What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Jeff Dartfrog · Sep 17, 2021

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Holy Crap there's a lot going on there! Nice work!

Guinness Dave · Sep 17, 2021

codyjphoto said: ↑

Update, used a large steel clamp and it's solid as can be, more difficult to steal as well.
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So is that whole tank cantilevered out and only supported by the strap? Is the tank not resting on anything? If not, that thing will bounce under it's own weight and stretch that strap. I'd make sure the tank is sitting on something and the strap only keeps it from sliding around. And if anything, you want the strap under the weld bead so when it does stretch, it doesn't just slip and fall straight out.

Bertw192 · Sep 17, 2021

smkd13 said: ↑

Finally, got my truck lifted since I got it off the lease I had it one (yeah never doing that again) anyways, specs:

Bilstein 6112 (5/6 setting) (600lb coil)
Bilstein 5100 rears
Icon RXT pack (option 2)
Camburg UCA w/ X-Joint
SCS SR8 16” in bronze
285/75r16 GY Duratracs

now on to CMC and starting Armor orders

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Daughter is pointing out that you need a BHLM

smkd13 · Sep 17, 2021

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Daughter is pointing out that you need a BHLM
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Bwahaha that about what I thought when I looked at it after I took it. Need to break down and do that one of these days. That and the mirror turn signals.

Bertw192 · Sep 17, 2021

smkd13 said: ↑

Bwahaha that about what I thought when I looked at it after I took it. Need to break down and do that one of these days. That and the mirror turn signals.
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The mirrors are an easy one. 100% recommend.

RedTacoma47 · Sep 17, 2021

DLRIII said: ↑

How many people fit in that ikamper? Looks like a big'n
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Myself, wife, 9 YO and 6 YO, it’s a king size bed equivalent. Skycamp 2.0

codyjphoto · Sep 17, 2021

Guinness Dave said: ↑

So is that whole tank cantilevered out and only supported by the strap? Is the tank not resting on anything? If not, that thing will bounce under it's own weight and stretch that strap. I'd make sure the tank is sitting on something and the strap only keeps it from sliding around. And if anything, you want the strap under the weld bead so when it does stretch, it doesn't just slip and fall straight out.
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It's on a hook like bracket we made, supported and won't slip down and doesn't bounce

Jay745 · Sep 17, 2021

Full meso trim interior. Climate controls, vents and standard Chrome be gone!

MAD777 · Sep 17, 2021

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For a second there I thought he had put a cellular blind in the back window of his truck. Never mind, I see it.
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I was considering lace curtains, LOL

MGMDesertTaco · Sep 17, 2021

MAD777 said: ↑

I was considering lace curtains, LOL
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They'd have to be pink polkadots. It must be Friday...

BudFriendguy · Sep 17, 2021

codyjphoto said: ↑

Update, used a large steel clamp and it's solid as can be, more difficult to steal as well.
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What? Like a crackhead would just walk up to a car they didn't own and take whatever wasn't literally bolted down? Like somebody would just be a total POS scumbag like that?

Next you're gonna say there's crackheads walking around with cutting wheels to remove catalytic converters...

WrecklessAbandon · Sep 17, 2021

Installed some clean wheels on a dirty truck...

Lunabird · Sep 17, 2021

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So, I will confess to a considerable degree of stress as I drilled holes in my new $3500 Leer canopy/cap/topper/et al (depending upon your local vernacular, of course) but, in for a penny, in for a pound...lots of tape, lots of measuring, lots of sweat and swearing and second thoughts.

For my particular needs my roof basket needed to be mounted on the canopy...those prominent rear facing lights were useful only for signalling spacecraft with the basket mounted over the cab (have you ever tried to dress out a critter in the dark?). I wanted to keep the package as low profile as possible, in the hopes of avoiding low hanging trees...and the top of my garage door. Any commercially available package – like those awesome Thule roof rails and racks that I sooooo much coveted – was fiendishly expensive and would put the roof rack high enough to count as a 2nd floor.

And quite frankly, none of the rack/canopy/truck geek shops I checked were particularly interested in tackling anything even vaguely interested in doing anything custom...so it seemed I was destined to rely on Redneck ingenuity.

I went with some 2 x 2 x 1/8 stainless steel square tubing. Cutting it was...okay. Drilling holes was....I will never do that again. I did learn, belatedly, that a relatively low speed drill and copious amounts of cold water worked well. A high speed drill and, say, oil resulted in a new metal element that could withstand a nuclear explosion. And deter any normal drill bit. The same goes for the flat plates.

The square tubing was mounted on the roof of the canopy with a layer of that cool weather sealant you use between your canopy and your truck box, supplemented with a prudent application of automotive grade silicone in the holes. The flat plates have the same footprint as the tubing, and using 1/4 inch stainless bolts and nuts, effectively create a sandwich with the roof of the cap in the middle....thus far remaining waterproof.

