What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[Jeremy996]

Working up to Remembrance Day a week on Sunday, so I put my lorry poppy on the rear ladder.

 

[DefenderGuy]

Finally got and installed the smoked plastic cover for the telltale cluster (after covering one annoying and unnecessary idiot light with black tape). This might not be ideal for everyone, but I'm quite happy with the result.

 

[HeavyFoot]

Finally got and installed the smoked plastic cover for the telltale cluster (after covering one annoying and unnecessary idiot light with black tape). This might not be ideal for everyone, but I'm quite happy with the result.

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I wanted to ask on here if anyone did that! Good to see. They’re too bright. I’d also love to dim the screen. “0%” at night is too light for my preference. And can we all admit a dimmer would be much easier to change as needed?

 

[CRH]

I wanted to ask on here if anyone did that! Good to see. They’re too bright. I’d also love to dim the screen. “0%” at night is too light for my preference. And can we all admit a dimmer would be much easier to change as needed?

A pack of pocket tissues fits perfectly over the warning lights.

 

[CRH]

Finally got and installed the smoked plastic cover for the telltale cluster (after covering one annoying and unnecessary idiot light with black tape). This might not be ideal for everyone, but I'm quite happy with the result.

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I've thought about that, what is the fit like, does it look factory?
Looks ok in the picture

 

[HeavyFoot]

…and does it make the icons all distorted and too hard to see?

 

[pmatusov]

Updated my Grenadier write-up: https://3rj.org/Grenadier/#J

 

[jscherb]

Leaving before dawn on Thursday morning, I drove 1700 miles in two days to get to Denver, I'm on my way to Las Vegas to attend the bbbbbbbbbbbbbSEMA Show. And after the show, we'll be exploring offroad and camping in Death Valley, followed by some trail time in the Moab, Utah area. The drive was fine and the Grenadier performed very well, but the first 600 miles weren't too much fun because it was pouring rain all the way from home in Delaware almost to Indianapolis. At the hotel in the Denver area:

But the rain was a good test - mounted on the ladder is a preproduction sample Ladder Bag from Overland Outfitters. And next to it on the spare is one of their SpareHopper bags. I'm carrying some gear and also warm clothing in the bags for the run west over the Rocky Mountains tomorrow and on arriving at the hotel I checked and as expected everything in the bags is perfectly dry.

One of the nice things about the way the Ladder Bag attaches is that when the ladder is needed, the clips on one side can be undone and the bag swung out of the way.

The SpareHopper has been in production for several years and the Ladder Bag is just now being manufactured and will be shipping in about two weeks. Both are made from acrylic fabric that is extremely UV- and weather-resistant and both have built-in stiffeners so they keep their shape, unlike most bags that hang off the spare.

The Ladder Bag is now on the OO web site at https://tinyurl.com/2r9ky84m (at an introductory price). BTW OO ships worldwide, and orders from outside the US are shipped directly from the craftsmen in India.

Full disclosure: OO is my wife's company; I'm not part of the company but sometimes they pick up designs I do and turn them into products.

 

[TCMColorado]

Updated my Grenadier write-up: https://3rj.org/Grenadier/#J

Fantastic job on your write up!

 

[DefenderGuy]

I've thought about that, what is the fit like, does it look factory?
Looks ok in the picture

It uses adhesives along the edges to bind to the trim around the telltale cluster. Does it look factory? Not fully, but I'd say it's close. I just installed it and while I haven't been driving with it, the illuminated symbols that matter seem to still be sufficiently visible (for me this is one of those cases where less is more). I generally prefer the polished finish of the cover to the matte finish of the recessed cluster screen. I'd also add that the smoked color seems essential. You can buy it in clear plastic but for me that wouldn't work and I think it would be likely to look a lot more like a non-factory piece. For fifty bucks, what the heck?

 

[pmatusov]

Fantastic job on your write up!

Thanks!