Thank you...painted the whole rig
What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (137 Viewers)
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Thank you...painted the whole rig
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Woke up to a dead battery (5.2V on the voltmeter) due to leaving my LED fog light pods on overnight. Wouldn't even turn over and it took about 10min of charging via jumper cables before it finally started. I believe an X2 Power 27F battery is in my near future since this Everstart is going on 5yrs old and has died 3 times now. Also woke up to my gum floating in my center console....guess that means its time to clean the sunroof drains again. I've had better mornings
Looks nice, what did you wire everything to?
I'm interested in this mod if it can and more "something" to the party. Can you try to describe the difference in offroad capability with the front sway bar disconnected.
Would like to see pics, when you crawl back under there. I have to do these things as well i have a lot of miles and its time change a lot of bushings.
thats sucks, i left my sunroof open once and it rained over night, i dried everything off and all was fine.Woke up to a dead battery (5.2V on the voltmeter) due to leaving my LED fog light pods on overnight. Wouldn't even turn over and it took about 10min of charging via jumper cables before it finally started. I believe an X2 Power 27F battery is in my near future since this Everstart is going on 5yrs old and has died 3 times now. Also woke up to my gum floating in my center console....guess that means its time to clean the sunroof drains again. I've had better mornings
Right now, it's all temporarily wired to the main battery. I already have the 2nd battery tray in place, but until I get a refrigerator, I'll wait before I purchase that 2nd battery. It's only powering the hatch lights and simple 12 volt plug-ins for now anyway.
Replaced the small (slightly leaking) inner clamps on my CV boots with the PFRAN clamps. Noticed the end link bumpers/bushings on my front sway are cracking so those are likely next on the list. Main bushings are fine as is everything on the rear sway.
Looks awesome! I've always fantasized about doing this. Just curious, roughly how much did it run you, if you don't mind sharing. Also, did you remove all trim before hand or did you drop truck off as is?
LXColorado
LX -> LC
I wrap the ends of the sway bar with an S-Hook strap. I'm armor-less right now, so I have a chance of hitting the bottom of the sway bar while wheeling (I've gone to some harder trails and haven't come close to it yet). The rubber straps make sure there is some play in the bar in case I hit it. Once I have some armor, hitting the sway bar shouldn't be an issue; I'll fabricate something more permanent/robust at that point. Here's a picture of the passenger side to see how it's held up.
I started playing with this the other day and I see and like your idea of having flex when disconnected especially without a diff drop. I will say AHC guys can get to there bump stops without disconnecting.
great idea on the lights
LXColorado
LX -> LC
If you're not afraid of drilling into the captive nut (i.e. making it useless for the OEM bolt), I would say go for it. It took me 10 minutes for both sides - very quick DIY. It would be simple to go back to a factory setup anyway. You drill a ⅜" hole for the pin - you can always use a ⅜" bolt and nut with red loctite to really hold the sway bar in place.
To answer your question about off-road capability: It removes the connection between driver and passenger side suspension, thus allowing them to actually operate independent from one another. The result is a much smoother experience off-road, when each side of the truck is experiencing different road surfaces. Also, there's some debate on if the mod increases travel (in theory it should), but it really allows the suspension to quickly address changes in the road surface, without affecting the other side. For example, if I run over a rock on the passenger side, the driver side won't be affected like it use to be with it connected. MUCH smoother. I reckon, because it's smoother, it's easier on components too.
As for pavement drivability, I haven't noticed a difference between the factory setup and the quick disco setup.
Guys with larger tires and stock t-bars need to be aware/careful with swaybars disconnected if you are able to achieve full travel. Bump stop adjustment may be needed to avoid tire fender issues.
AHC in Net. setting with sway bars connected
AHC in Net. setting with sway bars connected
Replaced my heater tees. Other than the inconvenient locations of the clamps, compounded by my lack of height it was a simple job.
My tees looked fine and showed no signs of failure on my 07 with 127k on it.
My tees looked fine and showed no signs of failure on my 07 with 127k on it.
Replaced busted front differential (see Green Swamp Post for details)
Took out rear seats after everyone helped me figure it out:
And installed the amazon LED Lighting upgrade.
Anyone do a conversion and have their floor plugs they don't want?
Took out rear seats after everyone helped me figure it out:
And installed the amazon LED Lighting upgrade.
Anyone do a conversion and have their floor plugs they don't want?
what color is your interior?
Trimmed the rear mud flaps and started coating the rest of the under carriage with KBS. Started at the front, working towards the back made it to the AHC globes on both sides.
