well, after looking at some postings relating to mileage perfomance of the xterra and some guys stating a great mileage improvement just by simply taking the basket and the fairing off the truck and knowing that the actual mileage per gallon in my 04 XE 4WD is 15.235,i decided to take the fairing and the basket off just to see if i can gain some mileage per gallon, and by god they were rigth!!!
i made the exact calculations every time i filled the gas tank and i came with 19.079 miles per gallon.that's wonderfull in my case because i was going to sell the truck based in mileage per gallon, but i came to a conclusion that 19.079 miles per gallon is not bad at all,only that i don't like the looks of the xterra without the fairing and the basket off,(looks bald)but i guess everything has a price, i love this truck!!!!!!