The roof box is not a Rhino, alas, not even a Prinsu...it is a – wait for it! - POWERFIST!. This is the shop brand from Princess Auto, the North-of-the-49th Canuck tradition upon which Harbor Freight was fashioned.

But it works. For me. It carries my Maxtrax and any other big-and-bulky-but-light bits and pieces, and it serves as a home for those lights that I desperately need.

It's attached to those troublesome tubes with the same bolts and – this time – aluminum plates....cuz these bent to form to the tubing in the roof box.

And the interior lights. Some discreet blue inside to save my night vision, and a couple strips of bright white if I need to, say, do surgery (okay, I may have overdone those lights a bit). A couple strips on the canopy door, originally intended to light up the tailgate and drawers, but a happy accident has them as perfect camping lights. All wired through the switch panel on the left.

I would have preferred the roof box was 30 cm shorter, then it may not have that dorky hang-off-the-end bit. For those of us gifted with normal height – that being in the 172 cm (5'8”) area – that overhang is not an issue. For my hunting partner, being the mutant he is at something well in excess of 6 feet, it is a source of recurrent amusement for me....I can match up the gouges on his balding pate with specific parts of the rack.

No, I don't have onboard propane (well, not yet). The tanks were there, pending a trip to Costco the next day.

And I would think that the craft beer would be self-explanatory. As I hoped and prayed that things would remain dry.

I'll be having a couple more tonight as we are destined to have mid-November era monsoons tonight. This will be the true test of my efforts.

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Did you find it was an issue tightening your bolts with the cardboard center for the topper?

baldbeardedtaco · Sep 17, 2021

playdixie said: ↑

My original mirror was just an autodim OEM mirror. I replaced it with I believe Gen 3 Homelink mirror. It worked fine with the old garage opener. Newer opener was newer technology, so didn't work. The bridge fixed the issue.
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Yea the newest version is homelink5. I know all about the newer openers (kinda what I do) that’s why I was asking which one you got out of curiosity.

Was confirming the word bridge because really the bridge is for WiFi/myQ connection (a different product altogether) and the home link is a repeater. But looking at the description of the repeater they also describe it as repeater bridge. Meh

runandgun18 · Sep 17, 2021

Wrapped my hood and gas flap, removed badges, added tailgate decal, and swapped low beam bulb for Phillips H9 (per @crashnburn80 suggestion). Dobinsons snorkel install will happen sometime in the next week or two. Recently replaced Weathertech mats for Husky as well.

codyjphoto · Sep 17, 2021

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$699 iceco vl45 pros portable refrigerator, multi-directional lid, dual USB & DC 12/24V, AC 110-240V, 45L steel compact refrigerator powered by SECOP, 0℉ to 50℉, home & car use [upgrade, 47 quarts]

iceco vl45, the DC power outlet is hooked up to the extension I wired up to my voswitch.

GeoTaco · Sep 17, 2021

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$699 iceco vl45 pros portable refrigerator, multi-directional lid, dual USB & DC 12/24V, AC 110-240V, 45L steel compact refrigerator powered by SECOP, 0℉ to 50℉, home & car use [upgrade, 47 quarts]

iceco vl45, the DC power outlet is hooked up to the extension I wired up to my voswitch.
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Make sure you strap that thing down! I was in a roll over accident and my fridge destroyed everything in the bed of my truck (snapped a ski in half) Fridge still worked, but now its strapped down tight.

codyjphoto · Sep 17, 2021

GeoTaco said: ↑

Make sure you strap that thing down! I was in a roll over accident and my fridge destroyed everything in the bed of my truck (snapped a ski in half) Fridge still worked, but now its strapped down tight.
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Thanks for the heads up. I may see about using Eye hooks in the back of the seat. Can anyone link me to threaded rivets?

Tacorific · Sep 17, 2021

codyjphoto said: ↑

Thanks for the heads up. I may see about using Eye hooks in the back of the seat. Can anyone link me to threaded rivets?
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$46 Amjoy Rivet Nut Tool 16'' Long Handles, Labor-Saving Rivet Tool Set with 7 Mandrels(Metric and SAE), Easy to Use Rivnut Tool Kit Comes with 70Pcs Threaded Rivet Nuts, Durable Riveter Nutsert Hand Tool

https://www.amazon.com/Amjoy-Handle...&qid=1631909752&sprefix=rivnut,aps,197&sr=8-8

BudFriendguy · Sep 17, 2021

codyjphoto said: ↑

Thanks for the heads up. I may see about using Eye hooks in the back of the seat. Can anyone link me to threaded rivets?
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Just make sure to get the right nuts for the material.

Metal can take normal rivnuts, but plastic needs a split bulbed nut.

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