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Discussion in '2nd Gen. Builds (2005-2015)' started by EatSleepTacos, Jun 5, 2017.

  1. Aug 26, 2019 at 10:21 AM
    Gunshot-6A

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    I did. It was an Amazon china special. I'll pull it up in a sec. Just did an add a fuse to the panel by your left knee and ran it up the a pillar and across the headliner.

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    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076F9TQ8L/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
     
  2. Aug 26, 2019 at 12:05 PM
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    Happy Belated Birthday Daniel! And Many More!!!!!!
     
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  3. Aug 26, 2019 at 12:06 PM
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    Nice! And happy bday!
     
  4. Aug 26, 2019 at 1:03 PM
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    Well, it definitely looks great! :thumbsup:

    Yea, same here. On all accounts. I would love to see mandatory vehicle inspections. And yes, even though we get some snow every year you would definitely think to see the results that the idiots here were experiencing it for the very first time in their lives. I really like how they act surprised that it is happening.

    This was a light snow last year, one night we left the house to run to the nursing home.

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    It got really bad before we could get 15 miles so we turned around and came home. It took like 25 minutes total. This is the same road.

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    So not really bad bad but still the road is coated and the stuff under the fresh snow was starting to freeze. This is the last road before my house and I have seen as much as 6" of snow on it before the county can get the plows up there. That's rare but I need to be prepared for that.

    Like you guys I am more afraid of the idiots around me that think they are invincible and they have magic tires.

    Of course whatever tires I get also have to be able to handle anything off road I can throw at them. That's why the Cooper ST Maxx is in the running.

    I am comparing the ST Maxx to the Duratrac (because it has more sipes) and the 295/70r17's in both are nearly identical except for the weight. The coopers are 6 lbs heavier each (66 vs 60). I believe the steel wheels weigh 28 lbs without lugs. That's basically 100 lbs for the Coopers. Not sure if 6 lbs will make any difference at that point.
     
  5. Aug 26, 2019 at 1:33 PM
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    Yeah, the coopers are heavy mofos, but tough as a brick shithouse over everything I have put it through.

    Snow driving is scary for me because the valley tends to be real foggy when the snow rolls in and I am in a white truck. Turn on the amber fogs, the side lights, the chase bar. No chances.
     
  6. Aug 26, 2019 at 1:37 PM
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    LOL, you sound like me! I'd rather piss someone off than wind up in a ditch trying to avoid them. Of course as soon as they see me I turn this all off.

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  7. Aug 26, 2019 at 1:40 PM
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    Oh, I leave my s8 and sqdn pros off, but I do have the older squadron fogs and they are visibly bright but not harshly so if the sun is up.

    Plus I can set them all to strobe when I am out helping someone out of a ditch. Looks like a DOT truck if you weren't paying attention:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BmHKilOhgVS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
     
  8. Aug 26, 2019 at 1:50 PM
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    That's fucking awesome! I have a digital control panel and fuse box I still need to hook up. I wonder if it has a strobe feature.
     
  9. Aug 26, 2019 at 3:01 PM
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    Switchpro and Spod both do. I run the switchpro, and am never going back to relays. #neveragain
     
  10. Aug 26, 2019 at 3:30 PM
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    I have the cheaper Auxbeam version. I need to get into that some day.
     
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    Here's another question about putting tires on these steelies. Will I need wheel spacers? Also, what kind of lug nuts am I going to need?
     
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    Hey randy. How long did it take to get your stuff from ECGS? I didnt send them cores, but i was thinking i would get an update by now.
     
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    Totally different beast then. I sent my diffs and it was a 48 hour turn around once they got them.

    If you don’t, then diffs mailed in take priority so lead time varies. Can take a couple weeks.
     
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  14. Aug 26, 2019 at 5:16 PM
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    HomerTaco ...................................................................................................................................................... Core-Hurst short throw shifter & T-handle / Carbon Fiber Interior / custom console light / De-badged / leather interior / Heated Front seats / Red Line Hood Struts / Painted speaker grills /one-off TRD Satoshi Grill with 12-15 front-end swap/ Pioneer AVIC-X920BT HU / Scangauge II / Black LED Tails / Dash Mount for iPad mini / Safari Snorkel / Auto-pilot mode / Leer 100XQ Cap / 4x Innovations sliders / Rear Diff Breather Mod / front windows tinted to 35% / Brute Force Fab Hybrid Front Bumper / BAMF Rear Diff Skid / Budbuilt Skids / CBI Trail Master 2.0 rear hybrid bumper / Fox rr coils/ TC UCA's/ TC spindle gussets/ TC Cam Tab gussets / Dakar leafs / Defined Engineering shackles / All pro U bolt flip / Timbren Rear Bumpstops / BAMF LCA skids / Exhaust re-route / Fog Light anytime Mod / LowRange Off Road extended rear brake lines / ATO Shackle Flip / sectioned Bushwhacker flares / re-geared to 4.56 / ARB Front & Rear Locking Diff / ARB CKMA12 compressor / PrInSu full rack system / 1" body lift / Inchworm 4.7 crawlbox / twin stick FJ t-case / Davez off-road triple-stick kit/
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    Welllll you should give me your diffs then.
     
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    I am never removing that’d front diff again. If if needs to come out, ECGS is doing it.
     
  17. Aug 26, 2019 at 5:21 PM
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    Greeeaaaat
     
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    HomerTaco ...................................................................................................................................................... Core-Hurst short throw shifter & T-handle / Carbon Fiber Interior / custom console light / De-badged / leather interior / Heated Front seats / Red Line Hood Struts / Painted speaker grills /one-off TRD Satoshi Grill with 12-15 front-end swap/ Pioneer AVIC-X920BT HU / Scangauge II / Black LED Tails / Dash Mount for iPad mini / Safari Snorkel / Auto-pilot mode / Leer 100XQ Cap / 4x Innovations sliders / Rear Diff Breather Mod / front windows tinted to 35% / Brute Force Fab Hybrid Front Bumper / BAMF Rear Diff Skid / Budbuilt Skids / CBI Trail Master 2.0 rear hybrid bumper / Fox rr coils/ TC UCA's/ TC spindle gussets/ TC Cam Tab gussets / Dakar leafs / Defined Engineering shackles / All pro U bolt flip / Timbren Rear Bumpstops / BAMF LCA skids / Exhaust re-route / Fog Light anytime Mod / LowRange Off Road extended rear brake lines / ATO Shackle Flip / sectioned Bushwhacker flares / re-geared to 4.56 / ARB Front & Rear Locking Diff / ARB CKMA12 compressor / PrInSu full rack system / 1" body lift / Inchworm 4.7 crawlbox / twin stick FJ t-case / Davez off-road triple-stick kit/
    I was inspired by my Monday of Mondays today. :pout:
     
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  20. Aug 26, 2019 at 8:12 PM
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    The spacers are a solid maybe. But then again, people run them on here with other beefy options. 285 might be a touch too big because the steelie spares for tacos are 5in bs I think.

    Ive seen steelies run with oem trd acorns as well as spline style.
     
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