Is the front grille wrapped or painted black? I love the look of that.
Builds Wildyoats' 200 build - OME, Method Racing wheels, 305/65 18 Falken Wildpeak AT3W (1 Viewer)
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Thanks man. I actually took it apart (relatively easy), and just wrapped the surrounding trim in gloss black. I felt it was a nice compromise.
Sorry I missed you when you stopped by for the fridge but thanks. Great pics! 
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Few little updates..... Added a 40" LED light bar to the factory roof rack after fabricating some brackets, thread is here.
Spent this morning finishing some electrical work. Added a BlueSea fuse block and circuit breaker (made a little shelf for them out of aluminum). Ran wire back to an auxiliary 12V outlet I added for the fridge (mounted under the 120V plug).
I have a Amazon Prime problem.
This nice little FACTOR 55 lightweight hitch-mount recovery point showed up yesterday.
Spent this morning finishing some electrical work. Added a BlueSea fuse block and circuit breaker (made a little shelf for them out of aluminum). Ran wire back to an auxiliary 12V outlet I added for the fridge (mounted under the 120V plug).
I have a Amazon Prime problem.
This nice little FACTOR 55 lightweight hitch-mount recovery point showed up yesterday.
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Finished up a little project I had going for mounting a couple LED reverse light pods in the factory bumper reflector area yesterday.
I made an outline of the shape of the factory reflector lens and transferred that on to some stainless sheet metal. I made sure the led cube lights would fit in the existing hole without major trimming, and they did:
Added some small flush mount led lights below the LED pods to act as marker lights (wired to taillights)
Back side mounting (version two)...
I made an outline of the shape of the factory reflector lens and transferred that on to some stainless sheet metal. I made sure the led cube lights would fit in the existing hole without major trimming, and they did:
Added some small flush mount led lights below the LED pods to act as marker lights (wired to taillights)
Back side mounting (version two)...
Nicely done!!
Anytime you wanna come to Long Island and grab my cruiser, have at it. You have skills my friend, Very nicely done. Love those rear lights, great fabrication. You have talent.
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Awe, thanks man! Next time I am back in NYC visiting my family I'll hit ya up!
Thank you also. No plans, there were a little bit of bugger to make (like a tv show, not as "easy" appearing online, lol)
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Very nice of you, thank you! I wish the P-car was a GT3!! It's merely a 07 Targa 4S (45k miles). It's been a great car. One of my close friends just put a deposit on a Guards Red GT3, can't wait to see it!
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What is this vinyl stuff? I looked on the google and did not see anything obvious other than paint. Where do you get it? Would like to do it to a set of rims I have.
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It is vinyl wrap used specifically for wrapping vehicles. It differs from regular decal vinyl. The product I have most luck with, and the brand of the stuff I used, is 3M 1080 series. 3M™ Wrap Film Series 1080 : 3M Graphic Solutions Products US
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Quick update on my front light bar creation I finally finished. Had some house projects get in the way of the Cruiser!
Anyway, I mentioned this in the "what did you do today" thread, but I came across these bad-boy's on Chassis Unlimited's website. They are 1" thick and made for a clevis (or D-ring). They have two versions, a "blank" unit (still comes with the larger d-ring hole, just not the other two holes), or a unit with the 2 holes for mounting. The holes are 2" apart. I bought a set of both and the pre-drilled units fit the 200 just fine. Best part, they are $24 each new for the pre-drilled, or $19 for the blanks. I ended up welding my lightbar creation to these.
I also purchased some cool tabs & gussets from Chassis Unlimited. Love this place (first time I found them online).
After the finish welding and cleaning up, I primed and then broke out the paint gun shooting it with some single stage gloss black I had laying around. I had some cheapy 10" HID lights laying around for a year or two so I mounted those up there for now. Not sure if I will keep those or go with the ARB LED rounds, or some trusty Hella EuroBeams. Lightbar is nice and solid. And just to reiterate, this is nothing more than a lightbar; I did not engineer it as anything else. It serves it's purpose well for now.
Took it up to a local canyon that overlooks a copper mine this evening for some better photos.
Anyway, I mentioned this in the "what did you do today" thread, but I came across these bad-boy's on Chassis Unlimited's website. They are 1" thick and made for a clevis (or D-ring). They have two versions, a "blank" unit (still comes with the larger d-ring hole, just not the other two holes), or a unit with the 2 holes for mounting. The holes are 2" apart. I bought a set of both and the pre-drilled units fit the 200 just fine. Best part, they are $24 each new for the pre-drilled, or $19 for the blanks. I ended up welding my lightbar creation to these.
I also purchased some cool tabs & gussets from Chassis Unlimited. Love this place (first time I found them online).
After the finish welding and cleaning up, I primed and then broke out the paint gun shooting it with some single stage gloss black I had laying around. I had some cheapy 10" HID lights laying around for a year or two so I mounted those up there for now. Not sure if I will keep those or go with the ARB LED rounds, or some trusty Hella EuroBeams. Lightbar is nice and solid. And just to reiterate, this is nothing more than a lightbar; I did not engineer it as anything else. It serves it's purpose well for now.
Took it up to a local canyon that overlooks a copper mine this evening for some better photos.
