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[farney43]

New wheels from Owl, Micky Thompson tires….Leitner cross bars, nothing crazy, loving it.
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I love this look - probably exactly what I would build. What made you change out the stock wheels for the Owls? Are they better than the stock steel?

 

[globalgregors]

As I responded to another commenter...
"No doubt it is a clean solution, however, it is all good until you can't park near your water source & have to hand carry jugs to and from a water refill location. One of our regular places to refill our water jugs in Baja has no parking nearby & is away from the road & we have to park down the road & carry our jugs to them. We have also refilled in places in the US where we had to carry our jugs to the water source for refill. My preference for separate jugs is based on a lifetime of of travel where we camp in remote locations and have to carry our own water and knowing the place we have used to refill."

I live in the desert SW where there are no streams or lakes for water and we do remote camping so similar to the Simpson. On a desert 10 day trip we will carry 80L of water.

A tie down strap through all the handles of 10L sceptre jugs solves the tie down problem.

Yes, sounds like a pfaff. We normally just stop off and fill it from a gas station tap before we pass the black stump.

 

[JHIG1]

I love this look - probably exactly what I would build. What made you change out the stock wheels for the Owls? Are they better than the stock steel?

Thanks! I like the look of the owl wheels better, they are also wider and have an offset that creates a more aggressive stance.

 

[Brad@SuperiorCO]

Looking good!

A more modest mod for me today… fitting an inflatable lumbar roll to the drivers seat.
Removing the seat back was tricky, not knowing how its put together. To save you all the bother (and two broken clips) here’s how to do it…
The black plastic cover is attached by large clips that hook on to the metal parts of the seat, there are a further two replaceable clips at the bottom. (White) these were not salvageable but could be replaced. Although to be honest it doesn't seem to need them.
To get it off without breaking anything you‘ll need to insert a flat tool at the base and release the two central clips, you do this by pushing upwards, then release two of the side clips, by pushing in from the side with the flat tool. I have shown the locations of these measured from the bottom, as you will be doing all of this blind. The hooks at the other side will come out by moving teh whole thing towards the side you have already removed. The top hook is large and can only be removed by pulling the whole thing downwards once all the other clips have been removed.

Fitting the air bag was easy and it works very well inserted between the sprung wires and the foam seat back. I secured it with a couple of cable ties… Job done!

Thanks for all this help. I have this planned for this winter. The clips scare me, this will help.

 

[BoiseIdaho]

New wheels from Owl, Micky Thompson tires….Leitner cross bars, nothing crazy, loving it.
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Looks great! What size tires did you go with?