Before and current

[sxharr05]

2002 Montero Sport XLS as purchased:

As it sits today:


Aside from the obvious of removing nerf bars and swapping 255/70s for 265/75s, I've also added the BlitzPro fogs, Kenwood 2-din HU, Uniden Bearcat 880 CB and Magnaflow cat.

[Montero-3.5XS]

Looks great!

[colted]

nice!!!!.....you're XLS is a carbon-copy of mine.....same oversized tires, mine are Pirelli Scorpions ATR...only difference is yours is AWD and I still have the NERF bars....

[jakewb33]

So to be clear your xls has no lift? And it fits 265\75 that well?

[bdmontero]

Yep I'm not surprised. I have 265/75/16 Cooper ats on mine. They fit pretty good. I have a little over 3 inches of lift on mine though. Lookin good man.

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[sxharr05]

Apr 6, 2014 7:52:32 GMT -5 jakewb33 said:

So to be clear your xls has no lift? And it fits 265\75 that well?

NO lift at all. No issues with tire fitment, either.

[jakewb33]

Does it have a leveling kit? I have a 01' XLS and it seems to have less room above the tire than your and it's only stock tires. Your MS sits nice!

[sxharr05]

Nope. I think it's partly the angle of the pic, but it's not leveled or lifted. Stock.
And thanks for the kind words.

I should get some new pics up. It's now got crossbars and a bike rack (or Thule cargo box) on the roof as well as aftermarket driving lights in the stock location.

[jakewb33]

That's actually my next project, putting fog lights in the stock locations. It would help to see your finished work first. Did you have fog light wiring already prewirred from the manufacturer? Some guys say they do.

[sxharr05]

There was wiring there but I bypassed it for the included "harness" and OTRATTW switch.

[sxharr05]

Here's pics of the new fogs, as well as new exhaust exit and tip and my ss on the roof.