NYCO's '06 Boosted Blue Betty

I'd like to hear what you thought of the VOT. I was originally planning on going but didn't want to go by myself.

 

it was chill...not over the top...good group of people that i met there...handful of toyota, lots of rovers, but many really cool rigs...nice camping area where everyone stays...lots of fun areas to explore down there, we'll end up down there a lot to wheel i'd imagine, we just skimmed the top of the trails down there

 

vegas=booked

SEMA round 3 here i come!

 

nah...would take a LOT of work to get my truck SEMA ready hahaha...


i'll be there as part of the magazine coverage team

 

You should be able to see a well used and abused rig on display at sema. I can't trust a product that hasn't been thoroughly tested.

Everything is all pretty and clean. I'd like to see it one day though. I live 5 hours from Vegas I'm just not a big fan of it.

 

i'll be there sun-sat...the days always fly by and there's so much to see and do with the show...

i'm hoping to see more of the show outside of the convention center this year...i always get so caught up inside it seems like i am missing a lot of the activities outside..

there's a handful out there and we were talking about it for this year getting my truck outside the venue...then i was working on the move and stopped that thought train...

the show is growing more on outside activities that are open to the public which is great...so, if you do stop down, there's a lot to see now for free..SEMA ignited costs a little for public, but you'd be able to get in to

 

That's good to hear. I appreciate shows like Overland Expo because you get to see stuff work. Especially over this last year with both East/West getting hammered by rain/snow. SEMA just felt like a place for unnatainable builds by your average Joe or vehicles that will never get used for what they were build. I see that enough around TW already

 

I'm not even mad...that's amazing

nice poo

 

finally did something about my fender liners....

picked up a 6x8 roll of vinyl flooring for $25. cut 9"x48" strips. used some plastic fasteners in the factory holes then used some pop rivets to hold the rest up. reused the fold over for the outside to hold things up. had to cut some reliefs and make extensions around the curve. then coated with undercoating.

note: make sure you add rtv to the hole after drilling and before getting the rivet in









not perfect but for version 1, not a bad solution.

 

in preparation for actual winters, i added a new switch...



ordered up a kit from @Up2NoGood, Kits can be found here, and finally got it installed last night...

almost painless process...disassembling the mirrors and running the wires into the housing was a bit of a pain doing it solo. With some crafty box stacking, i was able to do the job solo in 2.5 hours.

next project.... FJ heated mirror mod



edit: and yes, i know the switch is upsidedown

 

What does the trunk monkey switch do?

 

opens the monkey cage in the back...usually when i'm stuck in traffic, i like to release the monkey and watch it throw poop at the other vehicles

 

seriously tho, it sends power to my switch panel in the bed that controls my bed lights...there's 3 switches back there, left/right/center, depending on where i need light

the rock lights were moved over to the red rocker on the right...i need more room for switches

 

yea i need to go to meetings i think....

top left: clutch cancel, rear locker, bed outlet
bottom left: front locker, heated mirrors, bed lights, rock lights
center below radio: fogs, 30", ditch lights, 40"


and my compressor switch is left in the engine bay

 

I think I might still have you beat......................But at least all yours are powered and functioning..........

 

i was thinking about throwing you under the bus as having a worse addiction to switches...

your's is way more organized than my wiring will ever be

 

I knew it was going to get brought up at some point so I figured I might as well throw it out there...