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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sitdown" data-source="post: 522963" data-attributes="member: 8674">Next up were M&R 6 foglight set, and then a set of Dawson’s HID projectorsM&R 6 Pack[ATTACH=full]219660[/ATTACH]Dawsons[ATTACH=full]219661[/ATTACH]Snoball was a great success, but now I knew many other upgrades were essential for future trips[ATTACH=full]219662[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219663[/ATTACH]PicsMy first Raptor event raffle winner, Volant intake.  Great idea, worst CS I’ve dealt with ever probably lolFirst bracket wasn’t even close, second required some chopping[ATTACH=full]219664[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219665[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219666[/ATTACH]Had to elongate some more holes and rig up another bracket for the hood switch, but all in finally.  Decided to swap out the worm drive bands for t-bolt clamps[ATTACH=full]219667[/ATTACH]Saw many DIYs on hood light setups, but knowing id have 6hrs into it changing thisn, the sdhq klit really made sense.  Great unit, went in under 10 minutes.[ATTACH=full]219668[/ATTACH]Just remember to turn it off[ATTACH=full]219669[/ATTACH]So decided a radio upgrade was in order too, ICOM 5201 mobile unit.   Much needed upgrade after misleading a group of stray trucks on snoball bc I was out of reach with my wouxun.  Like others, mounted on the side of the center console, beside the seat.PicsPics  With the upcoming spring13, I picked up a 21” Vision X Xmitter Extreme from James.  It would fit perfectly in the new bumper I was planning, but also work in the interim within the stock bumper.  Wow, what a punch this little light packs!  Also installed a 30” M&R behind the grill[ATTACH=full]219670[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]219671[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219672[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219673[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219674[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219675[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219676[/ATTACH]Reading all the EL tape threads and knowingly aware of the recon problems I rolled the dice on their SVT Fender LEDs.  Decided to use a tinted Gel sheet to match the paint, and turned out good.  Tapped into the front amber sidemarkers, going on several months strong w/o issue[ATTACH=full]219677[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219678[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219679[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219680[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219681[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219682[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219683[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219684[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219685[/ATTACH]Having been quite dinged up from snoball and many local outings, had my local detailer do a round of opticoat.  Wow, truck looked better than the day it was new[ATTACH=full]219686[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219687[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219688[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219689[/ATTACH]After seeing the many hood wraps out there, decided to do one of my own.  We found a metallic anthracite grey that is a near perfect match to the grill color.   Wound up doing the hood in this, as well as the Fred mustache.  Buddy had a mettlic black on hand too, so decided to trial the fenders as well.  Color isn’t perfect, but turned out nicely.  [ATTACH=full]219690[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219691[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219692[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219693[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219694[/ATTACH]A friend was interested in my RR HIDs, so decided to reach out to Dawson for another set, this go around fully blacked out 50w FX-Rs with halo’s.   With the Xmitter on, the 30” was pretty unnoticeable, so decided to put that light to fulltime amber duty.  Nothing too sophisticated here, a peice of amber acrylic and zip ties[ATTACH=full]219695[/ATTACH]Also decided change was in order, and sold my Method Double standards & MTZs… In their place came Method standards and Toyo OC MT’s.   I had been working with OMF on set of rings and hardware for me, really wanting the blk/anthracite combo with blk hardware.  Everything turned out great though, even have a second set in the works.[ATTACH=full]219696[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219697[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219698[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219699[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219700[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219701[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219702[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219703[/ATTACH]Pretty good match[ATTACH=full]219704[/ATTACH]Just recently acquired some flush billet caps from vince, looking forward to slapping these on when I rotate soon.[ATTACH=full]219705[/ATTACH]There are so many great bumper offerings out there, but my buddy who made the racerack wanted to put his new bender to work.  Many bar napkin drawings, then CAD renderings, and cases of old style later we finally began progressing.  Sort of took a hybrid of a few styles out there currently with some new touches.  A whoooooole lotta work making these, the money vendors are asking are well worth the hours spent lol[ATTACH=full]219706[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219707[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219708[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219709[/ATTACH]Was going to do a easy access fold down skid, so we sourced some doorbar swing out hinges. Later   Decided on a 1 piece skid now, so its just going to function and an easy to remove connection, may resurrect that idea later.  [ATTACH=full]219710[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219711[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219712[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219713[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]219714[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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