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Jsmarine's Build Thread

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Builds (2005-2015)' started by jsmarine, Jul 5, 2011.

  1. Jul 29, 2011 at 8:24 AM
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    LEX

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    Great looking truck. How much did it run you to re-powder coat the bumper?
     
  2. Jul 29, 2011 at 8:30 AM
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    jsmarine

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    ARB front & rear lockers ARB bull bar Warn XP9000 winch IPF lights
    $325 total. Included burning off old paint, sand blasting off the rust, and new powder coating.
     
  3. Sep 17, 2011 at 4:58 AM
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    ToyTec Adjustable Coils W/Bilstein 5100's, Lower front Dif Kit, Rigid Industries Dually s, Throttle body spacer, ARB Front Bumper (some mods), ALL Pro Rear Bumper, Rear Expedition Leaf Springs, Rock Sliders, upgraded Tie Rods, Budbuilt fuel tank skid plates, KN Cold Air intake, Warn HID Lights-4", Banks CatBack Exhaust, Total Chaos UCA, AllPro Transfer Case Skidplate, 886 Rear backlight mod, rock lights, TRD Hawaii Off Road decal (sockmonkey), Garage built Tire Carrier.
    exactly what part number for the LED front turn signal/marker lights? Not an electrician here but what mods did you have to do to make them work on the ARB bumper? any pics to go along with the wiring?
     
  4. Sep 17, 2011 at 5:14 AM
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    ink junky

    ink junky I love tacos too!!!

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    nice truck man!

    after installing the snorkel on my truck I really didn't like the look of the white fenders, so I bedlined them. It looked too much like a city slicker for me. :laugh:

    I like the way yours looks though. THE FENDERS I MEAN!!!
     
  5. Sep 17, 2011 at 9:54 AM
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    Thanks man!
     
  6. Sep 17, 2011 at 9:58 AM
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    As far as the LED lights, I wish now I had taken more pictures of how I did it at the time. I bought the lights at Northern Tool and Equipment, but I just looked online and found the same lights on walmart.com, and they are cheaper than what I paid. (I paid $18.99 each) BTW, the brand is Blazer if you can find them elsewhere. Also, just an FYI they are sold individually, so buy two. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Blazer-LED-Oval-Stop-Turn-and-Tail-Light-Kit-Amber/15111215

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    Basically what I did was drill two small holes on either side of the light that matched up to the holes in the ARB bumper. The holes will be on the edge of the light, and you are only drilling through the plastic housing, none of the LED's or wiring will be affected by the hole. Then I used a little silicone and filled the holes on both the front and back and put in a screw and attached it to the bumper. The silicone set up with the screw in place and should keep them sealed up from moisture and dirt. As for wiring, I saved the pigtail from the original lights that came with the ARB so I could reuse the connector; I just wired these lights to that pigtail. It took a little trial and error as the wires were different colors and I didn't know which was which, but I got it. The lights are turn signals and can stay on as marker lights.

    EDIT: Heres a couple pics of the lights from the inside of the bumper, kind of gives you a better idea of how they are mounted.
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  7. Sep 18, 2011 at 5:20 AM
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    Thanks for the info and pics. Gotsa do this mod ASAP
     
  8. Sep 18, 2011 at 12:12 PM
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    Nice build man!
     
  9. Sep 18, 2011 at 12:30 PM
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    thanks!
     
  10. Sep 18, 2011 at 2:43 PM
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    Truck looks clean!

    White Out :taco:

    Keep it up! I hope mine will look badass one day.
     
  11. Oct 9, 2011 at 11:17 AM
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    Put in an Optima Yellow Top battery this weekend; and also cleaned up all the wiring while I was at it. I also picked up a steel optima battery holder off eBay, which works much better than the factory battery hold down, since the Optima is a little smaller than the factory battery.

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  12. Oct 20, 2011 at 3:11 PM
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    Bought a 2011 white grille off of TW a few days ago, just got it today. Painted the emblem red and slapped everything on the truck. :)

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  13. Oct 20, 2011 at 3:19 PM
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    Damn the white looks good!
     
  14. Oct 20, 2011 at 3:21 PM
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    Thanks, I agree!
     
  15. Jan 13, 2012 at 1:34 PM
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    Hey, what model of compressor is that one, I want to get one but i want to make sure fits ok.

    nice build man
     
  16. Jan 13, 2012 at 1:37 PM
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    stunt man hans

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    how did i miss this build thread!

    awesome truck love the color matched arb on there. and the leds signals are freaking great!

    really like what you done with it.

    subbed for future ideas :)
     
  17. Jan 13, 2012 at 1:38 PM
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    Hey, nice build man!!!....what model of compressor is that one, I wan to get it but i want to make sure it will fit perfect
     
  18. Jan 13, 2012 at 1:40 PM
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    stunt man hans

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    this looks awesome excellent idea you had there. wow i think i'm going to try this in the future.
     
  19. Jan 13, 2012 at 2:29 PM
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    what battery mount is that for the optima?
     

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