What have you done to your 200 Series this week? (44 Viewers)
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Installed an Ultra Gauge today:
Also ordered Braid alu wheels 17" with 285x70 BFG AT tires.
Also ordered Braid alu wheels 17" with 285x70 BFG AT tires.
25mm wheel spacers and removing your front mud flaps will address this.
Any chance for those additional pictures?
Attached and tested Marine Corp surplus ruck, removed frame and attached with 2 straps. Highway tested. No issues.
Installed some Aux lights today.
BAY2MTN
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Can you show close ups of the brackets you used (install). That's pretty darn clean looking.
Wired up some S1’s and tightened up my KISS drawers. Brackets get here tomorrow.
Yes, please!
I made the brackets at home with some mending plates from HomeDepot; I just had to enlarge one hole in each to make the Hella bracket bolt go through. I put only one per side at first, but there was some vibration from the light weight. I added two per side (one on top of the other) and it gave it more strength and eliminated the vibration. I got zinc plated mending plates, so hopefully they won't rust (@ $3 each). I wrapped the mending plates with some vinyl wrap I had left over from the grille so they matched the grille.
I attached the plates to two holes already there that hold the grille/bumper to front front support, just pop out the plastic push clip. I used a spacer (a tall, square washer type thing) between the plate and the top bumper support in order for the mending bracket to clear the bottom bumper/grille ledge and stick out front through the bottom-most grille opening. Just drive a long-enough bolt though everything and tighten it well. Using those two holes previously mentioned lets your lights be centered; no measuring.
Here's how they look. It took me about 10 minutes to install everything. I'm happy with the results and I spent almost no money doing this. Plus, everything is reversible if you don't like the look or what to switch light set up later. No drilling into the 200 Now I just need to wire them. I'm an ape when it comes to wiring/electronics, so I will have to read up on it. If anyone has any guidance, please help me. Thanks.
I attached the plates to two holes already there that hold the grille/bumper to front front support, just pop out the plastic push clip. I used a spacer (a tall, square washer type thing) between the plate and the top bumper support in order for the mending bracket to clear the bottom bumper/grille ledge and stick out front through the bottom-most grille opening. Just drive a long-enough bolt though everything and tighten it well. Using those two holes previously mentioned lets your lights be centered; no measuring.
Here's how they look. It took me about 10 minutes to install everything. I'm happy with the results and I spent almost no money doing this. Plus, everything is reversible if you don't like the look or what to switch light set up later. No drilling into the 200
Now I just need to wire them. I'm an ape when it comes to wiring/electronics, so I will have to read up on it. If anyone has any guidance, please help me. Thanks.
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Finally got the Slee sliders installed. Passenger side took a whole afternoon. Drivers side was faster after the learning curve.
Now to find some tires so I can get my RW mounted up...
Now to find some tires so I can get my RW mounted up...
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Put a set of Ridge grapplers on her today.
Added a puppy to the 200... meet Axel.
wiseinvestor
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Best mod ever!
Nice, close up on the mountings
Got her sandy at the beach this weekend, bought her black powder coated RWs wrapped in 33” Ridge Grapplers to be picked up May 22 and finished up the A Pillar install
Markuson
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Which RR is that?
Markuson
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I still have my own well-used ARB skids if anyone is interested.
Markuson
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I like the low profile. Curious howyou get under the platform though?
