Poindexter's 2015 build

Exterior is still bone stock 2015 mag grey access cab, needs a bath.

My light bar came in Friday, my nerf bars appear to be in Seattle. I'm ready to install the mounting brackets for the light bar, buy i want to clean and wax all three bars before install. If I don't wax them in the garage this week it will be may before I can wax them outdoors on the truck.

I got the 5" oval nerf bars coming, guy in my neighborhood has them on his DC, they are the ones my wife liked best.

I think I can go ahead with the Birddawg tech deck now that I have a solid plan for the rest of the center console.

Kinda irritated my brake controller came up back ordered. I hope to ball mount it to the tech deck, if I can't make it work I'll have to wing in until spring and then open the center console again.

The torque app and Bluetooth single seem to be working fine for Trans temp monitoring.

My good year ride rights are here. Already been through the packing list on bought the two missing nuts from lowes--that would have ducked a LOT

Damn auto correct.

I think that's all for this year. I have everything I need to finish the moose light install, just wanting to wax the nerf bars same time as the light bar. Oh, I do have an H4 extension coming so I can get a high beam signal for the moose lights without hacking the factory harness, but that should be here Tuesday.

The only thing "done" is the hardwired GPS and I already posted a pic of that.

 

Looks like all my parts are here, I got some waxing to do. I am on call tue Thursday and Friday this week, so double check my bolt counts and the pins on the H4 extension wednesday, wax on wax off the rest of the week and install everything saturday.

 

Here moosie moosie

 

Hello. Just saw your title and it caught my eye. My middle name is Poindexter. What are the odds.

_Charlie

 

damn.

those lightforces.

what size/models are they?

cost?

night shot pictures?

 

I have a pair of sevens and a pair of nines.

Probably wednesday night before i finish wiring. The relay panel pictured in previous posts is still in the garage...

 

where'd you buy them from?

 

Local Fairbanks Alaska dealer sells them about $25 per pair less then Amazon, even with prime and free shipping. With two harnesses is was about $890.

 

Poindexter is a nickname is I picked up for being a measure twice, cut once kind of guy.

Nice to meet you Charlie,
Scott

 

Current exterior pics are in the MGM thread on p 373, no need to double post I reckon... https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/magnetic-gray-thread.23762/page-373

It worked the first time i hit the switch after putting all the fuses in, so that's good. I have them aimed well enough to leave the driveway.

 

Most of what I have learned about firestone ride right airbags has been added to this thread.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/ride-rite-air-bag-install-trick.381402/

 

Just ordered a set, gonna install them to help in keeping the truck level when towing my pop up trailer.. also adding these cups to prevent tearing a bag due to suspension droop: http://www.daystarweb.com/productdetail.php?productID=1232

Also going to build an OBA setup for the bags and general air needs, using the Viair 300p Compressor. http://www.viaircorp.com/300P.html (I would have just got a hard mount compressor, but I found a really good deal on Craigslist for a brand new portable unit (85 bux!))

I will try to get some good pix of the setup as I go.

 

I got my heated side mirrors in over the weekend.

I added a point to the one man install, I was able to pull the wires far enough through the door to re-assemble the mirror on the hood isntead of using a third and fourth hand.

Muy notes are in thread, pp 32 &33ish.

 

The only thing i have changed about the trucl since my last post is i have put 22k miles on it. Never have blown a fuse.

I did have to take the ball mount out of my A pillar, put some locktite on it and put it back in. The immryo mirror bracket doesnt rattle at all. The birddawgtech heavy duty bracket doesnt rattle either.

The heated side mirrors are working flawlessly. I got the five minute timer version sinve the 15 minute switch was on backorder when i ordered. I rarely have to wait 2 cycles for my mirrors to clear, though it is fairly dry up here.

The Nfab bar looks fine after two summers killing bugs and two winters parked outdoors, the Lightforces are awesome.

My only disappointment among the modifications is the mounting brackets for my tube steps. I cleaned em up real good, clayed them, washed em again real careful, put on 6 or 8 coats of zaino to every surface before install, and they were rusting heinously within two months.