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Mute916 said:
I was going to do this for the lights in the new wench bumper but then found out they turn off when high beams come on. That won't work for me when our in the wild 😥 Looks great though! I like it.
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Fog lamp mod should fix that I believe. Allows independent use of the fog lamps. Here's a video on it.

 
Went to Gulches ORV park this past Saturday. First time I've had if offroad as I haven't had it long.

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TLar25 said:
Fog lamp mod should fix that I believe. Allows independent use of the fog lamps. Here's a video on it.

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Also do part 2 which keeps the fog lights on when you use your high beams. The wire colors were different in my 08 but the pin locations were correct

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TLar25 said:
What bumper is this? Looks really clean
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As Archangel pointed out, it is custom built by Bash Fabrication in West Columbia, SC. I loved the way it turned out. Most bumpers seem to stick out a lot and that high and tight look is awesome to me.
 
New front LCA's
New rear lower and upper track/control arms
New panhard bar
Eimkieth Panhard Correction Kit
4 wheel alignment

Had a nasty pull to the left under throttle and brake. Seems to have cleared it up mostly. Still does it very slightly but hardly noticable. Not sure what else is causing it.
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isthatalexus said:
Installed the GXPAM from Expedition Essentials. Top-line: great product and super useful.

Notes:
  • very good installation notes, super high-quality product, awesome vendor shipping updates
  • the drilling template is not great; you will end up with ovals, and..
  • I don't recommend drilling the holes; if I did this again, I would melt holes. The plastic on my '06 GX470 was so brittle, it cracked all over the place.
  • the aluminum brackets that mount just below the top of the dash plastic do not fit out-of-the-box. I had to cut the top-most interior corners to get the dash plastic to fit, and I had to remove the plastic mounting clip on the dash plastic to get the plastic back into some kind of original position. I could have notched the aluminum too, but I did not want to compromise the aluminum bracket. A little more design engineering and small tweaks to the GXPAM aluminum brackets could remediate this.
  • The vent sections of my dash are essentially trash now, cracked to hell at the top, and will have to be replaced if I ever remove the GXPAM; thankfully, the GXPAM is one of the best driver/forward-cabin mod I've made/seen, so I'll just never remove that
  • I'm not getting fast charging (as indicated on phone status) on the USB ports yet. Could be that I'm using the wrong USB cable; investigation pending
  • While you have everything apart, run a secondary 12v (cigarette lighter) USB charger cord through the bottom of the ashtray mount and around the driver side of the dash; that gives you an additional power source at the top of the dash at the GXPAM. The GXPAM has five RAM ball mount points (if you use the diamond plate RAM ball). That's five devices and only two USB ports on the GXPAM, so adding a third will come in handy.
  • While things were apart, I did the tape-to-aux mod and ran the new 1/8" audio connection to the GXPAM. I've ordered and will install a ground loop noise isolator next, since 1/8" jack audio while USB charging creates incredible interference...I think I was picking up AM radio from South America.
  • Product idea: a little clip-on cowling to cover the forward-facing gap which contains the cable salad (see picture). Might not be necessary once the OCD cable optimization process is done
  • Likely additional mod: some kind of sun shade over devices. I'm in Arizona, and our special kind of direct sunlight will ab-end devices all day long. I plan on mounting the Garmin In-Reach up there; It's connected to the navigation device via Bluetooth, so I won't need to see the display, which gives nice options for out-of-the-way mounting, but with heavy solar exposure.
I will fire up an install thread and add to the information here when I take it all apart again to install the ground loop noise isolator. (now that I think about it, it is no unlikely that I failed to properly ground the 1/8" mod on the tape deck...SMH)

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Sorry late to the draw on this, we finally just signed up on the forum, great job on the install and good to read the install notes; this was one of the trickier mounts to design for because of the design and shape of the dash, fitting those inner support brackets inside really doesn't leave for much tolerance, on some there is no issue but some there is. the few I've installed went by without a hitch. but that plastic, you are right terribly brittle.

I think most don't see the mount from a users standpoint, the gaps really aren't bad from that perspective its more or less part of the design and how you put it "floating"

All in all the mount works very well, is very solid: however if we had to do it over Id do a Track Mount like what we just did for the GX460.

The Charger you got is from Blue Sea, they work very well and if it isn't charging your devices they do offer a 6 month warranty on them?
 
Mute916 said:
Im running 3" front and 2" rear. Thinking about dropping the bar down to the middle hole. Saw a video on youtube about being on the middle hole instead of the top is better for a 2" lift.
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I mean as long as it's level right?
 
Today, I have been installing my new Victory 4x4 Strike bumper. I'm at the wench stage but had to rest the bumper on to make sure things lined up.

Tolerances are tight but with just enough room for adjustment. It's just resting loosely right now so gaps will fill in when I tighten her up.

What do you all do with the washer reservoir? Relocate?

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Mute916 said:
Today, I have been installing my new Victory 4x4 Strike bumper. I'm at the wench stage but had to rest the bumper on to make sure things lined up.

Tolerances are tight but with just enough room for adjustment. It's just resting loosely right now so gaps will fill in when I tighten her up.

What do you all do with the washer reservoir? Relocate?

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I don’t know if this is specific to one of their bumpers or a universal fit, worth asking..

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Bought it. Current plan is bone stock for the bride. Feeding it and reacquainting myself with the 100.

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