*RIP* Bijan's #EXPOASF Long Travel Build

Remove the flare or limit the bump travel.

 

I will cycle it again when I take everything apart. Odds are I'll add another washer to space the bump out.

 

Found this in the dark abyss in my shed. Guess I’m redoing wiring now! It’ll me nice to have relays solid mounted on it and a Blue Sea panel.

I’m going to run solar in the future but will keep that system independent from my main starting battery.

 

connected solar? or just a separate solar system?

I run a separate solar system just to run my fridge and bed lights

 

Separate solar system that will power a fridge, lights, charging ports, etc.

 

I have that!

Renogy 100w kit
Duracell group 24 deep cycle battery
blue sea
switch panel with 12v/usb/3 switches

 

Ayyo I just bought the Renegy 100w kit!

 

this is $89 and usually can get 10% off.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/vegas-bs-thread.90006/page-686

I have my fridge in the bed/running all the time, and no loss of power from the battery

 

Which fridge do you have? I had a Costway before but the temperature got stuck and there was no way to change from 30 degrees, so everything got frozen lol.

 

I have a

$1,250 Dometic CFX50W Dometic CFX-50W CFX 50W 12v Electric Powered Portable Cooler, Fridge Freezer

Dometic CFX50W

 

I’ll put that on the Christmas wishlist haha, those are a little expensive

 

Look into Indel B fridges as well. Not as feature-heavy or cool looking as a Dometic, but my 50 liter that I paid ~$450 for has been working great for me for the past 4 years.

 

Looking into them right now. How is the power draw?

 

Never had to be jump started because it killed my battery or something, but half the time I’ve used it I’ve had dual batteries. It has 3 settings for voltage cutoff so it won’t drain your battery past a certain point.

 

Question: Do those who have a winch run a winch plate?

Also...been really on the fence about just adding the locker on to the build. I’m going to Moab next fall and it’d come in handy then.

 

Good to know! I’m putting the fridge on the back burner but always looking for good deals.

 

I don’t the winch area on most bumpers are usually 1\4in thick that’s plenty. I’ve always been under the impression winch plates were for cradles or a custom mount on a trailer or such.

 

Ah! That's what I figured. Tomorrow I'm going to set everything up. I saw how @anthony250f has a cutoff switch wired between the winch and the battery, and figure that's something useful and worth doing. I don't know too much about winches, but have been trying to learn!

Do you have any recommendations on accessories to buy, etc?

 

ARB Locker has been added. Sold off a couple things sitting in my garage.

So now it's 4.88 gears, solid spacers, and an ARB locker. Probably won't have the locker hooked up immediately due to lack of compressor.

 

Did another clean of the bay today. Tomorrow I knock out the winch install, as well as idler pulley, spark plugs, and oil change. Should be a fun day!

Going to order 2 pin quick disconnects for the light bar. The fogs have quick disconnects already that plug directly into the original fog light plug from the truck.