Build Thread The Lobster, DaneJa's overlanding build

[DaneJa]

New wheels and tires:

Quite a large cosmetic difference with these. Method 703 in Gloss Titanium (17x7.5 | 6x130 | 50/6.20") wearing Mickey Thompson Baja Boss 255/85R17. I only drove home, but these actually seem quieter, but that might be the pressure difference -- I was at 36/36, these are at 41/47 from the shop and I'll probably leave them there. I also mounted Agile Offroad's Spare Tire Offset Mount. You can see the PPF here but they have a bit more work to do so I'll let them finish before showing more.

They did nice work. These tires have asymmetric tread with an inside and outside, the wheels have bead grabbing features that make them difficult to mount a tire, and the TPMS sensors all had to go back to same locations, and I checked the torque values and it's all good. That said, this practice of using four rolling floor jacks in a sloped parking lot seems sketchy as hell to me.

Air Down Gear Up Drawers and Sleeping Platform:

I'm very pleased with the work on these. This is the first final install on a Grenadier of this system and they're going to do some refinement, but overall the system is excellent. They're going to make a magnetic cover for the gap to the left of the fridge along with a few other tweaks. The system has a few configurations you'll see in the pictures. They also have different systems available depending on your needs. Obviously I went with the drawer fridge and sleeping platform option.

 

[vtgrenadier]

Finally got to see a Devil Red in the flesh today... lots of uniqueness to the color and is quickly becoming a favorite. It's not pure red, but rather, has some brightness that I dare say may be 'pink.' Reminiscent of a half-year-only Jeep Wrangler color called (of all things to raise in this thread) "Rock Lobster," which is my all-time favorite on a newer Jeep - and almost Monza Red, which was a one-year-only NAS Defender 90 color... although that had a bit of orange to it (still a top choice (next to Arles)).

Yours is coming along beautifully!

 

[Tenac]

I'm so jelly I wanted Devil's red bad.... Great work love the build.

 

[DaneJa]

The guys who did the audio install, Blue Chip, created a sizzle reel and posted it to their Instagram.

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If you don't have IG, it's also in this album of images they shared with me. If you want to see the process of the install check it out, but I'll post a few below. Here are a couple features I haven't talked about already.

This knob controls the DSP. It took a while to figure out where to put it, but this is a great spot. It's easy to control, tucked out of the way, and blends right in with the light and screen saver screen both turned off. They set up the DSP with a selectable tune optimized for the driver and one optimized for all seats. The knob also allows finer control of the master volume and sub volume, among many other features we're not really using. The amp/DSP takes high-level output from the OEM system, so speed compensated volume still works.

Here's where the amp/DSP is tucked into the left-rear quarter panel. It fits like a glove.

Here are a couple more shots of the sub box.

The eagle-eyed may have spotted in earlier pictures that I installed the Grenadier USA black anodized aluminum roof grab handles.

And finally, a couple shot outside the truck. There is also satin PPF on the piano black interrior elements, but I didn't take any pictures of that. Much of the PPF job is complete, but they still need to add a black strip on the bottom of the doors and side panels, black out the chrome on the grill, work out some details, and apply ceramic coating. I'll get the truck back on Tuesday, job complete, hopefully.

 

[rovie]

The guys who did the audio install, Blue Chip, created a sizzle reel and posted it to their Instagram.

View this content on Instagram

View this content on Instagram

If you don't have IG, it's also in this album of images they shared with me. If you want to see the process of the install check it out, but I'll post a few below. Here are a couple features I haven't talked about already.

This knob controls the DSP. It took a while to figure out where to put it, but this is a great spot. It's easy to control, tucked out of the way, and blends right in with the light and screen saver screen both turned off. They set up the DSP with a selectable tune optimized for the driver and one optimized for all seats. The knob also allows finer control of the master volume and sub volume, among many other features we're not really using. The amp/DSP takes high-level output from the OEM system, so speed compensated volume still works.

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Here's where the amp/DSP is tucked into the left-rear quarter panel. It fits like a glove.

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Here are a couple more shots of the sub box.

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The eagle-eyed may have spotted in earlier pictures that I installed the Grenadier USA black anodized aluminum roof grab handles.

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And finally, a couple shot outside the truck. There is also satin PPF on the piano black interrior elements, but I didn't take any pictures of that. Much of the PPF job is complete, but they still need to add a black strip on the bottom of the doors and side panels, black out the chrome on the grill, work out some details, and apply ceramic coating. I'll get the truck back on Tuesday, job complete, hopefully.

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I've never thought about buying a red car in all these years. For me, it always had the association of a fire engine. But I have to say, your Grenadier looks really good in combination with this wheels. Hats off!