u/mister_monque

it likely won't help that they will also be in a color shifting, holographic, glow in the dark film but I like it and really that's all that matters. Gonna be a White Truck Summer for sure!

Quadzilla brings smiles to nearly everyone. some impatient folks lack the ability to appreciate her charms but everyone else loves her. this morning I got to see her as others do and I smiled too.

the flags are a nice touch, like all you'd need are some pennants and everything is fine.

I saw these on an Autozam and was wondering if the group might have a photo of them on a truck? Better yet a set sitting in the garage collecting dust and getting in the way?

Not gonna lie, that aluminum box has potential. But aside from that, Kei All Day!

Looks like Niilight had a better solution available, 2x3 that matches the profile of the turn signal above better. The beam is also a bit bigger and softer. And in a truly magical twist, they include a layout template. To the fainting couch!

For the marker lamp issue that started all of this, some 3 wire amber penny lights should solve the matter, one on either side of the bulb, feed the low wire off the city lamp in the headlamp and the high wire off the blinker circuit. I'll leave the little corner lamp alone and put some pennys down the side of the deck rail and one in the cab corner like the previous generation had, sadly no perfect dimple.

For the bed light, the stock unit is adorable but more light would be more better from time to time. Contemplating about Anderson plug and magnet mounts. We'll see where it goes.

from the moment my head touched the rest, more correctly my neck and a smidgen of my skull, the lack of comfort was outstanding.

I know the eva foam is a high energy absorbing material and responds differently to my head just resting on it versus protecting me in an impact but gawd'a'mighty that's a firm rest.

Well worry no more. Since all of tik tok has told me that the first thing that'll happen to me in Quadzilla is I'll die and the second thing that'll happen is I'll die, I've decided that since even some overly long side eye will cause my head to explode like a water balloon, why fight it.

I broke the headrest down, removed the eva foam and replaced it with some 3" mattress topper foam from an old camping platform project. rudely cut with an insulation knife and stuffed inside, the results are rather nice. The foam is under some compression so density is high but still has room to go so my head rests but doesn't sink and in the event of a hit, there is still a lot of dynamic range available. Bonus points, it makes the wife happy too as she was giving serious fugee face given I had just adjusted the seat foams to firm them upland take the 30 years of other peoples ass prints out, she was very "mmm feels new" and then the head and head rest went thunk! DOH!

16 tons would do horrifying things but nearly 3 yard of mulch was just fine. Greedy boards are in order if I'm gonna do this more often but in a hilarious twist of fate a WM Bagster from any of the usual big box stores fits rather neatly in the bed. Watching a Komatsu WA500 tower over it was a bit funny funny, I'm sure I could parallel park in the bucket.

As for for getting it all home, suspension sure was comfortable. Gearing and power were just fine for 40-45 and the braking, while needing to be respected, didn't feel like a plow truck on ice, not by a mile. The girls, per usual, were also greatly enjoying all the sniffs to sniff from fresh mulch to asphalt plants to barking at other cars at lights who didn't show the proper respect for the true king of the road!

The crows in the neighborhood know who I am and will take note of me, my Jeep/Carry and if I chucked some peanuts. The Unkindness however are different; they as a family unit are around and we do spend some time playing the grok grok game but they typically have little interest in the peanuts I've been leaving on my ersatz peanut throne (tree died and I'm using the stump as a platter holder).

Or so I thought.

The typical pattern is I'll hear one, grok grok back and maybe they come by and if they do, I'll chuck some peanuts into the yard/driveway and if they want they'll pop in while I go about my day. I've been leaving bulk nuts out to help draw the squirrels away from the bird feeders and the lads report that crows had been checking it out and the lack of shells with the absence of nuts seems to confirm the hypothesis. But the half a rat seems to confirm that while the squirrels are enjoying, the corvids are in fact really enjoying. Not sure if it's the murder or the unkindness but someone with iridescent blurplish feathers left it behind.

I know they'll never make my yard home, the hawks and owls complicate everything but I'd be cool if they just cruised in to chill more often. The rat is a good sign.

shout out to u/lamin-x for the 36x60 windshield protection film.

The yellow headlamp film has been a standard in my life for a decade and I finally broke down and got a sheet of the windshield film for the new truck.

The windshield film is not the same as the headlamp film, it's a stiff material and not at all stretchy.

I followed the video instructions for the jeep kit, same same but different. Cleaning the glass is very important, any grease, oil, wax or silicone will frustrate application.

I'd highly recommend a helper and having everything staged and ready to go.

I rough cut the bulk sheet and then taped it out, cut to fit with a razor knife. Hose the glass with soapy water and peel the liner with the helper, a single pull IS in fact best to avoid any beach marks then slap it on. In it's wet state you can float it around for best position. Hose the exterior and use a squeege to get the vertical center line stuck down and work out from there.

If you can tint windows, this is essentially the same process. Keep it wet and sloppy and use as soft a squeege you can, go gentle and you'll get it down and all the bubble and water out. There is an adhesive so the wetter the better.

The absolute best installation situation would be having the windshield out, this way you can go right to the edge and under the seal, plan accordingly.

Given the general clean, not cracked and not peppered nature of the glass, I want to keep it that way. Same with the headlamps.

Hitler's trial began on 26 February 1924 and lasted until 1 April 1924. Hitler began with a nearly 4 hour long opening speech which began with him telling his life story before he shifted to discussing his political vision with a large focus on criticism of racial minorities, communism, the Weimar Republic and the Bavarian leaders who turned on him before pivoting to the results of 1920 election, his grand vision of Berlin's architecture and aggressively attempting to disassociate himself from Ernst Röhm before settling into flatulence and napping.

flats fit like they were designed in concert with the truck. metric for the win! I am the MVP of the Troops Mother's Day flower sale.

Noodling with the idea of inserting some LED lamps with heavy amber film to act as both a marker lamp and a close range flood. Thoughts?

The city lamps are great but the lack of front markers in unnerving as a lot of my commuting is, shall we say, crepuscular, based on season and position lights are always appreciated.