Well with all the local roads shut down due to forest fires and a busy fall there has been little to no chance to get out and do a final check/ fitment on the suspension. I feel pretty good with it overall and still need to tweak the shocks and finalize the front bump stop height. At best she is seeing a few trips to the hardware store a month just to get it out... Common summer!!!
The new view of just about every local trail in 50 miles from home I have rode all my life... Still closed and it just feels, weird. Don't know how else to explain it.
Figured I would start on some interior stuff and also wanted to put together a list of phase two items to start chiseling away on. Also need to complete a 40-0 brake test just to have on record.
Phase II in no particular order:
- clean up and sound/ heat control in the rear, thinking Dynomat
- Goose gear drawer system to include the mid seat area system and sleeping platform
- SEM interior trim texture and black plastic color conversion. Ultimate goal to go Aluminum extrusion and molle panel storage from the mid doors back
- repair of mid windows and locks to include possible door card removal and conversion and continue sound/ heat control. Really no plans to put the mid seats back in but I have the ability to with the GG system.
- Yodatec gullwing
- clear glass mid door replacement/ rear hatch glass replacement glass(maybe later phase)
- removal of factory sound system.
- OBA- ordered some Accuair parts and system to do a hybrid front/ rear air up/ down tire deflate/ inflate and the other 2 controls will run the rear airbags (helper) and possibly full rear conversion(an old goal kind of overrun with Dob's VT's)
- ARB twin to run it. Not my first choice but TJM is pretty much non responsive and apparently doesn't want to make money. Couple other options don't seem to fit in my ultimate final resting spot I still don't know will work or was stupid expensive and not necessary (Oasis)
- Dual battery system and solar. Leaning Redarc for simplicity and availability because no one wants to pay their silly price...
- Replace old trailer brake system, again likely redarc mainly because of the controller and ability to place about anywhere, clean up the receiver hitch and add some things tro the rear Delta
- Light bar for the Bowfin but likely a phase III because all these lights are just plain silly and unnecessary and $$$$
- Water system/ water storage/ heat exchanger/ indoor HVAC/ block heat/ pre heat interior in winter and on and on. I'm REALLY liking the Eberspacher S3 B5E perrol system. I ran across a rep in Dillon CO at an Expo and like what I saw and heard. It will likely be the heart of the system
- Delta Console
- Scheel-Mann seats
- More sound dampening front
- Front door window repair/ maintenance
- Shower/ Kitchen
- Rear tent replacement,
- Sound system replacement
- additional sound/ heat dampening roof
Cross fingers the oil burning brick hangs in there a few more....
Time to polish the old turd. Out with the old workout gym floor that served me well for years.
Along with all of this...
Near end cleanup with some more elbow grease coming. Ultimately I got rid of most of the residual tar from the OEM dampening but found to Dynomat to stick very well without it 100% gone.
I plan to go with a GEN5 LT1 and was thinking about the ECU here after yanking the ABS, but see Torfab went passenger side for this. Possible options for power steering with the LT and maybe hydraulic brake booster. Basically, just cleaning up the area for whatever comes it's way lol.
