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The next mod was an upgrade to my extra lights. I'd been running some Hella Black Magic lights on the front bumper and they just weren't adequate on higher speed tracks in the desert. I would constantly outrun the lights. I picked up a set of used Hella Optilux HIDs off another forum for a...

When I did my bumpers I built the rear pretty tight to the body. And the top plate that I added to the front bumper I kept tight to the body as well. It was a clean look but after a year or so of wheeling I found that there was enough frame flex that the bumpers would make slight contact with...

My BFG KM2s were getting pretty worn and with winter coming I used it as an excuse for some new rubber. Decided to go with a wider tire this time instead of the skinny 10.50s. Went with some Goodyear MTR Kevlars in 33x12.50. These tires are slightly more noisy than the KM2s and don't ride...

The next project was a second swing out for the rear bumper. Wanted a spot to carry extra fuel and water. Picked up another double shear hinge from Comp4x4 and made the second swing out. I was able to figure out a way to still use just a single latch to close both sides. I welded a plate to...

I had been thinking about a roofrack for quite a while but I didn't like the Yakima or Thule bars on the roof with a basket on top of them because it all just sat too high for my taste. I wanted something low profile but there isn't much out there unless you drill into the roof. I wasn't too...

I had a partially used sheet of plywood and got an idea to help with drilling a ton of holes in the truck bed to mount stuff. I made a simple deck for the bed and bolted stuff to the deck instead. Only drilled 4 holes in the bed to hold the deck down instead of a dozen or more that are in the...

Had been wheeling the truck a bunch and the wheels had bad rock rash. The wheeling season was almost over so the wheels came off and got sanded and repainted.

Made a new hilift mount on the tire carrier. just sits on a "pinned" plate on the base With one bolt up high.

I didn't like the factory front seats very much so I searched a local scrap yard and found a set of decent seats in great condition. They came out of a Suzuki Reno. I cut the brackets off my stock seats and welded them to the tracks of the Suzuki seats and it was a straight bolt-in. I made...

new fairlead and shackle. Trying to prep for a winch.

Skids worked out pretty good ;)

Still needed to do a tcase skid. So I started with some massive brackets from Ruffstuff. welded another bracket to the back of the trans crossmember to mount the front of the tcase skid and built a new crossmember into the rear of the skid that attaches to the frame using the Ruffstuff...

"whiskey bends" for my transmission skidplate. welded a bracket to the transmission crossmember for the trans skid to mount to. The front of the trans skid bolts to the back edge of the front IFS skid.

I needed to get going on the rest of the armor. With bumpers done I needed to upgrade the skidplates from the flimsy stock ones. I picked up a few peices of 3/16" plate and went to town. I don't have a press brake, so I made the bends using the "whiskey bend" method of using a cutoff wheel to...

painted the spare wheel

It was time to move the spare tire out from under the bed. So I built a tire carrier. I got a double shear face mount hinge from Comp4x4. Stupid simple with brass bushings and a 1" bolt. Super strong and swings smooth. Used a Destaco 2000lb latch.

Made a little switch plate to fill the lower din spot in my dash. Got the rocker switches from OTRATTW.

Little wheel bling with some TRD stickers. :) New rear Brake Proportioning Valve bracket to compensate for the lift. This is a BAMF product. High quality and super beefy. Totally overkill for what this is. And decided to clean up my brake calipers. Pointless but oh well. :)

Time for phase 2 on the bed rack. Got the tie down tracks installed and was able to use some trick tie downs I got from an Air Force buddy. These came out of a C130. Full rotation and I can't even guess what the load rating is on these, definitely more than I'd ever need. Picked up some...

Put some Thule bars on the topper to mount my hilift and shovel. I used some Swagman brackets from a bike carrier for the shovel bracket.