Nimble9's Secondhand Parts Build

they are sending me a 3rd replacement set....

The 3rd set that are on there, I had to aim, and spent a ton of time sealing with clear RTV. still ended up with condensation.

It sucks, because I love the output that they provide. With their stock bulbs the cutoff is very sharp and the headlights look great.

 

I decided that I’m inevitably getting a cargo box, that I should start by moving my traction boards to my bed rack.

thankfully I designed it for 3/8” cartridge bolts, so mounting took about 5 min, with most of the time rummaging around for long enough bolts.

 

You’re pretty much “Chux: bed rack edition”. I like it!

 

haha basically! It’s inevitable that trucks end up similarly, if they’re use for similar things lol

I’m still planning to mount a table under my RTT as well lol

 

Scored this yesterday! Stoked to have more dry storage and free up space elsewhere

came with a missing key, but I have a ton of spare lock cores so no biggie there.

 

what does "came with a missing key" mean? Like there was a key missing?

 

yeah, for the lock lol

I have the Thule master key so I just had to switch out to one of my cores and I’m good

 

I’ve never locked it, never an issue.

 

yeah but I have the cores and keys so why not lol

 

I almost got one of those! But thought they were a bit longer so I didn’t want it to overhang on the front

 

Did a bunch of stuff today, starting with adding extra straps around my awning, the built in straps are sagging a bit



Painted my snorkel A pillar bracket





Removed my firewood box and cleaned/ waxed my roof



Mounted the cargo box and tested that a bike fit up there next to it. There’s just enough space to make it work!

 

Finally got those @Marlin Crawler HD braces burned in thanks to @Skell

We discovered a number of issues along the way, including how my IFS skid was rubbing on the bottom of my front diff, and that my RCI offroad LCA skids we’re rubbing on my LCA frame mount!

I have a number of photos on my camera, but here are the ones from my phone for now:



Had to drop the IFS skid first. The weld nut in my crossmember broke, and the bolt was stuck.

it can’t be stuck if it got turned to a liquid:



And boom, the first time the IFS skid was dropped in about 2 years



Spent some time scraping the crud off, while Tony bent my cam tabs into place




after scraping, this is where I noticed the wear marks on the IFS skid



Verified on my diff. Also, I know my Drivers Side CV seal is leaking lol



We had an idea to fix this issue, while solving the broken weld nut in the crossmember issue.

Tony moved onto tacking the stuff in place




I got to cleaning up the LCA skids with the wire wheel



Took a break and went for a quick rip in this thing!



Painted the top of the IFS Skid. Oil and dirt kept my original paint pretty good!



Then marked where the LCA skids needed to be trimmed - note the wear marks from the LCA and frame mount - both sides were like this.



Tony finished up the cam tab braces! I painted them while we moved on to drilling out the weld nuts for the cross member bolts



Tony had the great idea of welding unistrut 3/8” nuts on in place of the original Weld nuts. This will allow new larger bolts to be used, and space the skid off the front diff.



We drilled the holes out, and he tacked then on with a bolt threaded through the unitsrut to ensure we were centered.

then we fitted the IFS skid and we were done for the day!

 

Un flattening those cam tabs was tricksy!

 

especially the back front ones!

 

Can you link me to the lev o gauges you got please?

 

$14 Hopkins Towing Solutions 08525 Graduated Level, Regular

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AA4RWM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Here you go!

 

Awesome, thanks!

 

A bit of love on this cold taco Tuesday

New sockets and seals for the side markers


Topped this off




Threw these back on


Trimmed where they needed to be trimmed. They were rubbing so bad in the LCA mount it flared and bent the ear



Done!

 

Haven’t posted a nice pic in a while