Colinb17's kinda sorta build thread

That's pretty good

 

not truck related, but i thought it was post-worthy.....

just got this in the mail today as a valentine's day present from the girlfriend

camo timex baby!

 

got some stuff in the mail today

to replace the worn straps for my ax and shovel, i got 2 sets of the small quick fists.


bought some adjustable, automatic tire deflators from jason (thanks man!). i'm going to tune them to 15 psi this weekend.

 

and on another note, i have a set of D-cell maglight clips for sale. i have a set holding one to my seat and love them. i just don't need another set.
shipping plus $3 for a beer on my way home and they're yours.

 

I'll take them

 

they're all boxxed up, sitting in my front seat, but UPS was closed by the time i got off work yesterday. i'll swing by them tomorrow, but i'm not sure if they're open on the holiday.

i did get your texts today as well, but i was running all over the place. i'll shoot you a text back or a pm tomorrow.

 

little progress update on the rack. finally had some time to brace the rear of the rack, which holds all of the weight, to the bed bolts. got the shovel and ax mounted with the quick fists, and also got my bike mounts all set up (no pictures of those though).

not i'm just waiting for the hi-lift mounts to come in the mail

 

Looking sick Colin!

 

colin where i have some questions about your roof rack. where did you run the wire for your lights and where did you bolt the rack down to?? im thinking of doing a rack like yours but a LED light bar up top instead of HIDs. how wide is your rack in the front?

 

i bolted it down to the factory holes, and drilled another hole for all of the wires.

i make them about 45'' wide up front. if you follow the roof rails, you'll notice that they actually get a little narrower, so i usually taper is a small amount as it gets to the rear.

I'm actually wirking with a member on here on a roof rack that i will probably start building in within a week. he's putting a 20'' rigid industries LED bar on it. i believe it will change a little, but here's the sketch of what it will look like as of now. per his request, i'll be cutting a clear acrylic sheet to cover the front to cut down on wind noise and keep bugs/rocks/branches etc away from the rigid bar.

I may play with the length a little, but the drawing is to scale.

 

ya thats pretty much exactly wat i was looking for haahaha im trying to go for as low profile as possible. put a 20" in the front and 1 or 2 of the D2 ambers on the rear. so where did you run the wires then thru the hole???

 

I'm working on the truck some this afternoon. I'll take some pictures of how I ran them from there

 

sweet man thanks, i was thinking of running one of these http://www.tqsatv.com/proddetail.php?prod=TOTRON-ATV-LED-LIGHT-BAR-UTV
i knw Sabre runs a 30 in behind his grill and he says its wicked bright, i would prob go with a 40" tho if that would fit.

 

here ya go coby.

after you get thr wires through the roof skin, you can pull down the edge of the celing. it's just tucked into the rubber by the door seal.



then you pop off the covers to two bolts on the oh shit handle. take the bolts out and the intire a-pillar should pop out with a little tug



after you run the wires down the a-pillar and reassemble, pop out your little change holder and you can grab the wires through there and under the dash by the pedals. you via those two points, you should be able to get the needed wires throught the firewall and to your switches




as for the LED bars, Rigid is unmatched in durability (youtube "rigid industries torture test"), but for the price of the one you linked to, it's worth a shot for pretty much half price of a RI bar.

 

ya ive watched all those tests, but i just cant see spending all that money on one. im gana wait a little while till i get it so ill as sabre for wat his thoughts are longer term wise and wat he would do if he could go back. i just dont think i would abuse one liek a trophy truck or buggy would so its not really the durability im worried about.

thanks for the help with that. maybe i should just have you build be a rack too hmmmmm.......... def throw some pics up of the final product.

 

i'll deffinately but pictures up as the project goes on. if not here, check the overland off-road facebook page.

i'd build you one, but as a heads up, shipping to the lower 48 seems to start in the $340 range.

 

fantastic build. i like the rack on the roof.

 

Thanks man

 

Hmmmmm...... Ok Colin thanks