Your videos are invaluable to ensuring I remove parts without tearing them up. I got rear ended a while back and had to remove the bumper, end caps and everything associated with it. Since my insurance company deemed it a total loss, I was able to get all of the parts for 1/4 of what they paid me. I don't care about the salvage title. I painted all the plastic pieces with truck bed liner (including the side trim and mud flaps) and it looks awesome. I also painted the front bumper with truck bed liner and the grill with a satin black. I installed fog lights along with brand new headlights with black bezels, and topped that off with a brush guard that protects the headlights as well. Now I need to paint the roof rack and put new decals on the bars. After that I'm painting the step bars and I'm finished. For Each project I've watched your videos first to make sure I don't force something and break it. My front bumper was also missing the screws underneath. I found them on a Nissan parts dealer website for 67¢ each. I think it takes 5 so I ordered 10. When I take anything apart on the XTerra or my Titan, I like to use all new fasteners to put it back on. Thanks a bunch!

@Rythecarguy

4 жыл бұрын

Love this, Thats exactly what this channel is about! So cool that you took what looked like a loss and made it a huge win. Good for you. Would love to see pics!

Just got a 2012 xterra x and your videos have helped a lot. Going to paint bumpers and top with rhino lining and your videos really help in what to do to make it look prefect.

Thank a alot. I was just looking how to remove the cross bars, because in winter the snow and ice get difficult to remove. Nice video dude.

Great vid and thanks for sharing! Now off to the rack

Thanks for making these videos. I have a 2014 Xterra.

Ry the Car Guy you have made things a lot easier to do when it comes to getting the job done. You're very thorough and clear with descriptions of seemingly difficulty tasks.. Thanks!

@Rythecarguy

Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate you saying that. I'm so glad to help. 😄

Wow I had the same problem with mine but I had a lot more junk caked up in there lol. so after I removed the top box I took it to the car wash after I cleaned out all the junk and lucky for me there was no damage to the paint. Thanks again for the video bud

Good video man..... everything you have covered in your videos on the X have been some of the things I have been wanting to work on with mine.... LOL... LOL... Ironic...... thx for helping me out and doing these videos!!

You got super lucky. Most people have issues with the rivnuts spinning in the roof, myself included. Nissan used a thread locker on the bolts and didn't tighten most of the rivnuts. This has lead me, and many others to have to pull the headliner and use vice grips to hold the rivnuts. Oh, and some of them are in enclosed roof supports, so that's fun.

@Mz-mm1tx

6 жыл бұрын

Jeff Diem I’m doing it probably this week...

@kchris5326

9 ай бұрын

My first screw I turned spun the nut

Thanks good info, I do recommend as you remove bolts then hardware to put the bolt back in the hole to plug the hole for cleaning and such. I have an' 05 and plan to remove the rack clean and paint it, Rino the roof and reinstall. 👍

Great video. I have some rust in my channels also and I imagine it is a common issue. I would love to see how you address that problem. Thanks.

It is REALLY IMPORTANT to not overtorque the bolts. They screw into rivnuts and I pulled the rivnut through the roof. Bad. And I did it with a ratchet wrench. This adds no end of misery as now the roof liner has to come down to get a replacement nut in place. Now I use my fingers on the ratchet head to tighten the bolts.

Will be doing this in the spring also. I’ve noticed a little rust forming and the plastic pieces are badly sun faded.

I love your videos so much it has helped me so much in modifying mine

@Rythecarguy

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome. I am glad they help! 👍🏻💪🏻

Thank you so much I was wondering how I was gonna remove the front plate and box cause I just wanted to remove that thank u

great job

Have a lot of dirty oil on my engine and hard to get parts can you show us how to clean up your engine properly.. thanks again for your help.

Thank you.

Ry, I have a 2008 Xterra to which I am adding 2 32” light bars on the roof rack going with the length of the vehicle, I am adding 4 small lights to each corner of the rack also. I am in need of ideas as to how and where to run the wiring as I am going to the dash where the cutouts for the rocker switches are. The only idea I can figure is drilling a hole in the roof and running down the windshield to under the dash but with so much wiring that’s a big hole to drill in a roof. Help!!

