Thor Build

Quick question where did you hook up all the negative cable ends for the circuit block and what brand is the circuit block?

 

@eccracer104 As far as we can figure, I either A) installed the misalignment spacer in the LCA incorrectly, which caused it to cycle weird, B) Had my clicker set way too low and came down on that side just right - I was playing with those when I broke it, or B) Both A & B

@krazyTundra The plastic bits of the original bumper are currently sitting in my garage taking up space. They're all just black plastic. I didn't have chrome or color matched caps. If you're interested or know anyone that is, shoot me a PM and I'll clean em up and send pics.

@vanthesupreme wellllllllll, I got kinda lazy there. I sanded around the actual battery terminal ground on the sidewall - follow the ground wire coming off the negative battery terminal, its only like 5" long. I sandwiched all of the grounds, between some bigger washers, to that same bolt location. Originally I was going to use a bus block, but I couldn't find a spot to mount it properly. The fuse block is made by Blue Sea Systems, Its 30-40$ on Amazon and accepts standard blade fuses.

 

@boardude and I ran a few trails in SE Tucson yesterday. I even managed to remember to take a couple pics... 1.5 of them turned out ok. The rest Kris is responsible for haha

 

And two more I shamelessly stole from @boardude (again). These two are from our Mount Lemmon run in Tucson

 

There's a great place for ground bus under the hood to fender seal/trim. The trim comes off by sliding it in toward the engine. I'm liking the variety of lighting options you have in the bumper. My light bar failed this weekend and I haven't examined the cause yet.

 

I was planning on adding the bus to that ledge, but I got lazy and ran out of time lol None of my amber is wired up yet. Mid-project I changed my mind on what I wanted to do for a controller.

 

Great looking rig!

 

Thanks @Mo_Martz!


Got a big surgery coming up here shortly on the ole truck. #facelift #Botox4Trucks? giggity giggity

 

I finally remembered I have my own build thread to spam/derail.

I'll add pics tomorrow, or tuesday, or probably sometime in October

New stuffs:
-2018 headlights + iHacker harness
-FINALLY found a color matched surround w/ platinum insert (bulge needs to be paint matched still, so for now Thor has a legit 'stache)
-Soldered all the connections to my remote start so it stops giving off hood pin errors
-New front windshield AND 45% tint
-Carrier bearing drop

Lots of maintenance for upcoming Colorado and Utah trips:
-Replaced oil in transfer case, front + rear dif, and engine
-Checked all fluids and inspected engine bay (yay no leaks)
-Greased driveline, uniballs, and tightened every bolt i could find a torque spec for
-Rotate and balance tires

Next:
- Hawk LTS brake pads (installing on 9/18)

After Colorado:
- Find someone to weld on BMC plates
- Build bed rails
- HAM radio - @smslavin I'll be going with a Kenwood TMV71A and AZ507RSP antenna w/ spring
- Stereo Upgrades

• Alpine ILX-207SXM
• Alpine truck accessory controller (yay all my lights will finally be wired up)
• LCI2 audio control
• Alpine PDX amp
• Kicker CS 6.5's w/ component tweeters and 6x9"s

 

These LEDs are 10000x better than my stock halogens. This is just the new headlights + my rigid fogs:


#FaceliftTeaser

 

Gunna look all purdy for ColoRADo!

 

I get to spend 4 days riding passenger in Thor

 

you mean on Ryan's lap?!

 

that's a solid little radio. i still need to get mine going but it just fell down the list a notch or two.

where are you going to be up here?

 

Mountain Village?

@boardude you can come with. I have a bench seat so all 3 of us can cuddle while driving

 

These HAWK LTS pads are thick n juicy. The old ones had some meat on them still, but they were cheap shit put on before I bought the truck


Giving Ron Jeremy's mustache a run for its money

 

ah. telluride. favorite place on the planet. have a good time.

 

I might not come back home. If its as great as everyone says, I may just drive off into the woods and become a mountain man

 

I love the zip ties holding the brake line mount to the spindle lol

 

I say that every time we go down to visit my aunt and uncle. Some day I’m going to make it happen. Hope it’s sooner rather than later.

Get in touch if you need any recommendations on anything. We’re there a lot.

 

I went ham on that bolt and sheared the head off. I couldn't be bothered to try to extract the rest

 

Awesome build

 

@smslavin I just got home and already want to go back. I could probably spend several weeks there and not do everything I wanted to do. I even took more than my usual 3 pictures.

 

PHOTO DUMP: Teluride Colorado Sept 2018

Drove through Monument valley. Took exactly 1 picture


Imogene: 13114ft

 

The sparseness of your photos makes them that much more valuable.

 

Black Bear Pass is insane. Taking a full size truck through it was probably even more nuts, but I can officially say:

I SURVIVED BLACK BEAR PASS!!

Elevation 12,840ft

 

Like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster

 

Almost forgot about Clear Lake. Took Ophir pass up to Clear Lake. That is one hell of a trail.