My arb fog recently went out and I like the look of these, how did you secure the fog lights ? Thanks
What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (24 Viewers)
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Polished and ceramic coated the 100 this weekend! Hate to say it, but I had neglected the paint for some time. Took two weekends to clay, decon, and polish.
In progress clay:
In progress polish:
Finished product:
ENHANCE:
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In progress clay:
In progress polish:
Finished product:
ENHANCE:
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great work - care to share your equipment/products used?
Thank you!
Machine: Rupes Bigfoot LR15 MkII
Pads: Mostly Rupes DA Yellow Wool. I used the DA Blue Wool on the rear.
Polish: Mostly Rupes DA Fine (Yellow) Polish, but switched to the DA Coarse (Blue) Polish for the rear.
Clay: I used Nanoskin Autoscrub Blue till I blew it up and switched to a grey clay (I don't recall the brand)
Decon: Nanolex Iron Remover
Pre-foam: Aenso Polaris Snow Foam, 1:10 ratio in a MTM Foam Lance
Soap: Sonax Gold Shampoo
Coating: Fictech 1yr Ceramic
I could have finished out the vehicle with a DA yellow or white foam pad, but the combinations I used above finished out so well, that it wasn't worth a second step polish given it's white paint and a daily driver.
My pressure washer setup is overkill, but here's a picture of it. If you know, you know. Some day, I'll finish plumbing it out to look nice.
Edit: added coating.
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i like that air hose reel
Started replacing the LCA bushings and CV axles project. Passenger side is all taken apart. The 555 BJ is still in fairly good shape but the boot seems to be all loose but no rips! Never seen a boot do that!
How did you mount your DD fog lights? Looks clean
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Where did you get brackets from? Like the stock ARB light ?
I was really liking your finished product and wondering what you used. I want mine to look like that.
Then I saw the extensive list... and realized why mine doesn't look like that.
That is a hell of a lot of work! Good for you!
Beginning to wrap up my Ramsey winch rebuild. Gave it a good cleaning, replaced the broken cam ring and painted it with Rustoleum gloss charcoal gray. I also replaced the solenoids (one was bad) with an Albright contactor and managed to get it all to fit inside the control box. I strongly considered synthetic cable but ended up deciding on steel cable this time around, largely due price, but also because my rig sits in the weather and I don't foresee doing a ton of winching.
Got it from paranoid fabrication. Link is below. As for the lights, it’s the SS3 pro round version.
ARB fog light mounting bracket
ARB fog light mounting bracket ARBBD This fits the 2nd gen Tacoma ARB bumper and most ARB bumpers that have the same setup. These were designed to fit Baja Designs Squadron lights or Diode Dynamics, but may fit others too. Includes 2 brackets (.080 5k series Aluminum depending on stock) 4...
www.paranoidfabrications.com
Got it from paranoid fabrication. Link is below. As for the lights, it’s the SS3 pro round version.
ARB fog light mounting bracket
ARB fog light mounting bracket ARBBD This fits the 2nd gen Tacoma ARB bumper and most ARB bumpers that have the same setup. These were designed to fit Baja Designs Squadron lights or Diode Dynamics, but may fit others too. Includes 2 brackets (.080 5k series Aluminum depending on stock) 4...
www.paranoidfabrications.com
What’s pictured on the site is the Baja design lighting. As you can see, it doesn’t fill the area as nicely as the diode dynamic lighting.Got it from paranoid fabrication. Link is below. As for the lights, it’s the SS3 pro round version.
ARB fog light mounting bracket
ARB fog light mounting bracket ARBBD This fits the 2nd gen Tacoma ARB bumper and most ARB bumpers that have the same setup. These were designed to fit Baja Designs Squadron lights or Diode Dynamics, but may fit others too. Includes 2 brackets (.080 5k series Aluminum depending on stock) 4...www.paranoidfabrications.com
Nice thanks for the linkGot it from paranoid fabrication. Link is below. As for the lights, it’s the SS3 pro round version.
ARB fog light mounting bracket
ARB fog light mounting bracket ARBBD This fits the 2nd gen Tacoma ARB bumper and most ARB bumpers that have the same setup. These were designed to fit Baja Designs Squadron lights or Diode Dynamics, but may fit others too. Includes 2 brackets (.080 5k series Aluminum depending on stock) 4...www.paranoidfabrications.com
I would say there’s basically little to no improvement of light output compared to OEM. I wish they went a small step further to improve the output or make it support LED bulbs, but it looks like they just copied the OEM housing design including the projectors and made it a single piece, black interior, and halo LEDs. It’s really a aesthetic change and not a functional improvement. Certainly much cheaper than OEM if you need to replace them.
Making very slow progress on LCA bushings refresh. So far I have taken everything off and have failed spectacularly in my efforts to take off the frame side bushing. Broke the 5/8" Acme rod but the bushing didn't even budge!
That is very disappointing to see! Luckily you have a long enough rod to lop that off and try again, are you using washers between the nuts and the driving socket/receiver?
