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I gutted mine and bolted it to an L shaped bracket to mount it on the inside of my bumper using the license plate mounting holes. So far so good.

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I used this Yankum Ropes video on how to tie a locking Brummel to cut off the winch hook and replace it with just a loop in the end of the winch line. I would suggest doing a longer bury in the rope than shown in their video as all of the strength of this "knot" comes from the finger trap...

The sliders and rear bumper took more hits so not apples to apples, but I think it's fair to say my rattle can job has pretty poor adhesion to the metal. Need to figure out how to get better adhesion if I ever fully repaint these For now a I'll hit these with a quick couple coats to stave...

The powder coating on The Cruiser Company front bumper seems to have held up well. I thought I scraped a decent amount of it off but after a wash at home it's mostly just scuffs. It didn't flake off like poorly powder coated things to. Only spots down to bare metal are the sharp corners of...

My trailer plug connector took a few to the chin and broke the lower pull tab off but that's it. Impressed by how well this took being hit on rocks.

Discovered a few areas for improvement on the trip. The White Knuckle slider bent from a hard drop onto the square tube that drops bellow the exhaust. The slider bent up and hit the pinch weld and knocked some paint off. Going to need to bend this back down and add some reinforcement here...

Couple of photos from the trip. Top of the world was unreal. We only had two hours of daylight when we started the trail after having already run Dome Plateau. We weren't sure we'd make it before dark (or at all) but ended up getting to the top right at sunset. Probably my best wheeling...

Compilation of tractor noises for your viewing pleasure.

With my electrical/wiring projects wrapped up I made a beeline for Moab to meet up with some friends there. The truck handled the 600 mile roadtrip beautifully. The 35's and suspension setup maintains wonderful road manners and with the stock gearing I'm sitting at a comfortable 2400 rpm...

Got this Redarc Tow-Pro Elite trailer brake controller mounted behind the dash and installed the remote in a factory blank. Ran out of time before a trip but will be wrapping these wires soon.

I pulled the center console to route wiring for my radio and found some JDM $$$! These will be staying in the rig for good luck. I routed 12awg power wires from my switch panel controller, an antenna wire, and a hand mic extension cable under the center console and out underneath the passenger...

That could be. I've been contemplating ordering up some spidertrax 1.5" spacers. If I pick some up on sale in a couple weeks I'll report back on what the thread engagement ends up being with the lugs that come with them.

I got the rest of my wires wrapped in Tesa tape and plastic wire wrap and tapped my 12awg Batt+ wire to run my 12v outlet. I made this lead extra long so taking the panel on and off won't be miserable. Drilled and deburred a hole inside the storage cubby for a concealed Blue Sea Systems 12v...

Here I've crimped grounds together for the backup camera from before, the subwoofer being added now, and a 12awg ground for the Blue Sea Systems 12v outlet I'm about to install. All the subwoofer wires, trailer plug wires, and Batt+ wires got the Tesa tape treatment. For these wires inside...