I own a new, completely stock '03 Xterra XE 4WD All-Manual (No Power Nothin'!). After 8 years of wheeling my poor 2WD Tacoma, I finally have a real transfer case!
With all the parts and mods out there, it's pretty hard to decide what to do to my X on a serious budget. Also, my X is a (60 mile a) day commuter car, and I don't want to do anything too drastic (or expensive) to it.
My four-wheeling consists of exploratory trips to the Mojave desert, the local (SoCal) forests, and occasional forays into Baja (in other words, almost all dirt roading w/ occasional riverbed crossings and fun stuff). I don't really desire to do any rock-crawling, mud-bogging, etc. Yet.
And so my question: If you were on a (tight) budget, and could only do a few mods to the aforementioned stock Xterra, what would they be? I know the (ugh) street tires must go, and they will soon, but what other changes would you make? What accessories or tools would you purchase?
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
PS--This is my budget
