Blue Ribbon 4x4 Build Thread

Installed a louder horn off Amazon. Wired in with the stock horn. Substantially louder and deeper. Just not overly aggressive to piss off people who get startled easily.
Had to fab up some brackets to relocate the stock horns so the new horn and hardware would fit.

 

More color match!
Mirror caps sanded and used adhesion promoter, primed, base and 2K clear
Fabbed up TRD emblem for the fron grille from plexiglass
Spyder fogs disassembled and matched
Ebay third brake light disassembled and matched.

 

Found it!
AUTMATCH Shackles 3/4" D Ring Shackle (2 Pack) 41,887Ib Break Strength with 7/8" Screw Pin and Shackle Isolator & Washers Kit for Tow Strap Winch Off

$25 AUTMATCH D Ring Shackle 3/4" Shackles (2 Pack) 41887Ibs Break Strength with 7/8" Screw Pin and Shackle Isolator Washers Kit for Tow Strap Winch Off Road Vehicle Recovery Blue

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W116Q32/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_hbrOhwjhPACLT

 

Great work on modding your truck. Looks fantastic OP. Skid plate is just awesome

 

Thanks! Appreciate it.

 

Love the skid plate graphic!

 

Thanks!

 

damn you Geno! Hahaha as always love what you have done.

 

Budget stereo build.
I listen to metal, and this package hits perfectly. Even my wife who listens to rap and hip hop digs it. Super happy with the results. Not winning any sound competitions, but it’s absolutely awesome for me.

I found a sub/amp kit on Amazon for $225. Everything else was purchased through Crutchfield. My total combined was under $800, including all extra wiring, harnesses, friction tape, heat shrink, solder, and sound deadening mat. The Alpine KTP-445U is made to plug and play without running new wires to the speakers or for power. I purchased this first, thinking I wouldn’t need a subwoofer. Well, that changed so I grabbed the sub kit, costing me a little more, actually but hey, I’ve never done this before.

Alpine KTP-445U for the door speakers
Boss 1100M amp for the subwoofer
LC2I line converter
Rockford Fosgate R2S shallow 12” sub
Hertz K170 6 1/2” speakers in 4 doors with included tweeters
Made my own amp rack using 1/2” mdf, with rear feet to allow a/c venting, attaches to factory amp mount.

 

Thanks Robert!

 

sweet deal Geno!

 

Showing the retrofit.
These projectors are just the Acme H1 kit from The Retrofit Source. When they fade, they’ll get cracked open again with a new setup. They have sequential turns, but I think I’m gonna ditch those when they get updated with a little different paint scheme on the Porsche quad lights.

 

The retrofit/color matched tails
I got these tails off ebay about two years ago, they still work great, after changing the resistors once. Disassembled and color matched, tinted the LED bars, and installed some chase lights inside.

 

Looks good, even in the daytime!

 

sign me up!

 

Thanks bro!

 

Hey thanks! I can’t throw any bass parties at the beach, but the sound in the cab is so much better than I’m used to in any car.

 

Is this the Gampro horn?

 

It’s this one
HK 12V 150db Air Horn, 18 Inches Chrome Zinc Single Trumpet Truck Kit Air Horn with Compressor for Any 12V Vehicles Trucks Lorrys Cars Trains Boats Kit, Black

$30 HK 12V 150db Air Train Horn Kit with Compressor Single Trumpet Air Horn Powerful Loud for Trucks Cars Boat SUV Train (Black)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YXV58S9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_VcIhFbXT4CERE

 

Mictuning stage II rock light kit. Works on Bluetooth, but wired in a switch after my battery died. Placed main controller under the rear seat, and ran all wires across the rear seat and along frame rails. One light in each fender, one on each side step facing the opposite aide of the truck, one in the grille, one on the crossmember below the driveshaft facing forward.

 

Love your truck brother! Great work!

 

Thank you, sir!

 

You seem to be having a blast with your truck! Thanks for sharing!

 

That’s what it’s for!!

 

How do you like the Falkens? How many miles on them? Think I have narrowed down to those or the Ridge Grapplers

 

I have Ridge Grapplers now. The Falkens were fantastic. Nice and quiet, lots of grip, and great offroad. The grapplers seem to be exactly the same, just noticeably louder.

 

Looks good man! If I hadn't gotten blazing blue, the blue ribbon would have most likely been right there behind it. keep up the good work and updates man

 

good to hear. That may help push me over the edge in favor of the Falkens. I love the look of the RG, but the reality is that the truck will spend 80% of its time on pavement. A large bit of the other time is on job site with plenty of heavy iron to recover me if I get stuck. The times I’m in the woods is usually with the family, and I am way more careful about where I go that I used to be.

loving your build. Looking good.