Hi I have a 2011 nissan xterra works great and I love it, but the roof compartment doesn't open and I don't know how to solve this problem without braking the door.

Another Great video Ry! Question, on my 2010 Xterra, the "Rubber Strip" that connects to the FIRST piece you removed (with the Nissan logo) needs to be replaced. Can you please provide a part number or Amazon Link for that item? Thanks and keep up the great work!!!

Excellent videos. I'm a new X owner. I have a 2011 Xterra S 4wd. I want to replace my rack w/ one that is more open (I have the box) and can hold more stuff, like the basket kind. I'm also looking to replace my bumper w/ something a little more protective, maybe with a bull bar. Also, have you ever considered installing a rear ladder? Thanks for your videos.

Would this be similar for a Frontier?

Thanks for showing me how to remove my Xterra rack. I’m thinking a way to restore and paint them.

Hey buddy, thanks for the diy maintenance videos! I'm hoping you can take a moment to read a question and bounce back any thoughts or ideas you might have. I have a 2015 Pro4X. I'm getting ready to undertake a painting project, and I've been on the fence on taping off the roof rack vs. removing it. I'm pretty sure I want to remove it, and your video was very helpful. HOWEVER, as I'm sure you know, the Pro4X has overhead lights that are integrated into the roof rack. I'm wondering if the lights are fixed to the inside of the rack itself, and if so, are there wire clips that I can just un-clip or am I going to find a mess of factory solder globs? Difficulty? Advice?

@Rythecarguy

7 жыл бұрын

+Justin Observation I would be willing to bet that you will find a plastic clip connector with a rubber boot. Most items, especially optional features, are easy to add and remove. If you did decide to tackle it I would highly doubt you would run into soldier. Additionally you can try to remove that first and if you have trouble you can just tape it off instead of tackling the removal of the rack.

Hey I've searched forums and can't find the answer but I cannot open my gear box on my roof rack of my XTerra. Any advice would be awesome! Love the videos, changed my oil myself for the first time. Never going back!

Hey! Great video! In your opinion is the factory rack up to the task of supporting a roof tent ~130lbs plus two people and a dog?

@Rythecarguy

8 жыл бұрын

Honestly I do not think it will hold that much safely. If you still have your original manual it should tell you how much is safe to put up there. My guess is less than 300lbs

This one was harder than expected, but worth it. Unbelievable what i found under the box and deflector, and there was a fair amount of gooey stuff between the pads and sheet metal. First problem I had was removing one bolt, which cammed out, so I ended up drilling it and using channeloks around the shoulder to remove the rest. For others that have this unfortunate situation, the bolts are stainless so you have to drill a pilot, slow, with oil, and a good quality bit. May not be so good when done.... Second problem was reinstalling the pads. The long front pad had shrunk over time and required a very tricky operation of pulling it with needlenose pliers and a plastic screwdriver to the the skirt of the pad to sit outside of the plastic mounts. Finding the replacement shoulder bolts wasnt so easy and i have a few on order. I do plan to add a nylon washer under the screw head, as the original bolts had a plastic washer but many of them fell off in pieces when i removed the bolts. I suspect they are important to seal against moisture leaking in around the threads, and another option could be to use RTV

Do you or have you done any lift kits to your xterra? Also great videos I have a 2006

@Rythecarguy

8 жыл бұрын

+Phillip Castillo no I just use this to bob around town. Thanks!

