The Lair

I chose not to have children so I had more time to wheel.

 

Mail call! I went ahead and got new u bolts for the new leafs since they should be thicker than my current Dakar’s.

 

So, I took my couple month old Boston terrier for a day trip in my brand new raptor with perforated leather seats. He did great all day and we had a blast. I stopped at the grocery store on the way home and when as I was walking out to the truck, I noticed two things. First was an excited pup hopping around, second was what looked like muddy paw prints all over the windows. As I got closer I was able to make out that the mud was on the inside..... he had diarrheaed on my drives seat, forever plugging the perforations with poop, and spread his fescues, one little paw at a time, over ever square inch of the interior of the truck.

Yes, you can take any passenger you want on a wheeling trip. There are just consequences

 

Oh that’s shitty.

 

Nice pun

 

And switches.

Oh. It's almost baby o' clock.

 

Just the covers. It’ll be nice to not have to remember what each switch does. And I thought that was a nice touch from Eric at archive.

 

Oh. Hell yeah. Thought the wife had written it.

 

Nope lol it was a cute little surprise.

 

Sorry to hear that. Fortunately the upholstery is removable so you can clean it and get the foam assessed and cleaned if necessary as well.

 

I swapped out my lenses this morning. Incredibly easy with the removal tool. The downside is the color is a little different between the compressor and locker switches, so I’m going to order new covers for those.

 

Looking for this cigarette lighter cover as mine's missing. It's not something that can be sold individually, so I'm hoping someone has something 'permanently' plugged in there that would be willing to part ways with it.

 

JK, I found the correct parts diagram, buried in a weird section. The correct part number for the tan is 85535-0C010-E2

 

Man I’m talking to myself today. I got in my backup camera. I wired it in so I can view it in reverse or just by selecting it on the head unit.

My head unit has a 'reverse trigger' wire, to tell it when the truck is in reverse. Under the drivers kick panel, this wire is what runs to the rear and feeds the reverse lights. I tapped into this for my 'reverse trigger.

The camera itself has a + and -. I tapped into my head units wiring for that. So the camera will always have power when the truck is on, and because of the 'trigger wire', the head unit knows when to display it on the screen.

 

The picture is pretty darn clear!

 

I’m extremely impressed at the quality of this kit for only $80

 

I noticed on the parts diagram earlier that there's a bulb on the hazards switch. I didn't think much of it but on my way to chick fil a for dinner I noticed my hazard switch isn't lit up. I asked a friend if his is, and it is. Ordered a new bulb. $5 for this stupid thing. 90011-01018

 

Same bulb goes in the fog light switch too. Replaced mine a while ago

 

Some cock sucker changed lanes into me today, almost causing me to pit maneuver them. They did it intentionally too, expecting me to hit my brakes. Pissed me off to no end but I stayed the course with my prego wife in the car. I leaned on the horn but it was wimpy. I’m thinking 3 pairs of hella super tones because fuck you and everyone around me. The price has jumped though since I last checked at $40 a pair.

 

That sucks dude. People are crazy. You would think with enough steel on a truck, folks would get the clue that they wouldn’t win that fight.