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Made me some bedside decals.

 

Mall crawling at its finest..

 

Hey, leave my stupid little car out of this!

 

We will have to have both little cars next time!!!

 

Hey, how'd you plug in the led light strips? I noticed on the Amazon pic that there is some sort of plug on one side, but also pos/neg wires on the other side. What did you do to plug them in?

 

I cut that crap off. Its hard wired

 

Couple pictars from this weekend. Found out my truck has a brother






Really thinkin about getting those 34's... Wonder if I can get enough from my 5 - 33's

 

Umm not sure yet I need to price out the 34's. I would keep the rims

 

Well I cant get the 34's I want. Not in stock anywhere... plus $1400 is a little steep. Could run Nitto's or Toyo but they are about 10lb heavier a piece than what I have now. Attempting to keep it light as possible if I can. Not sure how I feel with my stock gears and tacking on more weight+height. I remember how it felt with the 35's

I pondered about a set of Super Swamper LTB 34x10.50R17, however I think 10.5" will be way too narrow looking with my setup. Its only an inch bigger than my spare... which looks really funny.
Lots of FJ guys run em though.









On another note. Picked up a roof mount Wilson 1000, and antenna for $59 shipped. Ill work on installing it next weekend after my wisdom teeth are removed.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O430CY/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Thanks for the antenna link, best price I've seen. Kinda thinking about going 255/85 again after seeing them on Loco's truck

 

Got a little stuck today Didnt want to tear it up too bad because we gotta fix the water issue. Thank god for the winch!

 

Got my Wilson 1000 installed on Fri after my wisdom teeth were taken out. Took me forever... was moving really slow that day


1: Remove dome light(All clips). Remove the pillar cover(2 screws on handle, rest clips)





2: Mark the center where you want the antenna. I used a punch and just pressed upwards from inside the truck. There's a center hole I lined up with. Mask the drill area with tape to keep the debris from scratching the clear coat.




3: Put something between the roof and the head liner. One to catch the metal.... second so you dont poke through the head liner. I used a rag and a small piece of aluminium plate I had. Screw driver handle was to keep a gap.




4: Double check your measurements and drill your pilot hole. I checked about 5 times, was on some good meds.




5. Use whatever drill bit you have to get the required size. I used a stepper bit. Magnet on the parts tray picked up most of the debris.



6: Remove tape. Blow off remaining debris with compressed air. Paint or coat the bare metal. I used touchup paint.




7: Optional... I siliconed the rubber gasket to the roof and the plastic cap. Rather not get any water inside. Little bit is fine it squishes out.



8: Put the base together, wipe off excess silicone.



9: Fish the antenna wire to the pillar, take note of the white fin things and where you place the wire above the head liner so it dosnt get pinched. Run wire to your CB and re-assemble the interior.





10: Attach antenna and tune in an open space. I tuned 1.0 from 1-40!

 

Awesome! Needed a write up for when I do mine

 

Found this mixed in with some dog pics I took. Little bit over exposed but you get the general idea of the led bar's brightness

 

bad ass truck man! makes me want the steel bumpers!

 

Thanks

 

nice build! ever fit your ATV in the box with the soft top rolled down?

 

Yes. I can put my 250 in there no problem. The big blue atv is too wide for the bed so I never tried that one.