I didn’t think anyone would want to touch my beadlock wheels.
I also didn’t want anyone to touch my beadlocks 😂
General Tech What did you work on Today?
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I also didn’t want anyone to touch my beadlocks 😂
Finished wiring up these slider lights that I had bought when I was in Connecticut. They do a strobe mode when the 4-way hazard lights get activated. They also just blink the amber light when the blinker for that side is turned on but I’m thinking of disabling that and just having them be marker lights and the strobes only. I haven’t decided yet.
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- West Haven, UT
Very nice and clean vehicle for 211k miles and 26 years. Very commendable.
As for testing the TPS, I've found DVOM's to be hard to get a good read with unless the open in the circuit is apparent over a wide range of motion. I've found using a DSO (scope) to be a much more repeatable and reliable way of testing compared to a digital meter.
- Location
- Draper, UT
If you could have those TPS reports on my desk by the end of the day, that would be great.
Pile of parts
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- South Jordan
I had some Baja Design rock lights that were bought for a certain yellow Jeep but it turns out they sent red rock lights instead of yellow ones, so instead of sending them back I kept the red ones with the intent of doing this mod, and I finally got around to it tonight.
I mounted them under the bed at the very back, 2 on each corner. Each corner wired to a blinker, so that when the blinkers or brakes are activated, a whole lot of extra signal/brake light is illuminated on the ground just behind the Jeep. Don’t want someone to say they couldn’t see my brake lights! If you notice too you’ll see I deactivated the blinker function on the amber slider-lights.
I’ll probably try to rotate the red rock lights “out” a bit so it doesn’t illuminate so much of the center when that corner is blinking.
I mounted them under the bed at the very back, 2 on each corner. Each corner wired to a blinker, so that when the blinkers or brakes are activated, a whole lot of extra signal/brake light is illuminated on the ground just behind the Jeep. Don’t want someone to say they couldn’t see my brake lights! If you notice too you’ll see I deactivated the blinker function on the amber slider-lights.
I’ll probably try to rotate the red rock lights “out” a bit so it doesn’t illuminate so much of the center when that corner is blinking.
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Tonkaman
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- West Jordan
That’s a pretty slick idea!
Now we're cooking with beans. Base coat is on the rest of the panels, 5 clears tomorrow.
I think they look great, especially considering how big of a mess those front fenders and running boards where.
More of a supervisory/inspector roll for me today but it's good to see things get closer, I'm almost to 8 years now.
I think they look great, especially considering how big of a mess those front fenders and running boards where.
More of a supervisory/inspector roll for me today but it's good to see things get closer, I'm almost to 8 years now.
- Location
- West Bountiful, UT
I need to see this in person when it's done.
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Pile of parts
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- South Jordan
Don't sell yourselves short. You guys do nice work! I can only hope mine turns out anywhere close to the builds you guys have done. Can't wait to see it!
I am super happy with it as is, flaws and all. If anything the flaws will bruise my brothers ego, especially if this thing is judged and docked for those mistakes. Also it has been a learning experience, so lessons learned for the next time? I'm inspecting it with an 8,000 lumen inspection light with 5 different color temperatures and can see every flaw.
This is only his second full paint job and using different product.Clear is on, not without some runs and orange peel and we'll just wait and see how this all sands out? Still need to do this process to the underside of the hood and rear filler panel next week. I sure hope I run into many of you next year, I am so tired of working on this thing.
DesertRam
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- Location
- Southern New Mexico
Installed a winch headache rack on the Ranger.
- Location
- West Haven, UT
I am super happy with it as is, flaws and all. If anything the flaws will bruise my brothers ego, especially if this thing is judged and docked for those mistakes. Also it has been a learning experience, so lessons learned for the next time? I'm inspecting it with an 8,000 lumen inspection light with 5 different color temperatures and can see every flaw.
Clear is on, not without some runs and orange peel and we'll just wait and see how this all sands out? Still need to do this process to the underside of the hood and rear filler panel next week. I sure hope I run into many of you next year, I am so tired of working on this thing.
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That is turning out fantastic. Nice build.
One thing that helped me to reduce the orange peel in the clear is on the last coat of clear I will over-reduce by about 10% and it helps to lay down just a bit flatter than the subsequent coats. When I started over-reducing that last coat it really helped lay down nice and even cut easier as I could start out with a finer grit paper when color sanding.
NYCEGUY01
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- Willard, UT
I love that you're worried about the amazing job you are doing here and dont think its great.
Meanwhile I'm literally wiping this on with a sponge in my back yard.. right over the rust and all..lol
Meanwhile I'm literally wiping this on with a sponge in my back yard.. right over the rust and all..lol
- Location
- The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
That's funny because I have been receiving targeted ads for that stuff for the past 3 weeks!!! 😂 (About the time I painted my Liberty 😂!)
That would be really cool paired with a cantilever arm on the bedside for picking things up off the ground and loading them into the bed without dragging them up the tailgate and stuff.
I wonder how stout that is in a pull.
DesertRam
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- Location
- Southern New Mexico
Yes it would! My dad has a 1,000-lb pivoting crane in his truck bed that does that. No way to mount one of those in the Ranger bed. Hopefully with the tilting bed and this winch I'll be able to drag large dead things up into the bed. Now if I could only draw another elk tag...
I think this counts. Finally made a wall mount for the tacoma topper. It's just two horizontal 2x4's. For the top 2x4 I made some J brackets that the topper sits on. There's a hook at the top in that I used my warn drill winch to lift it up with. Nice and out of the way.
I should have taken pics before I put the topper up there.
I should have taken pics before I put the topper up there.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
I’ve finally started work on swapping Britney’s old axle into a friend’s old CJ7. It’s quite the project, as I’m un****ering this Jeep as I go. Lots of sketchy wiring and such. It’s also FILTHY. A new Motobilt stretch CJ tank is going in at the same time. It’s staying on leaf springs for a few years.
