Introducing Gudmundur 3.0
This is our 3rd 100 series (hence 3.0). By random luck they have all been white. Our first one was a 2001 we purchased from a guy from Iceland named Gudmundur. So we just always called it that as a nickname. Slowly started building up Gudmundur 1.0 and planned to do a full build. Fast forward 2yrs and I was surfing Craigslist and found a guy selling a fully built 2001 100 for a really good price. Bought it that day. Sold off Gudmundur 1.0 and now had Gudmundur 2.0. Was pretty built out with OME lift, diff drop, UCAs, Slee front and rear bumper, drawers, 2nd battery with BlueSea ACR, in cab voltage monitoring, full stereo upgrade, Scangauge, and rear power/fuse block. We added a Frontrunner roof rack, Foxwing awning, ARB fridge, Speski barrier, snorkle, RTT, sliders, solar, DT headers with exhaust, and some other odds and ends. Was pretty perfect for the type of trips/overlanding we do. Had Gudmundur 2.0 for about 1.5yrs until I was hit head on waiting at a red light. Slee bumper saved me from any injury. Lucky to walk away with only a bruise on my arm from the airbag going off.
Here is a thread of the whole ordeal
Pulled a good amount of parts off of Gudmundur 2.0. Sliders, RTT, roof rack, drawers, awning, 2nd battery, rear bumper, and barrier. Plan was to eventually find another 100 series. Didn't have a lot of hope since prices have gotten so high and good ones are few and far between. Dumb luck and I was looking at the MUD classifieds one morning and a new listing for a stock 2005 100 series popped up locally. Went up that afternoon and bought it. So now have Gudmundur 3.0. Really clean and only 150,000 miles.
So now the fun starts all over again. In the coming weeks I'll be putting all the old parts on and installing a lift.
For the lift, planning on (unless anyone has any other suggestions):
- OME torsion bars
- OME 2864 rear springs
- Slee diff drop
- SPC UCAs
- Ironman foam pro shocks
- Extended sway bar links?? (I didn't have them on 2.0. Anyone have positives or negatives on the need for them?)
One area I am contemplating on changing is the 2nd battery management system. I loved the BlueSea ML-ACR. Worked great and was nice to have the auto/manual control inside the cab, but required heavy gauge wiring, a voltage booster alternator fuse to get up to the AGM charging voltage and also a separate solar controller. Thinking of going with a DC to DC charger from RedArc.
Dual Input 25A In-vehicle DC Battery Charger
Looks like it had pretty good reviews and it has a built in solar controller. Price wise, I bet it would be about a wash compared to all the items I would need to go the BlueSea route (BlueSea ACR, solar controller, fuses, heavy gauge wire). Anyone on here have experience with the RedArcs? Only downside is you can't directly link the batteries, but I don't really think there would ever be a need for that. Worst case, if the starter battery dies, can't I just use jumper cables from the 2nd battery to the starter battery?
This is our 3rd 100 series (hence 3.0). By random luck they have all been white. Our first one was a 2001 we purchased from a guy from Iceland named Gudmundur. So we just always called it that as a nickname. Slowly started building up Gudmundur 1.0 and planned to do a full build. Fast forward 2yrs and I was surfing Craigslist and found a guy selling a fully built 2001 100 for a really good price. Bought it that day. Sold off Gudmundur 1.0 and now had Gudmundur 2.0. Was pretty built out with OME lift, diff drop, UCAs, Slee front and rear bumper, drawers, 2nd battery with BlueSea ACR, in cab voltage monitoring, full stereo upgrade, Scangauge, and rear power/fuse block. We added a Frontrunner roof rack, Foxwing awning, ARB fridge, Speski barrier, snorkle, RTT, sliders, solar, DT headers with exhaust, and some other odds and ends. Was pretty perfect for the type of trips/overlanding we do. Had Gudmundur 2.0 for about 1.5yrs until I was hit head on waiting at a red light. Slee bumper saved me from any injury. Lucky to walk away with only a bruise on my arm from the airbag going off.
Here is a thread of the whole ordeal
Pulled a good amount of parts off of Gudmundur 2.0. Sliders, RTT, roof rack, drawers, awning, 2nd battery, rear bumper, and barrier. Plan was to eventually find another 100 series. Didn't have a lot of hope since prices have gotten so high and good ones are few and far between. Dumb luck and I was looking at the MUD classifieds one morning and a new listing for a stock 2005 100 series popped up locally. Went up that afternoon and bought it. So now have Gudmundur 3.0. Really clean and only 150,000 miles.
So now the fun starts all over again. In the coming weeks I'll be putting all the old parts on and installing a lift.
For the lift, planning on (unless anyone has any other suggestions):
- OME torsion bars
- OME 2864 rear springs
- Slee diff drop
- SPC UCAs
- Ironman foam pro shocks
- Extended sway bar links?? (I didn't have them on 2.0. Anyone have positives or negatives on the need for them?)
One area I am contemplating on changing is the 2nd battery management system. I loved the BlueSea ML-ACR. Worked great and was nice to have the auto/manual control inside the cab, but required heavy gauge wiring, a voltage booster alternator fuse to get up to the AGM charging voltage and also a separate solar controller. Thinking of going with a DC to DC charger from RedArc.
Dual Input 25A In-vehicle DC Battery Charger
Looks like it had pretty good reviews and it has a built in solar controller. Price wise, I bet it would be about a wash compared to all the items I would need to go the BlueSea route (BlueSea ACR, solar controller, fuses, heavy gauge wire). Anyone on here have experience with the RedArcs? Only downside is you can't directly link the batteries, but I don't really think there would ever be a need for that. Worst case, if the starter battery dies, can't I just use jumper cables from the 2nd battery to the starter battery?
