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"So started out with some cardboard template action, and then built some mount brackets. . ." Love the use of analog CAD - - carboard assisted design. . . Well done, that didn't take long to go from idea to production and nice job making it your own. For me, putting the shelf and switches...

Got a few stickers as well. . . Couple more pics from the shelf fab project. . . You get the idea. . . . Just have to consider the sight lines based on your seat adjustment and positioning as its roughly 4 inches that you 'lose' from the top of the windshield. Also helps if you are...

Thanks, it mounts on each side to the OEM visor three-hole mounts, the unit is both bought and fabbed, as it was originally sized for an F-150. This rig is a "re-build tribute" of a long-owned first generation Explorer Sport I owned that was totaled - - so all the good bits were transferred...

Couple of recent action shots. . . 1. Mud: (Should have disconnected the front sway bar. . .) 2. Snow:

Improvements. . . 1. Seven new shocks (including steering stabilizer). Reservoir shocks are SkyJacker "ADX 2.0", supplemental front shocks and steering stabilizer SkyJacker "Black Max". For my fellow RBV enthusiasts, these shocks are mounted to F-250 shock towers, about 4" taller than OEM...

^ ^ ^ ^ Awesome truthful statement. . . Have this on my door jamb threshold . . . Not to hi-jack, my build thread tag line starts out "Three ashtrays, two doors, one cupholder, zero airbags. . ." Great work.

Yup, maybe not as rare as a Raider, but plenty of fab on this 1st Gen Explorer. . . Paul

Really enjoying your build thread and customization of the Raider - - great mix of projects and wheeling. Having an oddball rig definitely brings out the "Mad Scientist" / "How can I make this 'Jeep accessory' work. . . .? " mentality which is vastly more entertaining than simply bolting on...

Nice rig - - diesel, I'm guessing due to right-hand drive. . . (and due to the word "diesel" in the thread title. . . derp) As an owner of an odd-ball rig, you've got to get pretty inventive to get it geared up. Not just endless choices for the Jeeps and Tacomas. . . My rear storage...

Not much organized storage in these older rigs, but then again, no cell phones, iPods, tablets, etc. when they were designed. . . Here's my take on adding some organization: 1. Visor Shelf. Holds my switch panel for lights (including fog, forward LED, rear LED, and ARB components), GPS, and...

Moab Trail Stickers along the bottom of the hatch. . . Stickers Left to Right: Chicken Corners (Wife's favorite), Cliffhanger, Dome Plateau, Fins & Things, Flat Iron Mesa, Gold Bar Rim, Golden Spike, Hells' Revenge, Hey Joe Canyon, Kane Creek Canyon, Metal Masher, Moab Rim, Poison Spider...

Kane Creek Trail in Moab:

Duff Skid Plate:

Oh, and. . . and. . . Paul

Jack - Awesome rig and set-up! Love Australia and the Aussies - - wife and I did a motorcycle tour last year in February - - Sydney to Melbourne and Tasmania. . . Sorry didn't get to Queensland, hopefully next time, or maybe the Nullarbor Plain. . . So much to see and do, too big to...

Big fan of overhead switches. . . much cleaner install. Mine's installed on a visor "shelf" in my 1994 Explorer Sport. Awesome work, enjoying the the build. Paul

Hey Dustin - Generally Natches for us, but also Evans Creek OHV is close by, but haven't wheeled there in a few years. . . Lately it has been winter snow runs in an around Rainier (Lonesome Lake, Coplay Lake) and near annual pilgrimages to Moab. . . The "Wall" on Steelbender Paul

Full disclosure, I'm more of a four-wheeler than overlander. . . Certainly camped multiple times including a month-long cross county excursion in a previous, near-identical rig. So here's the rig, as of today. . . . . and the backside: Here is the list of major modifications (listed front...

Ready for Moab. . .

As in . . . the Modular Operational Activity Base. I can't abide "single use" pieces of gear - - usually need to stretch the stuff I own into multiple uses. I have a smaller motorcycle trailer from a company called Kendon - - it's a two rail trailer that folds and stands upright when not in...