ANTMAN'S Thread
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Hello, I'm waiting to see you post some observations from your neat new toy.
couple questions: engine load / horsepower (please explain is this in % or something else) also interested in your towing tranny temp observations.
Will get my own scan gauge eventually....to chicken to even attempt to copy your mount. Like it a lot though.
Thanks!
Antman
Elite Member
Sorry for the late reply Biggcrisp, I missed your post!
Let me try to answer your questions.
** Engine load as defined in the Scanguage manual: "This is a percentage of the maximum power available cur- rently being generated. In some vehicles it is the maximum available at the present RPM."
**Horsepower defined in the manual: "Displays the calculated Horsepower your vehicle is currently making. This value can be adjusted for accuracy through the Advanced Setup parameters"
My horsepower reading was definitely incorrect out of the box. After setting it up I floored it and was rewarded with 362 HP. Wow. Guess my airbox mod really does work. :lmao: Luckily you can adjust the reading, but it's not that important to me.
** Tranny temps I have been watching pretty closely for the past week or so. Mine seems to hover around 130' or so in normal driving. It spikes and cools rapidly under any load, but averages right around there. Unfortunately, I haven't been out on the boat in a few weeks(!) but I look forward to seeing what happens on the way to and from the launching ramp.
Hope that helps- Get a Scanguage, it does so much!
** If you go here you can download the complete users manual that details everything.
Have Fun- J
WhiskeyCop
New member
Sweet install. For those that are interested, there is a link to the Scanguage II in http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/110839-5th-gen-maintenance-documentation-reference.html
10-4 Getting a scan gauge. Hope you find time to get out on your boat. Probably late March 2013 before I get another chance to tow (assuming the Myans got things wrong).
Thanks!
Antman
Elite Member
Rigid Industries 10" Spot!
Finally the Gobi lighting is complete (at least on the front...)!
Thank you Ducmonsta for shipping these to my door, and my Mom (Xmas present- despite the fact that I'm 43 Mom still plays Santa. My mother is the greatest!)
Currently my 4 Hella FF75's are scheduled to be delivered today via UPS to Kansas- donated to a T4R member that serves our country, part of good Karma that was bestowed upon me. Thanks again Dave.
Everyone that frequents this forum knows how awesome Rigid Industries LED lights are. In person, they are, in a word, astonishing. The two 6" SR Specter lights on my Gobi rack have a new friend. It's a 10" SR Hybrid SPOT - Model # SR10SW. So what's the difference, besides size?
*The two 6" Specter's are Rigid's top of the line SR models. They provide a driving beam. Basically it is flat and wide. These lights are wonderful. They light a very large area that's just about twice as bright as my headlight beams (I have PIAA bulbs), and light up just past the factory highbeams.
*The 10" Hybrid Spot is a different beast. The beam is narrow and long with sharper cutoffs and it basically lights the road in front of me, well, forever. Rigid's specs show the beam distance as 603.3 meters. That is over 1/3 of a mile.:hello:
Together these lights really take care of business. I pulled up to a local park with a huge field and basically lit the whole damn thing up.
*Some observations versus the Hella FF75's. Despite the obvious, there is more to like about the Rigid's. The howling wind noise I had with the Hella's is largely absent now. I think this is mostly due to the fact that the Rigid LED's mount farther back on the rack. You can still hear them, but now I can drive at 65 with the sunroof open and not feel like I'm at an airport.
Hood glare, as noted by others, is also mostly gone! Huge difference here.
So all in all it's a win/win. Get Rigids!
*******Here are the specs to compare;
6"Specter Optics (x2) / 10" Hybrid Optics Spot
Raw Lumens :3060 / 3200
Lux @ 10m :207 / 676
Beam Distance :286.4m / 603.3m
Peak Beam Intensity :20500 / 91000
Here are some pics- maybe I can get some decent night shots but it's doubtful (the decent part that is).
:cheers:
Finally the Gobi lighting is complete (at least on the front...)!
Thank you Ducmonsta for shipping these to my door, and my Mom (Xmas present- despite the fact that I'm 43 Mom still plays Santa. My mother is the greatest!)
Currently my 4 Hella FF75's are scheduled to be delivered today via UPS to Kansas- donated to a T4R member that serves our country, part of good Karma that was bestowed upon me. Thanks again Dave.
Everyone that frequents this forum knows how awesome Rigid Industries LED lights are. In person, they are, in a word, astonishing. The two 6" SR Specter lights on my Gobi rack have a new friend. It's a 10" SR Hybrid SPOT - Model # SR10SW. So what's the difference, besides size?
*The two 6" Specter's are Rigid's top of the line SR models. They provide a driving beam. Basically it is flat and wide. These lights are wonderful. They light a very large area that's just about twice as bright as my headlight beams (I have PIAA bulbs), and light up just past the factory highbeams.
