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Largely the same view/photo but now the throne has been fully installed and the drain and sump are fully functional (powered and plumbed). Last 2 steps are shower install and door construction/install.
It was a big day today. So much effort behind a very boring photo...
Just need to install the mixer and showerhead, hook up the drain, and wire up the sump pump. The end is in sight! Very happy with what I am looking at right now.
A couple of points from my experience:
I pinned the habitat at the front and not the rear. Doesn't seem to make that big of a deal in practice. It's rigidly attached at the lead edge of the box, just behind the cab. When negotiating twisty/rolly bits, the box will lean with the truck as the...
Making progress, I am pretty pleased with it so far:
The box corners are still raw glass. They will eventually end up getting faired out and shaped a little better, but for now they fill the purpose. I will also need to trim up the edges and massage one or two places, but overall I am...
Or at least a neighbor who is!
I had a possible wiring/ground/short issue in the CTIS harness and I can tell you that this is one of the simplest and most effective things to do. If you have any issues with the CTIS, do this! With a dual reading air pressure gauge and 2 switches (1 is...
I have lockers from Bryce Wasielak. I don't think he's on the forum but I can PM you his cell number. I don't know if he's still doing them but he was very easy to work with if your schedule is flexible.
I give you the world's most complicated roof rack/mobile boathouse, or at least the skeleton's proof of concept- it works!:
Boat loading cycle fully completed. Obviously, plenty of work still to do- put in a floor, skin it up, wire it up, etc... and I also have additional actuators to...
It will be skinned and used as the boathouse. I'd prefer to not have the boat out and exposed to 70 MPH road debris or 2 MPH tree branches. I am thinking of thin plywood, skinned with fiberglass and then faired in to smooth it out. Yes, that'll be some work, but I think that's the most...
A little grinding and blending and it's looking pretty decent. I am pleased with its symmetry and how I got the tubing to arc with the main features of the cab... so far, so good!
Got sidetracked with another project: need over cab storage for a large inflatable boat we picked up. Building a roof rack combined with windshield protection and aux light mount. It includes a roof mounted hoist for lifting the boat (or whatever).
Boat:
Rack base:
Access ladder:
Start...
Best bet would be to call Ryan directly. I want to say they were ~$1k for the pair shipped.
Just saw the other post where the details I posted were incorrect. Will find the correct ones and edit them in.
Not OEM but has worked interchangeably on my rig for ~10k miles:
https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/cab-airbag-shock-alternative-bentley-metal-fab.217528/
Pretty sure this is him:
https://www.facebook.com/Bentleymetalwork/
Will PM you his (Ryan's) direct number.
As an aside, I have logged ~5k miles since this install and remain very pleased with them. Work fantastically well and seamlessly with the rest of the OE system. No tire rubbing or...
I am committed to this path. The reason why is that I don't want seams. The glass will lay up without a corner seam to seal and then flex and leak later on. I know other methods have been used and work just fine, but this is the path I have chosen and am OK with it. It will be a bit of work...