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I drove my 5 ton to pick up my spare and on the way my brakes on the right rear axles kept "grabbing" to the point it would smoke my brakes. (I was only going three miles from the house and the shop is the first turn around).
Coming home, it did it a couple times in the first mile then stopped...
They sell on eBay for up to 1200.00
They are HID lights.
I'm not familiar with the Ibis Tek lights.
Yes. The control panel has two joysticks for each of them to be operated independently.
Not sure of the amp draw. I'll check the book.
Since I went to the 16R20s, my spare will no longer fit in the spare carrier, so in order to facilitate getting it into and out of the bed, I added a 1,000lb hoist.
Thanks all...
Now...
Mounting the interior stuff.... To say our trucks don't have a lot of extra room for accessories is an understatement. I was also having to work around the other wiring I've installed for the convoy lights and overhead console I've installed...
After measuring for the...
I'm not familiar with the Amazon kit, but I can for SURE tell you they light up the world!
And the search lights are just as bright
Also, I'm pretty sure the Amazon kit doesn't have infrared.... (cell phone cameras can pick up IR).
It also has a dimming function on the controller...
Next was mounting light bars:
I had found this pic online of the kit mounted, but didn't realize the intake had been modified to allow the rear bracket to not hit it....
They had also fabricated all kinds of other brackets for the installation. Being as I'm a "shade" tree", I had to get...
So, I bought an Eyecon MRAP light kit from @MilStuffMike65 and decided to install it on my M923A2 "Big Bertha"
After receiving it, I realized there is a sever lack of information on the installation of these kits on anything but MRAPS, so I figured I would document my installation on Big...
OK, finally made some headway on the old girl.
I was fighting the front bed bolts because I didn't have a "S" wrench to fit in there, so being as it was late in the day to drive to town to start looking for tools, I decided to go ahead and bust the cab loose.
No pics of that process as I got...
Thank DOG we are getting some entries! I **really** didn't want to take time away from the M37 now that I have some momentum going with it to mess with the 105! 😁😅😆
All great looking trucks. Gonna be tough!
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