Ok so this is my super duper I've been lazy and haven't updated anything update. This will chronicle everything I have done over the last eight months, all the picture are from my phone, new and old, so sorry about the quality. To start I replaced my battery after it nearly blew up my electrical system. I was thinking of going with an odessy or some other crazy battery but decided other things would need to be fixed/replaced so save that money for them. I went with an Interstate green.
With a new battery I was able to install my new goodies (and drive without having to worry I was going to have an electrical problem).
At the beginning of the summer my family moved. Instead of hiring a moving company my parents paid my brother, our friends, and me to take care of everything other than the major furniture, which we did get a moving company for. With this money and the money I made doing other jobs I was able to buy a winch and an OBA kit.
The winch is a rugged ridge 8,500 with the synthetic rope. I went with the synthetic because a friend has the metal line and it truly messed up my hands once. I've used it a time or two and it has been great no problems. I really like it and it completes the look of the front end, no more hillbilly jaw look.
The OBA kit is a VIAIR Super Duty. I contemplated a hundred ways to mount it and place everything and decided to make a bracket and mount it where the spare tire normally sat. The bracket is 1 inch aluminum angle iron and the floor is 20 gauge steal. Everything bolted together and this is one thing I actually got a good photo set of. The kit is awesome and runs great. I used it a couple of times to fill tires and it does the job fast and it does it well.
I was able to finish this all up before august when I left for college. Unlike most colleges I was able to have my baby on campus. Not much happened other than I ran through three O2 sensors. One of them just ripped right out. Other that these little repairs I haven't done any major add ons.
Fast forward to Christmas. As I drove home from Vermont I had very little visibility through my back window because a 31 inch spare was in the way. So what did I want for Christmas, a roof rack so that the tire could get out of my trunk and I could have some rear cargo room. I contemplated many racks. I posted on here about whether to go with a warrior rack and got no response. That was as good as everyone replying because the fact that there wasn't one post means that people really don't have them. I had it narrowed down to the Kargo Master or if santa did exist maybe I would get a Garvin Wilderness rack. Well santa is real because I got the Garvin rack. It looks great and holds the tire really well. I took it out for a spin and you cant even feel any resistance (top heaviness on the other hand can be felt).
As it sits now there probably wont be any major updates for a while. I have a whole CB system that I have been piecing together and all I need is the antenna now. I will also probably get a hi-lift with the gift cards I got for Christmas. The next major plans are really big, expensive, and in the very distant future. A 2 inch budget lift on top of my current lift trimmed fenders, 35 inch tires, and a hack'n'tap for the 242. Those are a pipe dream right now but eventually they will happen. I hope to do more wheeling now that I'm all set. I've done a little but not nearly as much as I want.
