What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (73 Viewers)

[Dissent]

Cut a new tailgate cover out of press board, covered with carpet and installed a marine hatch I got from Bargain Hunt for $4.00.

I was surprised at how shallow the tailgate is and how little space there is in there. I don't know why I was expecting some sort of Klein bottle to be inside the tailgate. I guess all those fancy tailgate storage lids captured my imagination.

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How do you get the old panel off? Is it just the plastic clips like the door panels use?

 

[amgraham]

I started with the panel from Amazon below. The volt meter part worked fine but the outlets were too deep to fit in the very shallow space to work with behind that panel. I ended up finding raised mount DC power ports and using right angle flag terminals in the rear to make it all fit. Been in 3 years and no issues.

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Awesome. Thanks for the tips. I've been wanting to do something exactly like that.

 

[ERG80]

Not yet the weekend but I visited nlxtacy’s switch relabel thread to get make labels for an under hood light and the front and rear aux lights. I hope to have them installed his weekend.

 

[fitzonthemark]

How do you get the old panel off? Is it just the plastic clips like the door panels use?

yes

 

[Dissent]

yes

Thanks!

 

[SeaJay]

Post Death Valley trip found my starting battery had shaken loose and the positive terminal touched the hold down bar and fried my Slee Headlight relays and a few other circuits were acting weird. Ordered up a couple LCP battery brackets since I have that goofy off size 34.View attachment 1937886View attachment 1937887View attachment 1937889
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you should turn the battery around so that the terminals are at the back

 

[zona]

Took the kids to lunch on the rim in snow. The Arizona Toads that live along the Mogollon Rim were incredibly loud, and pretty cool to listen to. Later, got stuck on a really muddy trail--winched out--nerve racking but it worked.

Zona

 

[cruiserdan]

you should turn the battery around so that the terminals are at the back

Then the cables won't reach. Also the positive post will be close to the bottom edge of the hood. This is why the "F" configuration battery comes into play.

 

[voodu3]

My daughter made me a para cord handle to hold my first aid kit.

 

[MUDZLLA]

 

[voodu3]

Working my way through my IH8MUD to do list.
1. @Fourrunner cables
2. @Photoman alternator upgrade kit
3. @LandCruiserPhil battery hold downs and sway bar disconnects
4. Replace starter
5. Finish plumbing @NLXTACY OBA setup
6. Install @Delta VS control arms and PLB
The best part is my daughter is helping me wrench while she’s on spring break.

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

Working my way through my IH8MUD to do list.
1. @Fourrunner cables
2. @Photoman alternator upgrade kit
3. @LandCruiserPhil battery hold downs
4. Replace starter
5. Finish plumbing @NLXTACY OBA setup
6. Install @Delta VS control arms and PLB
The best part is my daughter is helping me wrench while she’s on spring break.

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Nice list of improvements by MUD vendors.
Thanks!

 

[Box Rocket]

Replaced the Overhead DVD player before heading out for a week in the desert with the family. DVD and Bluetooth headphones for the kids makes for some good quiet time for the wife and I on long trips. The last one made it 4 years before failing. Won't read discs any longer. I think all the bouncing around and dust took a toll. Lots of dust inside the unit when I pulled it out last night.

 

[Scottys80]

Went for a quick little trail run with some friends. Showed their jeeps what 4wd looks like

 

[FolsomTony]

Finished a little wiring that I had started. Wrapped a pretty bad looking shift console at the same time, and looks so much better.
One switch goes to a powered sub-woofer, so I can shut it off easily if wanted. The second switch goes to the panel I mounted in the back. On that switch I'll mount a rear facing light, so I can set up camp in the dark.

 

[musthave]

It’s a numbers game.

 

[LC4LIFE]

It’s a numbers game.

Nice...I like it.

 

[Tpurdin]

Wheel testing now and garage fitting

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Wired up two new amps, some new component speakers in the front and a new head unit.

 

[bajaphile]

Wired up two new amps, some new component speakers in the front and a new head unit.View attachment 1939936View attachment 1939937View attachment 1939940View attachment 1939943View attachment 1939944

How much clearance do you have on those front speakers to the dash? Or the window run behind? Specs on speakers? Not sure if they'd fit my 97... looking for alternatives to my cheap Pioneers.