Thank you...painted the whole rig
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Looks nice, what did you wire everything to?I got my cargo area 12 volt system wired in, and the LED spot lights in the lift gate. I went with the "warm white" LED's due to their similarity to incandescent lights. And it's a great amount of light! I also fabricated a simple panel to hold the 12 volt charging ports. (usb and the standard type), and a volt meter. I wired in a momentary switch so the meter only comes on when I need it. It all came out very clean!
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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.Added the option to disconnect the front sway bar. MUCH better off-road manners now.
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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.Kind of busy this weekend:
Installed my Metal Tech Sliders- I had been waiting for months to get availability of them and they finally had a set come available from an order that didn't get paid for. Lucky me. They aren't making them regularly for the 100 anymore, and I think they are going to be redesigned. So these might have been the last ones of the current design.
Finally got around to installing my rear coil springs and finishing my lift. Ironman Toy13B (0-200kg additional weight). They were approximately the same length as the factory springs but- they sure didn't let the back end compress much. No doubt they yield at bit over 2" of lift, since I couldn't get out of my garage- lol- I had to remove my rhino cross bars from the factory rails, and even then I only had a few mm of clearance.
While underneath there, I also replaced the sway bar links with Mana-Fee extended 80 series links, and replaced the sway bar bushings as well. It was all going well until one of the bolts holding the bushing brakes froze, and then snapped. That took another 30min to drill that out and clean up the threads. Back end sure handles differently with new springs & sway bushes.
Picked up some Metaltech upper & lower links, and a whitline adjustable pan hard while they were on sale, and waiting to install next time I have a day to spend crawling under the truck. Ready for rear bumper & drawers to settle that back end down.
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![]()
Looks nice, what did you wire everything to?
Thank you...painted the whole rig
how are you holding the bar up when disconnected?
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.
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I got my cargo area 12 volt system wired in, and the LED spot lights in the lift gate. I went with the "warm white" LED's due to their similarity to incandescent lights. And it's a great amount of light! I also fabricated a simple panel to hold the 12 volt charging ports. (usb and the standard type), and a volt meter. I wired in a momentary switch so the meter only comes on when I need it. It all came out very clean!
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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.
Replaced busted front differential (see Green Swamp Post for details)
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Took out rear seats after everyone helped me figure it out:
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And installed the amazon LED Lighting upgrade.
Anyone do a conversion and have their floor plugs they don't want?
Finalized the prototype attic rack.
Shown rack fits late model 100 series
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