Derpiful's Build and Adventure Thread

Such a good choice. Those will be my next tire for sure. PM if you have any questions as far as cutting is concerned!

I love them so far! They look great and have so much tread. Will do! Hopefully I don't run into any snags, but we'll see.

Damn that looks so good.

You doing lockers with the gears?

Thanks!! Lockers would be awesome, but oh boy is that expensive. Thinking of doing either an auto locker in the rear, or an e-locker swap...

Your truck looks awesome man! I love your style of photos too.

Thanks, and thanks! We need to hit a trail together already..
 
Wanted to share a mod I did today that I thought turned out pretty great- windshield washer reservoir.

I went to the junkyard and picked up a coolant bottle and washer reservoir. 2 holes in the bottom of the coolant bottle for the pumps and grommets to go into, and another big one at the top where the lid used to be for the washer fluid lid. I wanted to swap lids so that I had a filter and it was easily able to be told apart from the actual coolant.

Here's the new bottle with the pumps attached.
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Installed:
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It works perfectly, and now I have tons more room in the passenger wheel well for stuffing some tires!
 
I've been slacking a bit on updating this recently.. but the most recent project: firewall chop!

By far one of the most terrifying things I've done. Cutting into the floor and hoping not to accidentally cut too far or grab a wire is just a little bit rough.. overall I thought the chop went pretty good. I'm happy with the lines I got and how it welded up.

The approximate cut:
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All welded up and sealed. I used RTV to ensure no leaks, as there are so many connections right behind this!
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Lastly, a little action shot!
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Never got a picture of it painted.. but I bedlined it. Gives a nice texture to it, hoping to stop rock chips and whatnot, and it matches pretty well with the rest of the inner fender.
 
Rock Therapy 2016! This was my second year attending, and it was a blast. It was incredibly hot and the bugs were bad, but overall I had a good time.

Not sure why, but it seems some of the photos turned out a little weird in the upload to Flickr. Oh well.

Here's just a few of the photos below, the rest are on my Flickr here.

Ended up running Hell's Revenge with [MENTION=99443]dunktap[/MENTION], [MENTION=57546]4-Ripcord[/MENTION], and [MENTION=129084]Flemster[/MENTION] the first day. Always a fun trail, and the views are amazing.

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Next day we ran Top of the World! Another trail I've already run, but I can't turn it down with the view at the top. Stunning.

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Finally, on the last day, we ran Kane Creek. I really enjoyed the trail, but it sure was tough. The final climb out is crazy, and getting harder every year by the sounds of it.

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As you can see from that final photo, I did blow a bead on the trail. I had no idea what to run these new tires at, so I tested them at 15 on TOTW, but went down to 8 for Kane Creek. Definitely a little too low, although they really gripped and soaked up every minor bump. I think I'll try 10-12 next.

The 35s worked great, with the exception of some minor rubbing. The rear bumps are set up perfectly, stopping them in the exact spot for no rubbing. In the front I didn't quite chop far enough, so it rubbed the plates I welded in near the top. No big deal, a little bit of time with the hammer and it should clear. They were close!
 
Well.. I did it! 35s!



Overall I do like them quite a bit. They're pretty quiet on the road, but definitely sucked a lot of the power. Can't notice it in town, but on the highway it's rough. Regear time!

What ratio are you using right now?

Nice looking rig! Very nice!
 
Great pics, Hayden! Your truck was really cool in person.

It was so good to run with you guys, looking forward to future trails!
 
What ratio are you using right now?

Nice looking rig! Very nice!


Currently on the stock 4.10s... they work, but sure are rough heading up the mountains.

Thanks, I appreciate it! It's been a long time coming.

I want to go out to moab whenever I get a cheap trail rig in the next few years! Looks like a blast!

Absolutely, I've always had a good time out there! Do yourself a favor though and go early or late in the season (March/September are perfect)

Great pics, Hayden! Your truck was really cool in person.

It was so good to run with you guys, looking forward to future trails!

Thanks! Same with yours, I'm still in love with the wheels and paint color, haha.

Absolutely, it was fun! It'll be fun with you out here!

**** those 35s look good. Great photos man.

They're gorgeous, I do love them quite a bit. Worth every bit of extra work they took. Thanks Chris!
 
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Looks good so far. What other plans do you have for it?
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I'm excited to get home and go through all my photos and put together the video! I got like 3 hours of footage and about 1000 photos


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Just a little sneak peak at one of the things I've been working on recently! Rear LED cube + 5" amber LED, mounted on the swingout arm.

Heading out camping this weekend, so we'll see how all of the new goodies perform...

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Spent the weekend of the 4th out camping/exploring, and it was great!

Headed up late afternoon to Pickle Gulch to do a little night wheeling and camping. As mentioned in the last post, I recently installed some new lights and was itching to use them, and this gave me the perfect opportunity to! (Light post is still coming, waiting to finish one more first). We did end up completing most of the trail, but almost all of it was in the dark, so no pictures!
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Woke up and drove over to Argentine Pass area to attempt that. It was absolutely gorgeous, even with some rain that moved in.
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It looked like we were the first people up McClellen Mountain this season (full size rig, that is), as we ran into a bit of snow and had to do some digging to get past it safely. This certainly had some pucker to it.
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Same deal with Argentine, except it was snowed in, and unpassable. Hopefully soon!
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Finally swapped to LEDs for the dash! So happy I did, the difference is incredible. Plus, I had the majority of the climate control lights out, so having all of the lights again is always nice. Picked them all up from SuperBrightLEDs for about $26.

The cool white is amazing, I love it! Super clean look.

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