Project Chewie

[CrowleyFJ40]

My original thought on the color for the Monstaliner was to tint it the same as the body color. I consulted with @2fpower, @7powernerd, and @rockstate45 because I was questioning if body color would be too much blue. After taking in all the advice, I settled on using monsta color Pyroclastic. I'm extremely happy with that choice. Next up I'll be spraying the sliders with it as well, and eventually the rear bumper when I get that made.

 

[CrowleyFJ40]

When I went to install the winch, I realized a major design flaw. There was not enough room to get the bolt up from the bottom side for the front 2 winch mount bolts. A little bit of time with a step bit at an angle to elongate the hole slightly, as well as removing some of one of the flats off those 2 bolts, and I could just barely squeeze it up into place.

Dressed up the bumper with the lights (amazon special, we'll see how long they last) and a Smittybilt X20 10k winch.

 

[CrowleyFJ40]

Only thing left to do was hang it and wire up the lights and winch. @rockstate45 was crazy enough to come and help me lift this monster onto the front of the truck. Thanks Jack! Got it bolted on, and headed out to the street for a winching session. With my 12 year old daughter at the wheel, I spooled the line in. Then finished wiring up the lights, as well as converting from a 12 pin to an 8 pin flasher and installing a Smart Tap flasher relay. Since the elimination of the factory bumper also removed the turn signals, I used some LED strips that function as DRLs until the turn signal is on, and then they light up amber with a runway effect for the direction of turn. I took these up the inboard side of the headlights and across the top of them. Also installed rear turn LED bulbs.

I still need to trim up the inner fenders and built a cover to go over the washer pump and wiring. the parralellagrams cut into the front under the lights allow access to the winch controls. The clutch is on the right, and the on/off switch for wireless and plug for the wired are easily accessed on the left.

 

[1MAC]

Awesome job, Colin!

 

[SammyT96LX450]

Only thing left to do was hang it and wire up the lights and winch. @rockstate45 was crazy enough to come and help me lift this monster onto the front of the truck. Thanks Jack! Got it bolted on, and headed out to the street for a winching session. With my 12 year old daughter at the wheel, I spooled the line in. Then finished wiring up the lights, as well as converting from a 12 pin to an 8 pin flasher and installing a Smart Tap flasher relay. Since the elimination of the factory bumper also removed the turn signals, I used some LED strips that function as DRLs until the turn signal is on, and then they light up amber with a runway effect for the direction of turn. I took these up the inboard side of the headlights and across the top of them. Also installed rear turn LED bulbs.

I still need to trim up the inner fenders and built a cover to go over the washer pump and wiring. the parralellagrams cut into the front under the lights allow access to the winch controls. The clutch is on the right, and the on/off switch for wireless and plug for the wired are easily accessed on the left.

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that turned out great!

 

[kc_chevota]

looks like your ready to follow me