Idaho BS thread in the PNW

I've towed with my bumper. If anything it's stronger then my old tow package. Almost all 1/4"

 

Yeah, not worried about when its running. I was more curious about the voltage after its been sitting unused for a while.

Running, the meter is indicating 14.2. When I shut it off it drops to 12.8. I just checked it a minute ago and it was 12.6.

Wondering how that compares to others

 

Ugh, you need to stop talking about how awesome your Elite bumpers are.... Making me so

 

Get in that GB man haha

 

This f1 fprace is great haha

 

Does your voltmeter turn on with the Acc or is it direct battery fed?

When i turn key to Acc, it reads 12.2. Then when i turn to ON, it reads 11.9. Then its like 14-14.5 when running. Once i shut off, i get 11.9 and starts dropping from there.

Battery was replaced in the fall

 

Oh there's no doubt that I'll be getting in the group buy for a front bumper! As long as something drastic doesn't happen that requires money, I will have an Elite front bumper this year!

 

Hey Monte, I helped this dude wire these up yesterday, two 130 kc's on the hood, kinda like the jeep guys do it, it's giving me evil ideas

 

Nice man!

Couple other guys I know have done that.

I like my mirror lights a bit better. Not as much lost light on the hood. But they are still cool.

Famous fab makes brackets if your interested haha

 

That might be where he got them, they looked like well done brackets.

It's getting out of hand Monte, that would make it 820 of halogens out of the front, dayum I need another fuse block

 

Eh I'm not worried. Never gonna tow near the truck capacity anyways. Motor can tow anhinga that big for shit.

Just borrow the FRV haha

 

Wow, yours seems to drop off faster than mine. I have not checked with the key in Acc or On tho.

I have two sources of info. the scangauge is set to display VDC in real time but it only works when the truck is running so I am also using a handheld mutlimeter and placing the probes directly on the battery posts.

I wont be driving the truck again until thursday or friday so I'm gonna keep checking it all week to see how much it drops.

 

A new battery should be at 12.4v. It'll be around 14.1 while running due to the alternator.

It should be around 12 though. How much it drops though will have to d with condition of the battery itself tho.

 

I've rotated them twice now since I have had them. About 10K miles on them now.

I don't understand the cluttered part. The back doesn't look that much different than yours... Shackles can take some abuse. I watch guys hit them all the time. For us our beds stick far enough back that you will hardly ever hit them anyway. So cutting your bedsides and getting that rear bumper up as high as possible means you will drag less since the very back of the bumper of what takes most of the abuse.

Not sure how they market 1st gen bumpers but I think 2nd gens have made these terms pretty cut and dry. You have the oem bumper, an aftermarket bumper and a high-clearance bumper (cutting the bedsides). For the most part on TW HC means cut bedsides. Sure An aftermarket gives you more clearance regardless, but it isn't high clearance until it's cut.

I'd trust my bumper to tow. I'm pretty confident that it is much stronger than my tow package. Plus my tow package was starting to wear thin from the constant dragging abuse.

Gah! Between you guys and Cameron, I am really wanting to get those Hella 500's now, but the wife would kill me if I do...

 

Depending on how soon my friend gets money, I may have a set of hid hella 500s for sale here soon. Either 55w 6000k or 55w 3000k.

 

There is a set of 4 HID Hella 500ff's for sale. They are 6000K, wattage isn't listed though.

 

The paint is in the mail man. haha. Should be here the 1st week of May. Said it takes 2-3 weeks to process orders, so either the place is super busy or it is a complete pain in the ass to mail lots of spray paint cans. haha

 

Not really sure yet, Im giving him first shot at them. I threw 2 in wiht the purchase of the truck, and he wants to buy the other two but if he takes to long then they are yours if your interested. Ill see what his hold up is gonna be and hit you up.

 

two 6 packs of the duplicolor colormatched rattle cans.