Advocate III
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- First Name
- Michael
- Last Name
- Rose
- Member #
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20990
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- W7FSB
- Service Branch
- US ARMY Retired
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Just in time for Christmas ! Merry Christmas Michael...My parts are going to ship next week if everything goes as planned View attachment 130085
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I hope, even so, I won’t be able to start the project until April, unless I can use a friend’s shop. Which might be possible for trade to work on a few of his rigs getting them ready for rafting season.Just in time for Christmas ! Merry Christmas Michael...
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Maybe like 9K with everything.Have you decided what you will ask for the LRD2 ?
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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 ?Maybe like 9K with everything.
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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'Did you get your new rig yet ? Will the equipment you removed from the LRD be usable on your new rig ?
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Good luck with both, I had no idea it took so long to get a new SUV these days of over production.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'
Amazon?I added a Dual USB port and Voltmeter in place of the cigarette lighter in my 5th Gen 4Runner. A bit of trimming to the hole in the cubby but nothing that can't be returned to stock if needed. View attachment 129954View attachment 129955View attachment 129956View attachment 129957View attachment 129958
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That’s an awesome mod. Nice and clean!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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Switch Pros panel is very easy to configure using the App, including changing the panel color to match the dash.
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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.
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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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Jealous. I need another OB campout. :)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.