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What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?
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Trail Blazer I
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I guess I should of called it a Recon Trip lol. No unfortunately I'm too old for the scouts now, and I don't have any kids yet.
Inventor I
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LOL. I call that a recon. Ahahahahahha. I've been involved with Boy Scouts for decades from Tenderfoot to Scoutmaster.
Thanks Shaun
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Bought a trailer!
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Educator I
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**Edit** - I don’t know if it’s the app or what but these pictures did not upload in the order that I selected.
All right. So I gambled on Auxbeam pods and a small 20” bar. After reading as many reviews as I had the patience for, I decided to go ahead with it. I think the number one complaint was condensation.
So in an attempt to get ahead of the potential problem, I thought I’d seal them up. This can obviously apply to any cheap lights given you can take it apart (at least the ends). Auxbeam claims IP68 buttttt …right.
If anyone wants to try this …I would’ve rather used black silicone but I had a tube of clear. Just take the ends off and rub it in over the existing, supposedly water tight, gasket. I closely examined anywhere that water could creep in and just, for lack of better terms AND skill, lathered it on. But not too much to where it would overspill when tightening the cover back on.
All right. So I gambled on Auxbeam pods and a small 20” bar. After reading as many reviews as I had the patience for, I decided to go ahead with it. I think the number one complaint was condensation.
So in an attempt to get ahead of the potential problem, I thought I’d seal them up. This can obviously apply to any cheap lights given you can take it apart (at least the ends). Auxbeam claims IP68 buttttt …right.
If anyone wants to try this …I would’ve rather used black silicone but I had a tube of clear. Just take the ends off and rub it in over the existing, supposedly water tight, gasket. I closely examined anywhere that water could creep in and just, for lack of better terms AND skill, lathered it on. But not too much to where it would overspill when tightening the cover back on.
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Advocate I
600 miles to Ely Nevada.
Edit: a little deeper into the Great Basin.
Edit: a little deeper into the Great Basin.
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Inventor I
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- Zimmer
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This bumper is still kicking my ass. Just thought you would want to know. LMMFAO
Zim
Zim
Off-Road Ranger I
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New radius arm adjustable 3 degree bushings are on the bench. One of the Slee 3 degree bushings failed after only ( insert sarcasm Imogene) 120,000 miles of use. Monday I’ll get the arms off, cut and beat the old ones out of one arm, use the other arm as a jig, then do the other arm. Have I done this before? Yup.
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Educator I
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Installed those God forsaken Auxbeam lights. I did the ditch and 20” bar for now. They work great. But wiring them was an awful experience. Lol. Two of the wires were crossed within two plugs. Nice work, Auxbeam. But I wouldn’t expect anything better. Took me a minute to figure it out. A minute being about 45 mins. I love the white/amber option. It also has a strobe function but I doubt I’ll use that.
I don’t have clearance lights on top. It’s just the refraction of the light bar.
I don’t have clearance lights on top. It’s just the refraction of the light bar.
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Trail Mechanic III
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While waiting for a pushrod to be delivered, Installed the electric fan and radiator. Still have to wire up the fan controller. Getting the winch bumper mounted.
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Trying to polish the headlights. Starting to fade pretty bad on the top.
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Trail Mechanic III
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Bumper and winch on. Now for the wiring...
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Canyon lands area. Getting ready to head down Pucker Pass.
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brakes, tire rotation and oil change. Started installing my break over camera. Added some tie down point to the roof rack.
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Jariners
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Added a fridge slide to my F150, converted my Hard Korr LED and fridge to use Anderson plugs, hardwired an Anderson power distribution (with included fuses!) direct to battery. I wanted to have Anderson plugs for secure connections and found this great power distribution block with included fuses. Previously I was going to have to run a lot more wires from a fuse box.
Next step is installing my solar to keep the battery topped off, it’s just too cold to mount it currently.
Next step is installing my solar to keep the battery topped off, it’s just too cold to mount it currently.
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Educator I
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Ok you cant dangle sweet things like that fused block in front of use and use not want to know where you got that.
Jim
Inventor I
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Getting closer. Should be done this time next year. LOL.
Zim
Zim
For any Ram owners out there here’s the threads I’m following to install my camera. Cargo cam to front cam hack, Cargo cam 2
