Hey guys and gals -

My first post here. My employer recently bought me a 2006 XTerra X 2WD in Solar Yellow. I want to mount some lights right where the wind-deflector is at the forwardmost part of the rack, but of course the wind-deflector is plastic, so it's not suitable for attaching lamps to. I know it's easy to attach the lamps to the top of the rack, but I really want them right where the wind-deflector is, just in front of the basket.
Does anyone make a metal version of the wind-deflector on the 05-06 ? This would likely be stable enough for some lamps.
Another option is to remove the plastic wind-deflector, and fabricate a cross-bar that would attach to the under-side of the metal bars just before they meet the roofline. This would have to be fabbed up, of course.

Anywho, thanks for any info on this.

I love the truck. Excellent value!

Have a good one!