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Used the truck to pick up the Christmas tree and boxes of decorations. Added a decal to my rear window as well. 
What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?
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Did you get your new rig yet ? Will the equipment you removed from the LRD be usable on your new rig ?
Enthusiast III
Not yet - I will be receiving it in May 2020. Most likely I will buy all new stuff for it. If I cant sell the LRD2 for what I'm asking, I'm just going to keep it and let my family/friends use it if they ever want to go 'overlandingxcamping'
Member III
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- Jim
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- covey sr
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- none - BREAKER BREAKER HAND HELD CB AND WALKIE TALKIE
Good luck with both, I had no idea it took so long to get a new SUV these days of over production.
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Just returned from five days on PINS (Padre Island National Seashore) Texas. I ran the beach south 65 miles, down to the Port Mansfield cut-weather was perfect! Fishing was great, star gazing -excellent, just listening to the coyotes at night was great and fireflies at night-what ! I can't wait to get down there again. Texas's little hideaway.
Bob
Bob
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There’s nothing better than working on the car in the garage during a torrential downpour, so i unboxed the SwitchPros SP9100 to add to my electrical panel. I had previously installed a relay/fuse box on a PowerTray panel, but I wasn’t excited about adding a lot of dash switches in the few blank panels i had available and the SwitchPros 8 switch panel seemed like an elegant solution. The PowerTray will continue to power accessories that have their own on/off switch like CB, HAM and Compressor, but I’ll be adding more lights soon so needed something neat and tidy on the dash. SDHQ offers a laser cut dash panel for the left side of the steering wheel on the 4Runner, so that was the deciding factor to move forward.
Starting with the SDHQ Dash panel
I assembled the switch pros pad and trimmed a bit off the opening in the dash to accept the new panel. The instructions were very clear and the SDHQ panel fit like stock.
The previous panel installation included a 6x wiring harness through the firewall, so this accommodates the ignition and light trigger wires (blue and white) to bring them into the car to connect to circuits using two Add a Fuse connectors.
I velcroed a bus bar for the switch power connections to the top of the fuse box for lack of a better place to put it for now.
The Switch Pros panel is very easy to configure using the App, including changing the panel color to match the dash.
Here’s the wiring diagram. The only change I made was to wire the Ditch Light switch relay to a 20A pole (switch 1) instead of bypassing the relay off of a 35A pole. It’s a 45A relay, so I figured i still needed it.
it was a great afternoon project and wonderful to hear the rain pounding the roof while i worked. I hope everyone managed to stay dry or get really muddy!
Starting with the SDHQ Dash panel
I assembled the switch pros pad and trimmed a bit off the opening in the dash to accept the new panel. The instructions were very clear and the SDHQ panel fit like stock.
The previous panel installation included a 6x wiring harness through the firewall, so this accommodates the ignition and light trigger wires (blue and white) to bring them into the car to connect to circuits using two Add a Fuse connectors.
I velcroed a bus bar for the switch power connections to the top of the fuse box for lack of a better place to put it for now.
The Switch Pros panel is very easy to configure using the App, including changing the panel color to match the dash.
Here’s the wiring diagram. The only change I made was to wire the Ditch Light switch relay to a 20A pole (switch 1) instead of bypassing the relay off of a 35A pole. It’s a 45A relay, so I figured i still needed it.
it was a great afternoon project and wonderful to hear the rain pounding the roof while i worked. I hope everyone managed to stay dry or get really muddy!
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Wow what an expensive week for my Bronco, I spent over 600 in parts for my transmission swap (still have a few parts to order, and get the trans parts shipped), then today spent almost 500 on new lights and parts to make an old school light bar. 
I still have 2 KC Apollo Pro spot lights coming, and the mounting feet for my DIY light bar.
I still have 2 KC Apollo Pro spot lights coming, and the mounting feet for my DIY light bar.
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the brown guy showed up 2 days early, got the rest of my lights and the brackets to start my roof rack/light bar. I guess it’s time to start a build thread on “The Adventure Machine”.
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The guy in the Brown Truck dropped off my truck-bed rack. I'll unpack it tomorrow to check it out. Maybe begin assembling it this weekend. 
Pathfinder I
I forgot to post but I added some $25 Harbor Freight 100w halogen driving lights to the front bumper to provide some distance lighting. I just don't have the mod budget for the high end lighting so these will do. I'll add a slim single row LED bar inside the DV8 bumper for more front fill and side lighting.
They reach further than my high beams which is nice.
The $25 spots. I was surprised to see how far they reach while driving at night.
They reach further than my high beams which is nice.
The $25 spots. I was surprised to see how far they reach while driving at night.
Yesterday, removed back seats and left rear jump seat from the Disco. Removed the rear carpet and pad (very heavy with water from when my rear sunroof stuck open).
Today, got a buddy heater and set up for this weekends OB camp-out/ meet.
Today, got a buddy heater and set up for this weekends OB camp-out/ meet.
Pathfinder I
Jealous. I need another OB campout. :)
Educator I
Today finally after a very long time and a couple months since our last trip I finally was able to clean out and vacuum the rig. Man it seems like these jeeps are hungry for anything that can fall under the carpet or the seats but finally gave her some TLC on the inside to get ready for the Tennessee trip this upcoming week.
It's not exclusive to Jeeps. When I had a Jeep I took the carpet out so I could pop the drain plugs and just hose it out. That was a TJ, so easy. Now I have 4Runner and i wish it had that option. Or at least a vinyl floor option.
Educator I
That was the other thing. I had to pull the front carpet out and hose the front half. I had a 44ounce cup literally full of limeade spill all over the floor earlier this week and I dam near had a conniption lol. So that was the main reason to pull the carpet out and hose her down but I hadn't cleaned out the rig in a really long time. Thats one thing I do love about the jeep I can section out the carpet I want to take out. In my pathfinder we spilled soda once on the rear carpet and it was a mission had to remove all the seats just to remove the damn carpet.
