Cleaned everything up a little bit, rewired the subwoofer, secured the spare in the third area, and added an 8 ton pintle hitch on the rear.

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You ever write up anything on your wiring install?
Oh - I got lockers.
Installed my new navigation unit.
That is seriously NICE! I love that ipad mounting. Now you need a german shepherd in the passenger seat and you have a police K-9 landcruiser!
I would imagine you have to hide the ipad when parking otherwise it would invite a break in.
What did you do to reinforce the sub-panel you screwed the mount to?
If nothing, expect to have it pop out at some inconvenient time.
I thought about using double-sided tape which I hear is plenty strong enough for thousands of miles of use with a full size iPad mounted to it. I opted to use bolts and a metal reinforcement plate instead...What did you do to reinforce the sub-panel you screwed the mount to?
If nothing, expect to have it pop out at some inconvenient time.
I put more detail in my build thread. This setup would support a laptop if I needed it too and is extreme overkill for my light iPad mini. The metal plate puts the load on the whole center trim surround rather than the small dummy switch panel. Pretty simple solution and hope it helps others.I thought the same thing when I saw this picture. Mine popped out recently when I lightly hit my cb mic moving my tablet around. I just have a cobra 75wx cb hanging off the sub panel in mine. It hasn't happened driving even on the rough trails but a ipad is much heavier. I have the ram mount seat mount arm and bracket installed. I recently switched to a universal ram mount that holds a variety of tablets, my ultrabooks etc. The ram mount parts are interchangeable so swapping the ipad base to a seat bracket or changing bases is easy.
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Thank you.Installed my new navigation unit.
That is seriously NICE! I love that ipad mounting. Now you need a german shepherd in the passenger seat and you have a police K-9 landcruiser!
I would imagine you have to hide the ipad when parking otherwise it would invite a break in.
The German Shepherd rides in the back.
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This guy rides in the front.
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I got lucky in the cargo area againMy left rear quarter window had gone from rattling when open to rattling all the time to the point that it wasn't even air tight, let alone water tight. I pulled out my drawers and all of the trim to address that and do some Dynamat, HAM wiring, etc and found the windows motor mount bolts were simply loose. A little blue locktite and a 10mm wrench and that costly thing is off my list!
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I thought about using double-sided tape which I hear is plenty strong enough for thousands of miles of use with a full size iPad mounted to it. I opted to use bolts and a metal reinforcement plate instead...
I put more detail in my build thread. This setup would support a laptop if I needed it too and is extreme overkill for my light iPad mini. The metal plate puts the load on the whole center trim surround rather than the small dummy switch panel. Pretty simple solution and hope it helps others.
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I got lucky in the cargo area againMy left rear quarter window had gone from rattling when open to rattling all the time to the point that it wasn't even air tight, let alone water tight. I pulled out my drawers and all of the trim to address that and do some Dynamat, HAM wiring, etc and found the windows motor mount bolts were simply loose. A little blue locktite and a 10mm wrench and that costly thing is off my list!
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Did you use one of their standard nets, or custom order one? Also any pics of where you tied it in?
I had one in my FJC and it was awesome.
That might be the little rattle noise I hear coming from back there! Man either my hearing is getting better, or after two of driving it to death, this truck is starting to fall apart!
Same symptoms. Looks like I have a weekend project.