Wow! The Bilsteins make a huge difference, day and night. Thanks BlueLeader! I got mine at ORW in San Diego, each one was $60 and they had them in stock. DO NOT LET ORW DO THE INSTALL! My brother had some work done at ORW on his 4Runner. They cracked his radiator fan shield and didn't tell him about it. Instead, they just superglued it back together. After he found out about it they replaced the radiator fan shield for free.

Anyhoo, I got them installed at Knights Nissan and Toyota in San Marcos. I was referred to them by a CrewCab owner on the Yahoo Xterra board. They charged me $98 labor for all four shocks and they did a great job on the install. These guys are real friendly and seem to have a lot of repeat business from their customers. They're located at 230 Pawnee in San Marcos, 760-752-9727.

The X has a much smoother turn-in and doesn't rock and pitch as much anymore. Sharp bumps seem a little more pronounced but large bumps are well absorbed. The ride seems much smoother with the Bilsteins. Nissan should really have these shocks as standard equipement instead of the springy stock ones currently used. Overall a big thumbs up and well worth the money.

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2000 SE 4x4 5sp Alpine Green