*The 10" Hybrid Spot is a different beast. The beam is narrow and long with sharper cutoffs and it basically lights the road in front of me, well, forever. Rigid's specs show the beam distance as 603.3 meters. That is over 1/3 of a mile.:hello:
Together these lights really take care of business. I pulled up to a local park with a huge field and basically lit the whole damn thing up.
*Some observations versus the Hella FF75's. Despite the obvious, there is more to like about the Rigid's. The howling wind noise I had with the Hella's is largely absent now. I think this is mostly due to the fact that the Rigid LED's mount farther back on the rack. You can still hear them, but now I can drive at 65 with the sunroof open and not feel like I'm at an airport.
Hood glare, as noted by others, is also mostly gone! Huge difference here.
So all in all it's a win/win. Get Rigids!
*******Here are the specs to compare;
6"Specter Optics (x2) / 10" Hybrid Optics Spot
Raw Lumens :3060 / 3200
Lux @ 10m :207 / 676
Beam Distance :286.4m / 603.3m
Peak Beam Intensity :20500 / 91000
Here are some pics- maybe I can get some decent night shots but it's doubtful (the decent part that is).
:cheers:
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MeBe4running
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I knew, just knew you'd get the LED bug.
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Titanpat57
Senior Member
The fact they're different heights would make me nutz.....:whipping2
1engineer
Moderator
Yep. There is nothing in my life that is not parallel, perpendicular, trued, aligned or perfectly angular, tubular, pipular and my OD is always larger than my ID. I also have long pipe marked "long pipe" in the middle to keep some people from having to walk the full distance to determine this fact.
Antman
Elite Member
Glare is mostly gone- You are funny!
They did me at first too, but I kind of like it now. The lights serve different purposes anyway and everyone knows spot lights should be lower. :lmao:
I may just fix them to be level, wouldn't be too hard you know.
Titanpat57
Senior Member
Titanpat57
Senior Member
Damn you guys. You know I'm OCD as hell too. I fixed 'em.
Yes Pat, you were right Pat. They look much better now Pat.:frisky:
Pix to prove it!
Now I gotta aim them again.
Measure twice...cut once Homeboy....:nicethread:
p.s. Your Mom was wrong when she said you "weren't very level headed"....now we have proof...:beer:
flying fuzz
Member
Can you show through pictures (if you have any) how you routed the wiring loom to the switches inside? Kind of curious if you ran them AFT and through the rear lift gate plug or went anouther route. They look great and I'm envious!
Antman
Elite Member
Thanks man! I keep meaning to do a writeup on the Gobi wiring. In a few years I'm gonna take it off for maintenance and redo everything. I'm pretty sure Okki did a good how-to in his thread.
This is all I got:
The wiring comes from the rack into the rain channel and into the truck via the gap between the roof and the rear hatch- here:
The first pic shows just the CB cable, but you get the idea.
After entering that rubber boot the wires travel into the headliner, down to the jack access panel, into the rear wheelwell storage area, down to the sill plates to the fuse box.
This is all I got:
The wiring comes from the rack into the rain channel and into the truck via the gap between the roof and the rear hatch- here:
The first pic shows just the CB cable, but you get the idea.
After entering that rubber boot the wires travel into the headliner, down to the jack access panel, into the rear wheelwell storage area, down to the sill plates to the fuse box.
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Antman
Elite Member
The outside lights are mounted exactly like yours, I'm pretty sure. No aluminum blocks, fairing bracket over the top of the light bracket.
For the 10" I had to use the aluminum spacers. I drilled out one of the small threaded holes to accept a bolt (5/16").
I used the original brackets that came with the light, not the cradle you used. Bolted the bracket to the aluminum spacer with the screw you see in the picture and a stainless washer. I used blue thread locker too. Then the aluminum spacers get bolted to the rack through the enlarged hole.
This puts the center light a teeny bit lower than the outside ones, but you can't tell.
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Antman
Elite Member
Here are some terrible night shots that really give you no clue whatsoever as to how bright these are. Is what it is.
This is in a field, notice the lack of hood glare?:
Headlights only.
High beams.
Rigids + High beams.
Add in the PIAA amber fogs (factory fogs)
Just the Rigid lights. (the camera picked up the DRL's too)
Everything on from outside the truck.
add the thumb in there...
High beams on the road.
Rigids on the road.
This is in a field, notice the lack of hood glare?:
Headlights only.
High beams.
Rigids + High beams.
Add in the PIAA amber fogs (factory fogs)
Just the Rigid lights. (the camera picked up the DRL's too)
Everything on from outside the truck.
add the thumb in there...
High beams on the road.
Rigids on the road.
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