[Trip_84]

Originally Posted by Bootboy

What bulb # did you use for the climate control panel?

These look great, could you give more detail, maybe part number on the cluster bulbs and temp bulbs. There were so many on that superbrightled site to choose from. Great build man! Thanks for sharing

[habanero]

Is your right rear lower control arm bent or is that just the pic? Excellent job getting your locker and gears in, up and running.

[derpiful]

Originally Posted by Unner

I believe to prevent the sway bar contact with the locker motor you need the brackets SS includes in their lift kits. I don't think they sell them separately but it would be easy to make a set from some bar stock steel and a tap.

Hmmm, that would make sense. I'm sure I can get something to work...

Originally Posted by Trip_84

These look great, could you give more detail, maybe part number on the cluster bulbs and temp bulbs. There were so many on that superbrightled site to choose from. Great build man! Thanks for sharing

Here was my order:

Qty Product/Options Price/Ea
3 NEO4-WHP: 4mm NEO4-xHP Cool White 1.95
3 24-WHP: Cool White 2.49
4 74-CWHP3: Cool White 2.49
2 NEO3-WHP: 3mm NEO3-xHP Cool White 1.95

Hopefully that helps!

Originally Posted by habanero

Is your right rear lower control arm bent or is that just the pic? Excellent job getting your locker and gears in, up and running.

It is bent from a rock. It's been that way for well over a year now and I've just been too lazy to fix it... Hopefully I can get some better links sometime soon.

[Trip_84]

Awesome thanks!

[derpiful]

Locker is wired and working! I made a wiring harness from the Toyota plugs on the locker side, 16 gauge wire, and a DPDT momentary Contura V switch. I sleeved the entire thing, making it nice and pretty.

I also took off the Toyota brackets near the rear end, as I could never get them to line up how I liked. Ended up just zip-tying it to my rear diff breather hose, and running it into the hatch under the rear seat. It was a bit tough to run all that wiring along the rest of the harness under the panels, but I made it work. The locker actuates perfectly and I can't wait to use it.



Ignore the extra wire, that is for the indicator light that I haven't wired yet.

[derpiful]

Spent spring break this year in Moab with @Fishwerks , @TCMach , @EatonKyleH , @Twenman4 , and @Dirtco !

The full album of photos (105 of them) can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/derpif...57678512051374

Day 1: Sevenmile Rim





Kyle ended up breaking his u-joint on an obstacle, so he pulled the rear driveshaft and turned around to head back to town. On the bright side, it still looked good even in 1wd!


Wipeout Hill:
For whatever reason I was getting incredibly tippy. My front driver wheel wanted to lift the second I tried to do anything, and caused me to nearly flop it. Not the best moment..


I ended up winching up the obstacle, which is where @Dirtco broke his diff

On the bright side, the sunset was incredible!



Day 2: Hell's Revenge
This is my 5th? time on the trail, but it's a classic, and I always love it.




Chris on Tipover Challenge



Day 3: Gold Bar Rim/ Golden Spike

My spindle gets used as a slider often, but takes it like a champ:


The waterfall is getting bigger and bigger every year, and soon it will be too much


Chris managed to get both back wheels off the ground coming down it
#HitchLife




Golden Crack:




I ran this trail in 2015 at Rock Therapy, and was able to take a bigger line than last time. These 35s are sweet!



I had a great time as always and can't wait to go back!

[genmarks]

Awesome pictures! had me glued to the screen

[Twenman4]

#hitchlife hahahahaha. had a great time as always, great pictures.

[EatonKyleH]

Killer pictures Hayden!

[Fishwerks]

That ****in hitch.

Great photos duder!

[derpiful]

Update time! It's been a while, sorry for the delay.

I broke my femur in a go-kart accident in late April, and have been out for a while. I wasn't able to drive for 6 weeks, and still haven't been able to do much work on it. It's been a slow process (and basically killed most of my summer plans), but it'll get there!

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Anyways, I found a used winch at a good price so I picked it up. It's a Smittybilt X2O 12,000 lb, with synthetic line and a wireless remote. I never intended to get a 12k, but for $300, I don't see why not.

With the help of a few friends (mostly them doing the work and me telling them how to), we were able to get it installed and spooled!

The solenoid is basically just sitting behind the grill, still waiting on a better spot to put it. I just need to make a bracket to mount it permanently. I ended up routing the wireless on/off switch inside, but unfortunately do not have pictures. It works well- flip the switch, turn on the remote, and it spins!

With the Addicted bumper, it's a suuuper tight fit. I had to notch the grill in the slightest (if you look closely in the pictures, you can see it at the bottom), but it fits with no major cutting.

I did have to remove the lightbar, as the mounts I welded on a long time ago were in the way. I've got a replacement in the works, as soon as I can weld some new brackets on.

Ignore how dirty the bumper is, it hasn't gotten a wash in a while..




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This past weekend I was about to get out of the house for the first time and went to Great Sand Dunes National Park! This was my 3rd trip here- this time of year is great down there. The creek is flowing decently strong and it isn't too hot yet!

[theesotericone]

Sorry to here about the bone man. They heal. I broke my calcaneus(heel) about six years ago in the beginning of May. It hurt more to loose a summer climbing in the mountains then the actual break did. I rehabbed hard and was back at it by the end of that summer.

I've never looked through the first page of your thread. That OP is great. The fact that you linked all the stuff to it's location in the build thread is so incredibly useful. Have fun with the new winch. I got a 12k Engo for about the same as you payed for the Smitty. It may be overkill but I like having it when needed.

[derpiful]

Originally Posted by theesotericone

Sorry to here about the bone man. They heal. I broke my calcaneus(heel) about six years ago in the beginning of May. It hurt more to loose a summer climbing in the mountains then the actual break did. I rehabbed hard and was back at it by the end of that summer.

I've never looked through the first page of your thread. That OP is great. The fact that you linked all the stuff to it's location in the build thread is so incredibly useful. Have fun with the new winch. I got a 12k Engo for about the same as you payed for the Smitty. It may be overkill but I like having it when needed.

Thanks man. Yeah, I'm pretty bummed about missing out on all the 14ers I had hoped to climb, but that's just life.

Glad you like it! I even use it myself sometimes to go back and look at everything haha. Nice snag on the winch, I was looking at those for a while too.

[theesotericone]

Originally Posted by derpiful

Thanks man. Yeah, I'm pretty bummed about missing out on all the 14ers I had hoped to climb, but that's just life.

Peak bagging or rock climbing? Look up Mt Humphrey's East Arete. Technically it's only 13986 or so feet but it's one of the funnest "easy" rock climbs in the Sierra's. If you ever make it out here put it on the short list.

[derpiful]

Originally Posted by theesotericone

Peak bagging or rock climbing? Look up Mt Humphrey's East Arete. Technically it's only 13986 or so feet but it's one of the funnest "easy" rock climbs in the Sierra's. If you ever make it out here put it on the short list.

Peak bagging. Working on knocking all of the 14ers out. I'll definitely look it up, and put it on the list!