What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Family friendly skid plates

 

Sounds good, enjoy the ride now. Hey, what's been throwing your alignment out so much since March? That's quite a few alignments in about 4.5 Months. One per month.

 

did you fab that up? Pretty sweet

 

Big Country Customs, Abbotsford BC

 

yeah, it too many.
The first one was pretty good. But then the truck settled a bit I had the tech check it a few weeks later and he said everything was still good (even though it didn't look good.)
In may it went back to the same tech probably cause I was ripping dirt roads and it was wayyyy out. That same tech said he couldnt adjust camber even though I have SPCs so he set it up mostly correct, the exception being it had like -.04# of camber each side.
I finally had it all reset yesterday and the tech added 1.8# of total camber back in to get my wheels straight up n down

 

Looks good nice work!

 

Removed rearview mirror. With my windowless leer dcc, it was useless anyhow. I'll go with an anytime camera or camera relocation. (Tire swing out inplace)

 

Really puts it in perspective how much the rearview mirror takes up front facing viewable space

I'm also kind of tall and always seems to get in my way and have to lower my head to look around it

 

I couldn't wire it up without this in front of me half the time

 

Most 12v systems are pretty straight forward with only 2 main variables: 12v positive (red wires) and ground (block wires). Find a good ground. The rest is just busy work like wire crimping and running wires to various places on the truck. This was one of the largest projects on the truck I've done in one shot. This took me 5 straight days of an average over 8 hours each day.

 

I updated the original post with a parts list. Lots of various spools of different wire gauges and terminal ends and tools and such in there too that I didn't bother to list.

 

Got the baby a wash and threw on my new AVS window visors/rain shields.

 

Did a roadtrip to Montana from San Diego.
3160 miles driven roundtrip, 227 gallons of gas for a total of $1,178 and a MPG of 13.9.......

CA gas prices are high but Utah and Idaho were only marginally better unless you went with 85 octane. Montana was when we finally saw sub $5.

Never went over 75 but was loaded down with three guys and my shell packed to the roof. Awning, flyrod tube and cab rack didn't help with the drag.

33" tires, lift, 5.29 gears, full armor, shell and 8 hrs of 20-30mph headwind from Salt Lake City south did not help the fuel economy......

 

I'm really quite happy with it being gone, can see a lot

 

Where the back seat riders comfortable? I know I wouldn't be if I sat behind myself (Front seat is all the way back). Not sure I'd make it more than an hour or two

 

Ikamper xcover 2.0 came in, just working on the pre-weathering now. Fits better than I expected. AMA

 

You'll love the full size. I have one and it's awesome (other than it weighing 70lbs)

 

I figure not much diff because the lt is like 56

 

He sat sideways almost the whole trip (he only went one-way). Not ideal but it worked.

 

1000 mile initial break-in completed.