OK, I just spoke with Jamie in the parts dept. of Marlboro Nissan and he got his Nissan rep. involved. Here's the skinny:

1. There is no "pre-wired" harness that the new mirror simply plugs into. The mirror needs Power, Ground, and Temperature Probe connections. It comes with excellent instructions, tailored to the Xterra to explain where to mount the probe, where to tap power, and where to ground.

2. There is a discrepancy between the actual mirror mount on the windshield glass. The new mirror is a "wedge mount" type whereas the stock mirrors on the '00 X are "channel type." According to the Nissan Rep. *ALL* '01 XTerras have the Wedge housing on the glass and are therefore "compatible" with the new mirror. A Y2K-X would require a new windshield mount.

So... the only thing that would scare me is trying to remove the old mount without shattering or cracking the windshield. Also, just in case the Nissan guy is wrong (it's happened before...) you can take off your existing mirror and look to see if you have channel (bad) or wedge (good). There are pictures to compare with on XTerraparts.com. Also, Marlboro Nissan's "Internet Rate" is $168.00 which is cheaper than XTerraparts.

Happy wiring!

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Thanks,

kjw & the
"PNUT-MNM"