Tech and Fabrication

If you want to change, modify, fabricate or maintain your rig you should find it here.

Lights, camera, air.

Posted on May 29th, 2014

To keep with my “clean” front end look, I finally was able to mount my Rigid lights inside the grill.
The lower portion of the grill provided a bigger opening I needed. They are mounted to the lower AC condensor mount bolts and to each other on the inside mount. The inside mount is pressed against the center grill support. Its a tight fit, but no movement which is good. Will still fine tune the center mount to allow more inward/outward adjustments.  Read more...

Swing outs…

Posted on March 16th, 2014

20140316-160743.jpgIt seems I can’t leave things well enough alone. Changed up the rear swing outs a bit. Main reason for the tire swap was weight. After the new springs went in, most of the weight sits on the driver’s side, just the way things were done. So she’s been leaning some. Now I am well aware of the “60 lean”, but I don’t have to live with it.  Read more...

Roof Rack Ver 3.0

Posted on March 10th, 2014

After noticing some weak areas on my roof rack I made for my RTT, it was evident that either I add more metal and make it heavier, or go with a rack that was initially meant for the purpose.  The rack also was mainly meant for the RTT and nothing else, remove it and the rack would not support anything, unless I added more structure and weight.  Also, removing the RTT required removing the roof rack with the tent still mounted.  Sure with 2-3 strong people that wouldn’t be the case, but since I’m basically a one man operation, that doesn’t work out to well.  Read more...

Shifting Springs

Posted on March 1st, 2014

Recently I noticed some front end clunking while turning the wheels in parking lots and while stationary. I had already replaced tie rod ends, but the feel and sound were similar. After using cameras to find out what was moving, it was coming from the rear bushings on the front springs. The entire rear portion of the springs were shifting side to side.  Read more...

ARB Bumper Modifications

Posted on January 18th, 2014

For a while I have been wondering what the 60 ARB bumper would look like without the upper hoop portion. The main reason why is because I like the stock look of the front end, and would like to have the best of both worlds. I realize that there are a few bumper manufactures that provide these models and variations, but I didn’t want to buy another bumper. After searching around, I didn’t find one that was done, specifically on a 60/62. So, out came the saw and here’s what I ended up with.  Read more...

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