Wow. I've seen several SAS'd Nissan's, that were done by people, by themselves... Aren't those "home-fabbed lift kits"? They surely weren't bolt-on kits, and they surely didn't have somebody else come up w/ the design from scratch for them. I'd say you just insulted quite a few people w/ that comment...

I've never once said that lifting and/or modding your vehicle can't be pretty. Hell, if you've got the skills to make it functional AND pretty, then by all means, do that! But function comes before form. I don't care how pretty something looks, if it can't perform, then it's a waste of $$.

My comments against "mall-crawling" Xterras are the same as what I'd say against mall-crawling Jeeps. There's way too many pussies driving them that think they're badass because they put on a grill guard and a body lift. If there weren't so many of these mall crawlers out there, I wouldn't comment. But there are, so I do.

And then to see these same sort of people start ragging on a guy because he did something practical to his rig, albeit, not pretty, just pisses me off. Heaven forbid he actually do something that's functional, first, and worry about the asthetics second. Would people be so critical if he had made some pretty light bar, w/ bolt-on brackets that went on the rear of the truck? Probably not. More than likely, they would have complimented him about how "cool" that looks... But no, he went the functional, cheap way, and just welded them on. So it looks like shit. Do the lights work? Yeah. That should be the #1 concern in any mod. Does it serve a purpose. In this case, yeah, it does.

If you don't like being called a mall-crawler, then don't act like one. SoCal, it appears that you're not one. So why do you feel as though I was directing that towards you?