A few weeks ago I purchased my first XTerra, a 2003 XE. This past weekend I made my first mods and wanted to share them with others. None are groundbreaking, but nonetheless I thought some folks might like to see them.
This is the visor. I could have bought a clip-on mirror, but thought the factory version would look better. It installed VERY easily (two screws) and costs like $13.00.
I installed the dog cage / pet cage as well. This is a picture of it installed in my X. Took about an hour to install. The instructions could have been a bit better, but the product itself was better than I expected.
I also bought the cargo area floor mat. It DOES NOT fit with the cage installed so I "made" it fit. Basically after I installed the pet cage I carefully lined up the mat, made a cut into it from the bottom, used a lighter to "seal" the cut a bit (else it could have simply kept ripping), then un-screwed the bottom of the already installed pet cage and slid the floor mat over the brackets. I then re-attached the cage to the brackets and it was done.
My next projects? I like the cupholder lights I saw here in this forum. I won't be doing those though. They cost roughly $20 and require I cut into the existing care wire. I saw at an auto parts store the same type of lights with a DC plug for $12. I'll probably try this mod this coming weekend and will post it here if anyone is interested...
Sean