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GPD605X

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Yea, that's what I really like about it. One of the cool factors is too is that the red little plastic faceplate is removable and you can paint it to whatever color you want. So you could do blue, orange, or like a green. It's very cool.
 

GPD605X

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Here's a shot with the DRL's. Pretty bright but not as bright as the picture shows.
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And here's a shot of the output. If you look closely, there's a tree line about 100+ yards away and it just barely shows them, but of course, it's brighter in person.
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Oh and also, I'll be ditching the HID's up top soon. I don't like that I can't just turn them on/off when I want. If I turn them off, I can't just turn them back on again, I have to wait a few minutes and then turn them on. One has already stopped working so it's a perfect time to ditch them. I'll be throwing my Totron bar I had from my last X. Since all the bolts on the Xoskel cage are rusty and spinning, I'm just going to try and figure out a way to mount the bar to the cage instead of dropping the headliner and all that crap. Eventually I'll drop the headliner and do it right but for now, it will suffice. I still have a slim bar to add to the back that I have and also the 3 cheapo pods from the old bumper (one got busted) that I may mount somewhere on the rack for side lighting. Soon I'll have lights all around for when we camp and such. I still have to wire up the lockers and mount the compressor but I'm not doing a lot of wheeling right now anyway so not a need to yet but it's hopefully going to be done before the end of the year.
 

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Did some modding this past week. Took the front sway bar off. Was a little more complicated than planned. The bottom of the drivers side rad skid got smashed enough to bend the bracket and destroy the bolt head. So we had to cut the bolt away and straighten out the skid and the skid bracket. One of the sway bar bolts broke off at the head so we just left it. We will drill it out later. Also replaced all the bolts too as they were pretty rusted which is what I expected. Also ordered up a new 42" AuxBeam X-Series bar for the roof when I ditch the hids. Going to sell my 40" totron if it all works out. I'll post pics when it comes in.
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GPD605X

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Small update:

Got my custom top hats created for the budget TS Coilovers. Tundra Shocks and FJ springs. Just waiting to figure out what springs I want to use. I'm thinking of the Moog 81108 (FJ Coils) that are 660lbs and 14.46 free height. With the custom top hats and everything, I should be able to accomplish 10" of travel. I also plan on ordering the Rough Country Titan UCA's as they are budget friendly. I would love SPC's or better but hard to beat something for $200 cheaper. Since they have redesigned their ball joints, I feel comfortable with using them.

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Tundra Bills:
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Also tested out the light filters on the front bumper light bar. I only got one section of flood and 1 section of spot. You can tell from the picture though which side is which.
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Just spot:
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All flood:
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LOL. I originally was going to look at the Rough Country's for $300 but they suggested DK or PRG. I didn't have that amount of coin until one of the guys messaged me and told me the price lol
 
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Added some "rock" lights to ole Bessie.
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Ah. Wasn't sure if that was white or not. Looks good!

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Thanks! Yea sometimes the pictures don't show how they really are. I've been driving with the whites on to for now. I can't run red or blue while driving due to legal purposes lol. I plan on getting another set to have one on each side, front and back. At $23.99, they should suffice. We heat shrunk the connections so it should be good for weather but we shall see


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Rock lights are on my list. I plan on running a mix of lux and kc disc lights, like Ben has. Not sure if you saw his setup at WENT or not, but it has a ton of usable light.

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Small update nothing too new. Registered for GONE 2017 so I have a lot to do before then! Snagged up this Smittybilt XRC 9.5k winch with synthetic line off CL for $200! Hope to mount it this weekend!

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Yea this is probably the only time I'll be able to attend. This is my bucket list trip lol. I sure hope to have a lot of fun!


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I sure hope it will be! Me and my buddy in his XJ are making the trip. Hopefully I'll have a passenger with me too


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Did some modding today! Attempted to take the Xoskel cage off and 2 of the bolt heads snapped off. Pulled some of the headliner down and they were rusted solid. So we just cut the bolts off. We are going to have to drill them out at a later date. So we decided to just RTV the holes to keep them from leaking water. Mounted the winch Saturday. Easy as could be. I do need to swap the bolts out for Grade 8 but NOT ONE SINGLE business open on Saturday carried Metric Grade 8 bolts so I'll have to try and get them Monday or special order them. Also mounted my Auxbeam 42" X-Series light bar. Was a b1tch to mount due to the actual bar being 42" and not being able to mount them on the old bolt holes but I actually like it how we mounted it. Bright as hell too.
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Here's some daytime pictures of the light bar. I'm still working on getting some better spacers for the bar but it works for now and is nice and tight.

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Here's the "spacers" lol
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I did want red but they didn't have it in stock. Once I ordered it, I emailed them and said I wanted red but it wasn't an option on their site. They said too late, we already processed and shipped it out.


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I was curious as to how people would perceive a red light bar up top. Some would see it as an emergency response type bar. That's one reason I didn't fuss about it.


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