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Originally Posted by jdtaylor42
Ah bummer, I searched out your thread hoping to see pics of you Odyssey battery and Blue Fuse Box installs lol. Love your truck though. Really excellent work
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Some details below. Let me know if you have any specific questions. Clean on my signature for my complete build thread going back to 2012. Thanks man!
Hey thanks for the kudos guys. I guess it's time for a build thread update. Bunch of things have happened with the rig recently.
So
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Ducmonsta
and I have been putting in some WORK the past few weeks. Rock lights, alley lights, rear cargo lights, rear hatch handle lights, hood lights, aux USB ports first and second row and Palfrey fuse plate panel install. I also sized up to 285/70-17 K02's a couple weeks ago.
For rock lights I went with the Run-D 20w flood LED lights. They are 1600 lumens each. Check the pics below for output. I feel that they're even brighter in person. We used 6 units, 3 on each side. They give off an amazing amount of light and spread. Perfect area lighting. Really happy with Run-D so far.
For alley lights I went with the Rigid Ignite surface mount diffused. 2 on each side. These lights are amazing for their price and size. Really happy with the output of the diffused lens for area/alley lighting. I opted to run the wires down the driver side windshield to the Blue sea panel. Super easy to sneak 2 18g wires underneath the weather stripping. Also used 1/4" wire loom to hide the wires and stuff them in the channels underneath the Eezi-Awn K9 rack. Makes for a really clean and sleek install.
Rear cargo, Hood, hatch and hatch handle lights are Rigid A-series clones from Amazon. These tiny lights are incredible. Super small package, completely sealed to the elements and offer endless options for mounting/lighting. Love these things. I've got 8 of them mounted in the rig.
Rear cargo lights are switched with the switch on the driver side near the 3rd row seatbelt area. There is 1 light on each side of the cargo area.
For the hatch I hollowed out the stock hatch dome lights and hardwired these units in. They give off a tremendous amount of light when compared to the stock units.
For the hatch handles we installed 1 in each handle and put a switch on the left handle so they can be turned on and off whenever needed.
For hood lights we installed 2 on each side underneath the hump towards the front of the hood. Used a Rigid waterproof switch that mounted near the hood bump stops for easy access. Very clean, secure and effective installation.
No pics but check out
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Ducmonsta
's build thread for the double aux ports for the first row. I love having "hot" USB ports up front now. We also opted to install some "hot" USB ports for the second row as well for passengers. There was just enough clearance to the side of the rear vent to make this happen.
And the last most recent thing we did was install the Pelfreybilt Fuse panel. Thanks to Isaac,
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LawnDart
, for hooking me up with the panel. Came in clutch. The install was not difficult but TEDIOUS. I am extremely happy with the outcome. My wiring was a mess on purpose because I always had plans to install some kind of plate to clean everything up. It only took a couple years to finally get everything in and get to this point. Below is a list of parts used in the install. There is a before and after pic below.
Blue Sea 12 circuit fuse box
Blue Sea 6 circuit fuse box (trunk)
Blue Sea 285 series 100A breaker
Marinco disconnect for winch
Pelfreybilt fuse panel
Odyssey 31m marine battery
Techflex & wireloom
That's pretty much it for now. Next things are installing Rigid SRQ2 ambers up front, ARB transfer case and tranny skids, new wheels and a snorkel.
Snorkel should happen next week. Huge thanks to Bobby,
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Ducmonsta
, for always lending a helping hand and a warm garage. Forever grateful for this guy!
on to the pics.