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What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

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Lawdog734 said:
@frauhansen and @Godspeed131 - what are you guys using for a digital rear view "mirror"/monitor?

I'm looking for one for mine but haven't found one I quite like yet - I want a rear-view mirror proxy and don't want a split-screen/parking lines to be constantly on.
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I just went with one off of amazon, https://a.co/d/d85Cn3m. I wanted a unit that had the rearview camera and CarPlay so I can use the phones navigation if need be. The CarPlay linked to the phone works flawlessly so far but I haven’t yet had time to install the rearview camera yet. Spring time farm chores are priority right now.
 
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Installed a new soft top with now quarters given flag from William Welsh (blue ox) his work, as usual is outstanding. He will be re-stitching my previous top and does not want to charge me, even though i explain to him i beat the hell of my truck and use it everyday.
 

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Gcelevator said:
Installed a new soft top with now quarters given flag from William Welsh (blue ox) his work, as usual is outstanding. He will be re-stitching my previous top and does not want to charge me, even though i explain to him i beat the hell of my truck and use it everyday.
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Bill does great work. If you ever want a soft slant back to match I use the same material from the same vendor.
BDGR
 
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Gcelevator said:
Installed a new soft top with now quarters given flag from William Welsh (blue ox) his work, as usual is outstanding. He will be re-stitching my previous top and does not want to charge me, even though i explain to him i beat the hell of my truck and use it everyday.
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VERY Nice !! what brand/model are those seats, and rim-tires?
 
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kurtvk said:
VERY Nice !! what brand/model are those seats, and rim-tires?
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Seats are regular from ebay or amazon. I will try to get a link and post. Rims are black rhino abrams 17" and tires are Toyo's 40's M/T. Not noisy at all for the kind of tire.

Edit: seats are from ebay, picture attached.
 

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Popped the little hole plugs into underside of the hood, finishing up that project.

Installed what I consider the absolute coolest strap on the entire truck. When you're on a multi hour convoy, you can kill time by counting the number of times it sways back and forth-
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Rebuilt the pintle, which didn't swivel and was missing the lock pin and chain. Yes, I know the chain and pin I used isn't AMG, but I had them kicking around and they worked. BTW- there's a grease zerk on this thing. Mine hadn't been used since the truck was built-
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Swapped the front shackles to the rear in order to clean up the front mounts, then reinstall the NOS shackles I got from Austin-
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My boy keeps having issues with the VIC headsets (both Bose and Racal) staying on his head (he's 9), so I picked up some cheap headset pads to see if it works. Anyone ever seen a smaller size headset adapted to the VIC?
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He's also been begging for a cupholder. These were the most heavy duty I could find in the style I wanted. 3/16 powdercoated steel. Not sure on mounting yet-
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This truck came with the driver seat out of a ECV for whatever reason. It's a bit too tall for me. Will someone with an A0,A1,A2 measure their seat mount to see how it differs from the energy absorbing one?
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cahilj said:
Popped the little hole plugs into underside of the hood, finishing up that project.

Installed what I consider the absolute coolest strap on the entire truck. When you're on a multi hour convoy, you can kill time by counting the number of times it sways back and forth-
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Rebuilt the pintle, which didn't swivel and was missing the lock pin and chain. Yes, I know the chain and pin I used isn't AMG, but I had them kicking around and they worked. BTW- there's a grease zerk on this thing. Mine hadn't been used since the truck was built-
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Swapped the front shackles to the rear in order to clean up the front mounts, then reinstall the NOS shackles I got from Austin-
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My boy keeps having issues with the VIC headsets (both Bose and Racal) staying on his head (he's 9), so I picked up some cheap headset pads to see if it works. Anyone ever seen a smaller size headset adapted to the VIC?
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He's also been begging for a cupholder. These were the most heavy duty I could find in the style I wanted. 3/16 powdercoated steel. Not sure on mounting yet-
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This truck came with the driver seat out of a ECV for whatever reason. It's a bit too tall for me. Will someone with an A0,A1,A2 measure their seat mount to see how it differs from the energy absorbing one?
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Where did you get the cup holders?
Also I wonder if you can't just remove the energy absorbing mount??
 
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Mogman said:
Where did you get the cup holders?
Also I wonder if you can't just remove the energy absorbing mount??
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https://asktractormike.com/product/tractor-or-zero-turn-heavy-duty-cup-holder/

Stumbled on it just searching around.

I don't think I can just take the mount out. The bolt pattern is different from the sliders to the seat. There might be another set of holes though. I have considered bending a mount similar to the A0 one, but I haven't gotten that far yet. I'm too busy driving it to want the seat out for a while :D
 
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