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Finally installed the front end of my Mcgaughy lift, hopefully will finish up the back tomorrow.

 

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Good god , this will look awesome
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Mike1220 Senior Enthusiast

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Got to finally using the bedliner for its intended purpose.....the bed lol

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So you bed lined the grille and headlight trim, before you bed lined the bed of the truck? Lol Edited by Mike1220
stevencox93 Enthusiast

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So you bed lined the grille and headlight trim, before you bed lined the bed of the truck? Lol

 

 

Yes lol Im crazy i guess lol kinda how it happened with my xterra. first i did the plastic trim and bumpers, then the headliner, and then the whole outside lol

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Finished installing the lift and it rides pretty good so far

 

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Mike1220 Senior Enthusiast

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Updated pics of my truck.....

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Looks good[emoji106] I think you should do the bumpers the same as the grille, and maybe even colormatched the fog surrounds, and then your done[emoji20]

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Looks good[emoji106] I think you should do the bumpers the same as the grille, and maybe even colormatched the fog surrounds, and then your done[emoji20]

 

 

Im gonna bedline the bumpers for sure now cause well my addiction has started back again haha but I think ima do the fog light surrounds black but the tow hook tan thing on the front color matched. Eventually the whole thing will be bedlined silver cause bedliner is just awesome. Here is my old Xterra color matched bedliner molten lava metallic

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Im gonna bedline the bumpers for sure now cause well my addiction has started back again haha but I think ima do the fog light surrounds black but the tow hook tan thing on the front color matched. Eventually the whole thing will be bedlined silver cause bedliner is just awesome. Here is my old Xterra color matched bedliner molten lava metallic

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Dear lord... what have you done!?

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Dear lord... what have you done!?

 

I know some people don't like it but I use my 4x4s so not scratches. no rust holes and it being tough as nails is so worth it. plus not having to wax and buff was just plain amazing.

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I know some people don't like it but I use my 4x4s so not scratches. no rust holes and it being tough as nails is so worth it. plus not having to wax and buff was just plain amazing.

Did you trade that Xterra in? Just wondering what the dealership said and how much they deducted for that.

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Did you trade that Xterra in? Just wondering what the dealership said and how much they deducted for that.

 

No I didn't trade it in but when I pulled up to the dealership everyone was out there and when they found out it was mine they were trying to get it off my hands but at the time I wasn't selling it. Heck even when I took it in to the dealership for maintenance everytime they called me they wanted to buy it off me. Even the owner of the dealership called me for it but I turned him down too. I never asked them what they wanted to pay. Probably should of asked lol but I was so in love with my xterra at the time. I don't think they would deduct for it. Heck you can buy a brand new silverado painted in Line-x from the dealer

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I know some people don't like it but I use my 4x4s so not scratches. no rust holes and it being tough as nails is so worth it. plus not having to wax and buff was just plain amazing.

I guess it has its perks, but did fuel eco drop enough that you can see without all the liner? How easy is it to get bugs off the front??
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Im gonna bedline the bumpers for sure now cause well my addiction has started back again haha but I think ima do the fog light surrounds black but the tow hook tan thing on the front color matched. Eventually the whole thing will be bedlined silver cause bedliner is just awesome. Here is my old Xterra color matched bedliner molten lava metallic

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I'm really curious to see how the bed lined truck turns out. If it looks like your Xterra or looks as good as the grille does, then it'll look damn good [emoji106]

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I guess it has its perks, but did fuel eco drop enough that you can see without all the liner? How easy is it to get bugs off the front??

 

It won't affect the fuel economy. Its not heavy enough to. Like a car painted 4 times doesn't get less mugs than a car with 1 paint job. Also cleaning is easy. I cleaned the bugs off by just shooting the grille with a water hose

 

I'm really curious to see how the bed lined truck turns out. If it looks like your Xterra or looks as good as the grille does, then it'll look damn good [emoji106]

 

Im confident it'll turn out great. I used a different PSI on the truck than I did the Xterra and I like this new texture I got so I'll be doing that and I'm just unsure since it'll be silver bedliner lol but it'll be a year before I do it

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