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M Rose

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Just in time for Christmas ! Merry Christmas Michael...
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.
 

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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 ?
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'
 

Lanlubber In Remembrance

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none - BREAKER BREAKER HAND HELD CB AND WALKIE TALKIE
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'
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
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RJFJR

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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
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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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RoarinRow

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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
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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!
That’s an awesome mod. Nice and clean!
 
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M Rose

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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. image.jpg

I still have 2 KC Apollo Pro spot lights coming, and the mounting feet for my DIY light bar.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

JCWages

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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.
Jealous. I need another OB campout. :)