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is the water conection for hose meant for shower purposes?
I know its probably been discussed ad naseum but: Roller or Hawse fairlead?
After looking at BOYDMICK's bumper I am now contemplating.
Yepper pepper. Been on my todo list forever. But I intentionally waited until I had a bumper.
Edit: all of our trips we didn't do the shower thing. After the fourth day it's pretty gross. Hated looking for places to shower or even breaking down for a hotel one night just for a shower.
I thought it depended on your winch?
Roller=steel cable
Hawse=synthetic
I haven't done my research, but I thought that was how it generally is.
With years of camping in the oz bush - I still don't see the fascination of on board plumbed hot water with all the extra hoses and cutting into the cooling system and then having to run the engine etc.
I've used a solar shower lots of times - just pour a quart or two of heated water from the campfire or stove to get the temp just nice. I've also used a bucket, add cold water and add some hot water as above and then used a cheapo 12V shower pump.
All simple, the bucket is useful to transfer water, do washing up etc, so you need it anyway. All the extra is a solar shower (rolls up small) or a cheapo 12V shower pump.
Even a spray bottle and some soap and a towel (microfiber works great) and you can do a quick de-stink without tons of equipment and wasting gallons of water. A few weeks camping in the oz bush with the nice red dust we have out there and where water is always at a premium and you get creative when it comes to improvising a shower.
To me the purpose of the fog lights is to get some light off low and to the sides. The extra turn signal indicator lights on the ARB are a good starting point as they are redundant and the location is good for this kind of light as they are already angled out to the sides and the lights you select could be angled down as needed. You just need yo pick a light - halogen, HID, or LED (depending on your budget) and alter the turn signal holes to allow flush mounting and then weld the mount to the back side of the bumper so you don't have to drill holes and use additional mounting hardware later.
Anyhow, onto your ARB. I have an air outlet on mine, an m12000 and under it an air tank from my compressor. I also have a decent d-ring tow point. Oh, the tabs on the ARB are for using with their hi-lift jack mounting point - hey are certainly not meant to be used as tow/recovery points. You can see pics of my air outlet, d-ring mount, airtank etc on my website - link in my url.
How is the process?
I have to second adding the "T" slots as previously mentioned. I had to use the ridiculous hi-lift adapter the other day...what a pain.
Another thing I thought of was adding a short receiver section (standard 2") somewhere out of sight but easily accessible so you could lock in a little hitch safe. I use mine all the time for my spare keys when I go to the gym/running and I don't want to lug around keys. It is a hassle having to remove the safe when I actually have to use the hitch to pull something.
Those comp4x4 weld thru clevis mounts on page 1 of this thread look pretty good. Saw some longer versions in the 100 series section: https://forum.ih8mud.com/100-series-c...ml#post2363508
but haven't found a source online.