Chux's 2013 Beach Buggy Build

Looks good. Excited to get a rack setup to fit the curved bar.

 

Went out solo wheeling, got some pics and ran into trouble






That day I also ran threw a water crossing and bounced off a submerged log and took a souvenir home with me




The amazing part was I can hear slight hissing but never popped the bead. I don't know if it was luck or the 10ply Armor Teck3 of the Cooper Maxxs that allowed me to get out of the woods and address the issue. I'm goin with the fact that these tires are beast!

 

Did you jam the 4 switch bank in the center area? Did you relocate the USB plug and then hog it out for the 4 switch mount? I am planning the same thing with the USB relocated to the glovebox and my 3 ARB switches and another switch there for in cab winch controls.

Can you hook me up with any advice and pics?

 

Cough cough, hahaha

 

Hah. Yea I plan on putting deez



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And I wana put the USB plug at the bottom of the center console. I haven't made any move twords completion yet cuz I'm working on a roof rack with integrated light bar mounts. I'd like to cardboard fab up what I'm looking for and have Zach make it a reality. The reason I'm waiting for the rack is cuz I only wana rip apart my center console area one more time to do all the wiring at once. My cb is a tight fit alone, along with it being bolted to the black center piece in the truck makes it a pita to take apart. I started to notch out the center two switches originally with a dremel which did well but there is a spot or two that makes it look like I was hammered doin this lol. A few beers does make for a steady hand and some confidence tho. I'll do the rest of the bulk with a dremel still but stay well withing the lines. I'll finish the edging up with an exacto knife or box cutter. This is where it gets clean! Get some switch holders from OTRATTW http://www.otrattw.net/Switch-Holders-and-Accessories/ and make it look OEM. They do fit arb switches, the two switches in the photo above fit perfectly!

 

Awesome! I already ordered the 4 switch bezel and have the 3 ARB switches needing a home. Not sure what switch I will put in the 4th spot yet. I ordered an SPOD for all my lighting and that is going in the overhead. As long as the 4 switches fit in that area I will be stoked!

It looks like the hang down a little bit or is that just the photo angle?

Thanks for the info.

 

The great thing is OTRATTW offers a blank. If I didn't have grill lights already that would be my route. Honestly I won't need grill light after the light bar is installed so it's just a filler for now lol. When I need a vacancy the off road switch is the first one to go. That current pic just looks like they hang down further, they're really not that extreme. I've held up the 4 bank switch bezel and it just fits. You'll def need to cut out the area above the stock switch area but it'll work and the bezel with center the switches all clean like What switches do you have over head!? I get stoked thinking about that future winch mod and setting it up like this

 

La Playa

 

Be very careful setting it up like that. Depending on the switches you get the ones closer to the shifter won't fit. I started doing mine that way and my switches were too deep to fit. Should have measured twice and cut once. Oh well. Now I get to rack my brain to figure out a cool way to hide my screw-up

 

I'm a manual so I only have room for 2 switches by the shifter unless I make a custom cup holder set up. Right now I will have 9 switches running everything with room for 4 more in various places if needed.

The 6 switch SPOD kit is going to be like this (not mine but you get the idea)

 

That looks sick! I've always liked the over head switches but could never justify that many switches

 

Those switches start piling up when you think about it...Roof Bar, Ditch Lights, Rock Lights, Bed Lights, Dust Lights....My whole 6 switch set up is nothing but light switches!!!

 

You should cut a piece of metal that covers the area and cut switch holes in that. Covers bad holes and gives a spot for new clean holes.

 

Dats a lot of lumens!

 

Thanx for the advice, I'm picking up what your putting down. How much would a replacement oem shift cover be? Maybe junkyard that has a taco with front or rear smashed but the interior is ok

 

Yeah when it is all said an done it will be 10 3" Pods, a 6" Double Stack bed light, a 20" Double Stack in the bumper and a 50" Double stack on the new roof rack I ordered today. When they all come on I anticipate radiation leakage and audible humming noise

 

We need to hang out. I go fishing all over the place on the eat coast

 

Exactly what zscott said, I had to trim a bunch on the shifter mounting to get my switches to fit there. Also, now that I have a puppy, I'm constantly having to watch and make sure she doesn't mess with them. I need to get some rubber to stick under the switches as a 'lock'.

 

might want to look for something more than a "lock" I've broken probably half a dozen switch rockers. they're fragile if they get pushed from the side at all.