What did you do with your Grenadier today?

[Happyoldgit]

Today I took delivery of a complete transfer case high low shift lever removed from an insurance write off IG. The detents in the one in my vehicle has never felt quite right somehow.

 

[TCMColorado]

Going to install this as soon as someone here can teach me how the heck to get that amber bulb off. lol

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Getting the amber side light out of the louver plate is not to bad, it just needs to be twisted until it releases, don't remember the direction. Doing this with the light installed in the raised air intake is damn near impossible. I removed my RAI to install the louver plate and it was an infuriating battle.

 

[abbeyroad]

Getting the amber side light out of the louver plate is not to bad, it just needs to be twisted until it releases, don't remember the direction.

It's counter-clockwise, but there's little to no leverage. lol

 

[mugsie]

Finally installed a number of small mods:

1. Octodyne led for the key slot - it works, super easy to install. No more scratching around in the dark.
2. dash cam - though, that's going to get rewired at some point when I figure out how I want to rewire the factory dual battery setup
3. tiny rig device holder - except for the silly square socket screws, a nice unit, I only have 67 Design bases right now, they aren't really meant to attach to a flat surface, will have to look at RAM mounts.
4. A Pillar grab handle on the drivers side - got the parts for the RHD vehicles from Warner. Super easy bolt-on, especially if the previous owner hasn't glued a tweeter in the bottom of the old A Pillar trim. Being basically lazy, and not really caring about stereos, I bolted the tweeter in behind the trim and didn't bother cutting the hole for it. Guarantee that I'll never notice and will forget it's even there.
5. DVA Mechanics set of 4 roof rails - super nice low profile crossbars. I don't really need a full roof rack, so the crossbars are a nice alternative.

The big downside, for me, with the DVA crossbars, is that with 4 of them, the rear ones attach in the exact point where I want to put the DVA brackets to hold my 4gal Rotopax over both rear windows. I can mount the Rotopax flat on the roof like I had with the land cruiser, or I can remove the rear two crossbars. Haven't decided yet, but an interesting thing to note for anyone else considering DVA Crossbars and the DVA vertical rear window mounts. They're all nicely made, too many tiny effing screws though, but other than that, nice gear.

i got the rotopax mount from GP Factor, mounted my Rotopax on the rear tire. super easy and excellent quality and fitment as usual from GPF.

 

[mugsie]

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mind telling me who makes the two cross bars on the front?

 

[HeavyFoot]

mind telling me who makes the two cross bars on the front?

Those look like the OEM Rhino Rack rails. I have the same ones.

 

[JimnyXL]

Preparing for a big road trip! Blendmount and dashcam are next.

• Alu-cab load bar feet & 1450mm crossbars
• Hella Black Magic LED Series 40 Inch Slim Lightbar
  • You'll need these connectors (really just the metal pins).
  • Wedge light under bar or use this mount to extend the light bar in front of the cross bar.
• Alpine PWE-S800 8" Compact Powered Subwoofer fits upside down under the passenger seat.
  • Use these Molex connectors to click right in to the OEM plug. Get a crimper if you don't have one. I used this one from this bigger DT connector kit, but it didn't have the right size pins for the lightbar.
  • Pro tip, you'll need to extend the wires from the OEM plug to the amp with 16 gauge wire and 10 gauge power/negative wires. I used a 4pin trailer wiring harness I had laying around which made the install easier to run. Here's a fancier option.

 

[mugsie]

Those look like the OEM Rhino Rack rails. I have the same ones.

Thanks!

 

[Itsdchz]

Added some festive lighting….

 

[C-Mack]

Judging by the background it looks like this was the getaway vehicle used during a prison break for Santa?