Modding for the d40

Mother-Trucker · Dec 7, 2009

Andy said:
Mother-Trucker, its not taken me that long to do to be honest.

Most of the parts are from EBay, and we know how cheep bits can be on there, biggest expence was the wheels and they only cost me £700 from a lad that used to have a pathfinder on the forum :thumbleft:

DTE box i got from Warpa 2nd hand and the Remap i got cheep as my truck was used as the development car.

If your going to buy chrome bits from ebay, make sure they are stainless steel, as the chrome coated plastic parts are **** and in this weather they will pit and peel.

If you need any info buddy just ask :thumbright:

NOTE TO PEOPLE THAT LIKE MY GRILL - THERE IS A COMPANY ON EBAY NOW DOING THE SAME GRILL BUT IT STILL HAS THE NISSAN BADGE. (Still cant find a UK supplier of the one i have) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-PATHFINDER ... 53ddfc3d96

I see that ebay has the chrome surrounds for the fogs but they are from abroad, what do you think, i take it these are plastic and not stainless???/

Mother-Trucker · Dec 7, 2009

jellypig said:
Gorgeous trucks chaps..

I was thinking of removing chrome, but now, looking at yours I may add instead.
I wont post pictures of mine until I've had a proper clean, but mods are:

Carryboy Hardtop.
Alu checker plated loadbed and tailgate.
Alu checker plate lockable toolbox.
Twin Headrest Screens, fed via a DVD player and a PS2.
Front Chrome A-bar
Window tints.

I was the same, never a fan of chrome and even changed all my m3 parts on my bimmer but on these trucks especially black i think the chrome is needed and looks great. Get those pictures up when you can please mate

Lil'Trucker! · Dec 7, 2009

Mate, swerve all the chrome stuff, even plastic chrome, just get stainless steel stuff, much better quality, and it will last :thumbright: :wink:

dejongj · Dec 7, 2009

Mother-Trucker said:
jellypig said:

Gorgeous trucks chaps..

I was thinking of removing chrome, but now, looking at yours I may add instead.
I wont post pictures of mine until I've had a proper clean, but mods are:

Carryboy Hardtop.
Alu checker plated loadbed and tailgate.
Alu checker plate lockable toolbox.
Twin Headrest Screens, fed via a DVD player and a PS2.
Front Chrome A-bar
Window tints.

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I was the same, never a fan of chrome and even changed all my m3 parts on my bimmer but on these trucks especially black i think the chrome is needed and looks great. Get those pictures up when you can please mate

I agree shadowline on a BMW is the best. Took me a while to find my V12 in Shadowline, but it looked so much better....

As said forget about chrome, go for the stainless steel bits....Still shiny ;-)

Flood · Dec 7, 2009

Lil'Trucker! said:
I think i'm gonna get me a DTE sometime in the new year, after JP's thorough review i think this system is one of the best around.
I'm not planning on doing much more to mine externaly apart from maybe a new grille?

I've been happy with how mine looks for a while now, although i would seriously consider the Arctic Truck full conversion, but for now here's my baby:

Whats the name of those wheels and where did you get the chrome roof racks (and how much)

Andy said:
Smoked rear tail lights fitted with LED bulbs
Full speaker upgrade with Amp and 10 inch sub in custom box and Ipod connection

Where did you get the smoked lenses and how much?? Also, got a pick of the sub etc....

Lil'Trucker! · Dec 7, 2009

Whats the name of those wheels and where did you get the chrome roof racks (and how much)

Hi the wheels are River TST, with tyres they range from £1500-£2400 per set.

The roof bars are stainless steel, i made them up myself (the tubes) i bought the tube, had it polished and cut it etc to fit. :wink:

Warpa · Dec 9, 2009

Here is my bus, an Outlaw with reverse camera and satnav etc, side exit exuast wasnt fitted on this pic.

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5545

Andy · Dec 9, 2009

Where did you get the smoked lenses and how much?? Also, got a pick of the sub etc....

Smoked rear lense were of ebay for £90 i think it was.

sub box pics

jellypig · Dec 9, 2009

Warpa said:

Ooh, I like the blue. :smurf:

Mother-Trucker · Dec 9, 2009

Warpa said:
Here is my bus, an Outlaw with reverse camera and satnav etc, side exit exuast wasnt fitted on this pic.

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5545

What are those wheels called, cant see them too well at that angle but they do look the part, do you have a better shot from the side?

Warpa · Dec 9, 2009

Same as these :afro:

dejongj · Dec 9, 2009

Mother-Trucker said:
Warpa said:

Here is my bus, an Outlaw with reverse camera and satnav etc, side exit exuast wasnt fitted on this pic.

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5545

What are those wheels called, cant see them too well at that angle but they do look the part, do you have a better shot from the side?

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They are the same River TST, like the ones you liked earlier...Very common now, two in one thread :tongue:

Lil'Trucker! · Dec 10, 2009

dejongj said:
Mother-Trucker said:

Warpa said:

Here is my bus, an Outlaw with reverse camera and satnav etc, side exit exuast wasnt fitted on this pic.

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5545

What are those wheels called, cant see them too well at that angle but they do look the part, do you have a better shot from the side?

Click to expand...

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They are the same River TST, like the ones you liked earlier...Very common now, two in one thread :tongue:

All joking aside, they are quite common now, when i first got mine they appealed to me as they were different, but seen quite a few about now, and i get a lot of pm's asking for details on them.

Time for something new maybe? mine might be up for sale soon? :wink:

ame · Dec 11, 2009

Hai all Navara members. I'm Ame from Malaysia
I'm waiting for my 2010 Navara. Survey around and this will be my plan. Leaf up my navara for 2". Changing all 4 shocks to Koni Adjustable Shocks combine with KING Coil and Leaf springs. TUNIT piggy back ECU as this model are very popular in my country. Skid Plate. Safari Snorkel. 18" or 20" sport rims to match with AT BFG Tyres. Any idea from all members here?

maxnowell · Dec 18, 2009

Andy, where did you get your chrome from? and the grille? I bought handle covers and tailgate cover from direct 4x4, via ebay, and they are useless. Very cheap, and the tailgate cover doesn't even fit or stick on.

Andy · Dec 19, 2009

maxnowell said:
Andy, where did you get your chrome from? and the grille? I bought handle covers and tailgate cover from direct 4x4, via ebay, and they are useless. Very cheap, and the tailgate cover doesn't even fit or stick on.

Rite, for a start i bet you bought the chrome coated plastic handle covers. i made that misake, they are a **** fit and pit to death in the winter due to the salt on the roads :lol: buy polished stainless steel ones found here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-NAVARA-D40 ... 588495f852

Grill was imported from the USA via Ebay.com do a search on ebay.com for FRONTIER GRILL. but theres a company on ebay.co.uk thats now doing my grill but keeps the nissan badge, found here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/W-W-NISSAN-NAVARA ... 1c0e278581

tailgate cover is chrome coated plastic, but seems to be very well made, its ben on for over 12 months now, but the Sticky tape supplied was *****!!!!! bought some proper heavy duty double sided tape for the job and washed and rubbed down the tailgate with alcohol wipes (nail varnish remover will do) this gets rid of any greese etc. from the suface....

maxnowell · Dec 19, 2009

Cheers, old fella. Will follow up those links right away.

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