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Keystone State Thread

Discussion in 'North East' started by Tatts521, Jun 20, 2008.

  1. Dec 15, 2018 at 8:17 PM
    Cooktop86

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    I would have it we didn’t just get home from Hershey.
     
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  2. Dec 15, 2018 at 8:45 PM
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    Did you see that new grill? It look awesome.
     
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  3. Dec 15, 2018 at 8:48 PM
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    HomerTaco ...................................................................................................................................................... Core-Hurst short throw shifter & T-handle / Carbon Fiber Interior / custom console light / De-badged / leather interior / Heated Front seats / Red Line Hood Struts / Painted speaker grills /one-off TRD Satoshi Grill with 12-15 front-end swap/ Pioneer AVIC-X920BT HU / Scangauge II / Black LED Tails / Dash Mount for iPad mini / Safari Snorkel / Auto-pilot mode / Leer 100XQ Cap / 4x Innovations sliders / Rear Diff Breather Mod / front windows tinted to 35% / Brute Force Fab Hybrid Front Bumper / BAMF Rear Diff Skid / Budbuilt Skids / CBI Trail Master 2.0 rear hybrid bumper / Fox rr coils/ TC UCA's/ TC spindle gussets/ TC Cam Tab gussets / Dakar leafs / Defined Engineering shackles / All pro U bolt flip / Timbren Rear Bumpstops / BAMF LCA skids / Exhaust re-route / Fog Light anytime Mod / LowRange Off Road extended rear brake lines / ATO Shackle Flip / sectioned Bushwhacker flares / re-geared to 4.56 / ARB Front & Rear Locking Diff / ARB CKMA12 compressor / PrInSu full rack system / 1" body lift / Inchworm 4.7 crawlbox / twin stick FJ t-case / Davez off-road triple-stick kit/

    :D
     
  4. Dec 15, 2018 at 9:08 PM
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    :bananadance:
     
  5. Dec 15, 2018 at 9:09 PM
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    That thing is beautiful.
     
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    Dibs!!!
     
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  7. Dec 15, 2018 at 9:27 PM
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    Dancing banana does not count as dibs!
     
  8. Dec 16, 2018 at 4:34 AM
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  9. Dec 16, 2018 at 4:58 AM
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    srspicer Paint it black

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    Welcome!!
     
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  10. Dec 16, 2018 at 5:45 AM
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    Haha
     
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  11. Dec 16, 2018 at 5:46 AM
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    :wave:
     
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  12. Dec 16, 2018 at 6:34 AM
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    Welcome. Where you at? I’m nearly Laury’s Station.
     
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  13. Dec 16, 2018 at 7:23 AM
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    cool stickers and a baseball card With clothes pin, sounds awesome ! wicked
    welcome Rob :hattip: Bethlehem area here
     
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  14. Dec 16, 2018 at 7:24 AM
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    cool stickers and a baseball card With clothes pin, sounds awesome ! wicked
    still want mine ?
     
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  15. Dec 16, 2018 at 7:38 AM
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    You should also make sure the extra cable is coiled in an overlapping figure 8 and secured. The fire ring instructions show how to do it, used half a dozen zip ties on mine to hold it in shape.
     
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  16. Dec 16, 2018 at 7:55 AM
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    I removed my ground wire which made a huge difference. I got the antenna adjusted to around 2 on the SWR meter at channel 1 and 40. Any slight adjustments bring one of those towards 1.5 but the other goes to 2.5ish. So I guess that’s the sweet spot for my setup? I don’t need a ground?
     
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  17. Dec 16, 2018 at 7:57 AM
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    If I remember correctly, my antenna was cut to fit with the connector soldered. No extra wire.
     
  18. Dec 16, 2018 at 8:13 AM
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    ome 2.5lift leer cap
    :hattip:
    Hmm from the screen name I’m guessing you like Sea shells :notsure:
     
  19. Dec 16, 2018 at 8:22 AM
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    That's the problem.

    The wire needs to be left the full length to get the correct impedance and not require a termanating resistor.

    Bad news is you'll need to buy a new fire ring and reinstall. Good news is you probably don't have a huge grounding issue.
     
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  20. Dec 16, 2018 at 9:00 AM
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    Do you think it’s grounding to the hood mount, which is enough?
     

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