3rd gen SPOD setups?

What size battery is that and where did you get that battery Mount from

 

It is a optima blue top 31M battery with a @Pelfreybilt battery cage.

 

So when I installed my SPOD i wanted a permanent but non invasive installation, this is what i came up with;

To mount the LCD

i used this ram ball mount cut it drilled 2 holes and taped the existing hole in the back, made a doubler for the other side of the plastic it was going to attach to.




the two small bolts are called hi loks if you want some you may be able to find them on ebay but they are an aircraft fastener and may be hard to come across the correct size




Then to mount the control unit i made an aluminum bracket to mount to two existing holes under the hood.




Overall im happy with the end results and only drilling was in the plastic in the back of that useless cubby.

 

I did something similar but I keep hitting my knee on it. I'm trying to find another option. I really wish one of these 3d print guys would make a flush mount at an upward angle to hole my lcd screen. Really happy with the spod setup though.

 

I had the same issue at first but i played with it a little and found a good position that wont block my vent and get in the way of lights control thing, im 6'1" and havnt hit my knee on it in a while, as shown in the picture its up and out of the way.
Do you have he same arm as i do? I dont remeber if it cam with my spod or if i bought it sepratly

 

I think I ordered an extra arm also because I knew I was going to try and install it in that cubby. this was kinda temporary and I plan on mounting to the cubby panel someway so that don't come out so far.

 

Ohh ok i get it now you wanted it flush mounted, im pretty sure iv seen a blanking plate for the cubby somewhertr you could just mount it to the blanking plate by removing the ram ball from the screen right?
Have you seen how the people that get switchpro mount it i feel like that would have been a better option if you wanted flush mounted switch panel

 

Cool set up give me an idea to do the same thing by the wireless charging area.

 

I almost went with switch pro for that reason but I was hung up on the lcd screen for some reason. Have you hooked up to your battery yet? The contacts were too small on mine and I had to enlarge them with a unibit to fit batter post. Not a big deal if you got the tools, just didn't expect to have to do it.

 

I dont think i did i dod this months ago, i think the battery terminal is removeable and has a stud with a nut under the red shroud ill have to go take a look,
but i found this
http://www.shapeways.com/product/EWH4EQRKR/tacoma-switch-plate
Couldnt you put this in with a switch blank and drill a hole in thr switch blank to do a flush mount, thats the least invasive no drill option i could think of, or you can make a nice sheetmetal banking plate and drill a small hole in each corner and attach that to that?
Attach thr said plate in a similar fashon as shown in the image

 

For sure ill get back to you later tonight i dont have my truck available at this very moment to look

 

Good idea,That's a lot less complicated than what I had planned on trying to do. I'd still like to see a molded plastic housing to hold the screen...

 

Everyone running the SPOD touch screen, I started a thread before seeing this one and was wondering if this will work for my needs.


Taken from my other thread in lighting

 

Should be able to run up to eight lights. The strobe and flash are customized through the screen. It has an off road button to access the strobe and flash modes.

 

Think its possible to run sets of lights under 1 switch, so the 2 I want for the front grouped, 3 on the right grouped, etc?

 

I'd have to read instructions to see about that but it seemed like that was possible from what I recall reading

 

Each channel is rated at 30 amps at 12.5 voltd so that would be 375 watts of lights per channel, good rule of thumb is 3 watts per led unless whatever light your using has a data tag with how many watts it uses

 

I dont see any practical way to mount a ram ball mount, you could drill through the upper surface which appears to be part of the dash, i would personally refrain from doing that or you could go through thr charger pad itsself essentially making it useless along with the switch in your dash to turn it on and off

 

Gotcha. Thanks for the info!

Looking at the lights, they are 18w so I should be good running 3 sets per switch.