Any idea how to get a stuck bolt from the roof rack out of the hole? All of my bolts came out except for two! For some reason they just keep spinning and will not come out. I wasn’t able to take my roof basket apart either. I had to cut the rails and lift the entire rack off myself 😓

@WereNerdsandYouGottaDealwithIt

5 жыл бұрын

I have the same issue. I discovered that there is a weld nut holding the screws into place and what has happened is that the weld nut has broken loose from the glue on the plastic and that is what is causing it to spin freely. I am still looking for a solution to get them out without destroying the plastic piece on top. (i.e. I am trying to replace the small original plastic piece with the cargo bin)

Hi, I have a 2007 Xterra and have some rust on the channels and a lack to my seatbelt, I seal the channel with silicone and the lack still there. Can you sugest something? Thank you

@ricobhi

Жыл бұрын

Same here, except that the leak seems to have moved from the left just above the driver's side window to the right just before the light panel in the center. I have no idea where to start to find the leak, but the spinning rivnuts warning has me scared

Honestly Ive never cared for the cheesy xterra decals on the roof rack and Im thinking after this video of removing my roof rack and re-painting without the decals but the stories about the spinning bolts have me concerned to say the very least so I think Im gonna remove the box and then tape off and paint with the roof rack still on.

Any ideas on what to do if the bolts are just spinning in place? I think the screw and riv nut (I think that's what the holes are) are either spinning in place or the bolt inside the nut is spinning in place. I tried using pliers, sticking a screw driver underneath but had no luck.

@Rythecarguy

2 жыл бұрын

You would need to remove the headliner and replace the rivnut. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaSEz61wn7awftI.html

I've actually tried to take mine off for cleaning but the bolts along my wind shill would turn but not come out like as if the revit is spinning with the bolt.

@Rythecarguy

8 жыл бұрын

Yikes, Sounds like you had the mounts break. Sorry to hear that man.

@andrewcrutchfueld2350

8 жыл бұрын

Do you have any advice on removing them..

@Rythecarguy

8 жыл бұрын

Well if you are referring to bolts that go through the roof into the lower mounts then you need to remove your headliner from the interior. Even then the actual brackets that hold the nut may be inside the support rails. I have never taken it out so i cannot say for sure. But I would imagine that you would have to get some needle nose pliers and hold the nut that the screw screws into from the other side. :/

Good video, have you had any major issues with your xterra? I'm thinking of getting a 2009.

@Rythecarguy

8 жыл бұрын

+James Coles-Nash No, actually its been pretty solid. I bought this Xterra from a sleezy dealer and I knew it had problems. I brought my OBD reader and read the codes before buying. I bought it with intentions of making this channel so it was ok that it needed some work. Check out the videos in my channel. Every issue the truck had I made a video about. The only thing I would say is look out for is an issue with the automatics. They had a transmission cooler issue that, if left untouched, can completely destroy your transmission. Its a line that when broken mixes the coolant with the trans fluid then runs it through the box. eek! let me know if you pick one up!!

@Nasher667

8 жыл бұрын

+Ry the car guy Thanks, I'll make sure to check out all your other videos.

@matthewalston1226

5 жыл бұрын

@@Rythecarguy yep....I've had my 07 Xterra for 7 years and I read about the strawberry milkshake of death many people went through with the X. There was a class action lawsuit a few years back. I just got around to doing the Transmission line bypass February of 2018. I've got 188,000 miles on mine now (it had 63k on it when I bought it in 2012). It's been the most solid vehicle I've ever owned😬

Thanks for the video! Do you know where I can find OEM crossbars for the second gen?

@Rythecarguy

3 жыл бұрын

The easiest and cheapest way will be a parts yard.

@shapeshifter52001

3 жыл бұрын

I picked some up on eBay

Hey Buddy...... thank you so much for all these excellent videos. I remember your Xterra is 2005? I believe you must be aware of the major issue that transmission fluid leaking into coolant system and damage transmission. I just want to hear your opinion on this matter. The detail the better. Thank you!

