeRO... ******!
-Danny
BTW, nothing along the doors or anything rubs and the fenders are on there solid enough to grab them and rock the truck with.
-Danny
Hope you enjoy!
I ordered my lights a few nights ago and installed my fiberglass fenders last night... took a total of about 4 hours including a dinner break in between and another to do battle in wii tennis. I'm still searching for my grill and a used hood.
The 03-04 Xterra fiberglass fenders are direct replacement on 1st gen frontiers and will use stock headlamps on 98-2000 frontiers. If your wondering what the difference is between the two fenders, the body line that runs along the body under the windows takes a curve down that follows the fender instead of ending behind the head lamps.
Here is the story::crib:
Washed and removed bumper cover
Sprayed the inside of the glass with undercoat and let it dry while I worked.
The hood was open until I was ready to align the hood and fender lines.
Had to pop off the plastic hood cover to access this bolt:
Removed the 9 screws and the fender came off with a little finesse.
The red trim piece did not want to fit with the edge of the fender to I removed it and the grill.
And followed that by cleaning and applying two generous coats of duplicolor undercoat to everything exposed.
Also, literally tore off my airbox resonator. I drove it today and it made a huge difference in acceleration. You may say im exaggeration but I was trying to figure out where my new power came from today until i picked up my cousin and he reminded me we removed the resonator.
Before and after pics of a cut I made in order to properly align the top rear corners of the new fenders:
I figure fiberglass can't be expected to be a precision part so all I did was sight down the holes and drilled where I felt comfortable... this was the result:
In the darker photos you can the the curved body line I was talking about better.
In these two photos you can see a gap that measures 1/4" outwards and down. I fixed this via 5 bucks worth of shim washers that I picked up this afternoon( I did this yesterday).
Also installed my new taillights while I had the tool box out.
Had to trim away at the bulb socket a little to make it fit right
And my new plate:
For those of you that don't speak Spanish or don't have an imagination... it says FRiJoLeRO... ******!
-Danny
BTW, nothing along the doors or anything rubs and the fenders are on there solid enough to grab them and rock the truck with.
-Danny