@Leatherkid01

5 жыл бұрын

I have a 2006 frontier i bought used..... First thing was to avoid this very issue, only to find out... Previous owner had done the trans intergrated cooler bypass(looped each port with a rubber hose) and installed a separate trans cooler(which i replaced with a bigger one(new) that i have on stanby) .... No worries now.... If the intergrated one wanna bust open, well more channels for antifreeze to flow around rad haha . Its a completely seperate system(similar to a Toyota truck setup) hope this helps

@mattandrews684

4 жыл бұрын

The SMOD issue is a not an issue with Xterras that had a manual transmission (like Ry's which is manual). Nissan changed the radiator (new part number) around 2009ish (not sure exact year) along with changing the type of transmission fluid which solved the SMOD problem.

@Tony-uo4ml

4 жыл бұрын

Had it happen to mine. $4k to re-build it. It was out of the mileage for the warranty.

@tomaxxamot2016

4 жыл бұрын

I had to pay 3gs for this issue passed the recall, I love my xterra hate Nissan for this

can it be taken off and left off? i dont like it on mine but i dont want open holes on the top. can i just put the screws back in and it should be fine?

@Rythecarguy

8 жыл бұрын

I suppose you could, You would just want to maybe put some RTV or something on the bottom of the screw heads to prevent leaking. If you like how it turns out then share the photo and let me know what you ended up doing. Good luck!

@sapphire163

6 жыл бұрын

I'm curious how this turned out also. It would be nice if the screws that hold the rack on can be used to seal the holes.

Will that fit on my 2006 Nissan Frontier

@Leatherkid01

5 жыл бұрын

Yes but ..... Frontier roofs dont have that step up (might have to think of something to compensate it) i was thinking the same till i saw that step up on the roof

@Leatherkid01

5 жыл бұрын

A roof rack off the pro 4x might work..... If you have an extended cab.... You might have to cut the rails short tho.

IF YOU STILL CHECK THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO PERMANENTLY REMOVE ALL THE RAILS (SIDE AND CROSSBARS) FROM THE TOP OF MY 2015 NISSSAN ROGUE. POSSIBLE? IF POSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE LONG SIDE RAILS, WHAT TO DO AFTER THEY ARE REMOVED???

@Rythecarguy

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure it's possible. It's likely screwed in. If you want to irreversibly remove them you could sand down the holes and fill them with body filler, or you can use some very stored sealant or caulk type product to fill the holes. Not sure how that would work out though.

Can you leave roof rack off amd not leak or does it have to be on there

@Rythecarguy

5 жыл бұрын

You would have to fill the screw holes up with something. Otherwise it would leak.

@TutsByKris

5 жыл бұрын

Would it be wise to try filling the holes with some kind of spray on rubber that I can later just pull out and rescrew the whole roof rack back on? Maybe puddle plasi dip in each bolt hole? or idk hot glue? i figure as long as the hole is sealed all the way around and in, I can cut the top bubble flush with the roof and when the time comes i can just jam a small screw driver and pull it out in one piece? or am i crazy lol

Only if it was that easy !! My screws are spinning and come to find out they have rivets and as soon as it spins you are in for a treat .

@Rythecarguy

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, need to pull the headliner: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaSEz61wn7awftI.html

The rattle was probably that bungee cord..

@Rythecarguy

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe!

Replaced all my rivnuts and primed the roof today. Idk how to get u a couple pics on here lol. But very dumb design. No access to rivnuts from underside after dropping headliner. So your option is to drill them out or if they arent corroded, try to tighten them as if your installing them with a tool or long stud and oversized nut. If you never want this issue for life then take the rack off and fiberglass them holes lol.

Я так и не понял что ты хотел этим сказать ?

@Rythecarguy

2 жыл бұрын

Что значит? Что вы имеете в виду?

I cleaned under this, and got stung by a hornet that built a nest there!

@Rythecarguy

4 жыл бұрын

Oh dang that’s annoying. Sorry to hear.

@graemedavidson1952

4 жыл бұрын

No worries! These are great videos. I picked an 06 MT a couple weeks ago and your how-to's have become a staple of my garage.

@Rythecarguy

4 жыл бұрын

Oh that’s awesome. Thanks for watching man.

Better gas mileage probably

@Rythecarguy

5 ай бұрын

Not sure. Would be a fun test