Well some of the toys arrived last week and I was finally able to pick them up at the front office of the apartment this past Friday.
I got the Universal Mounting kit with the ARB Awning and the brackets are serious business. Been spending the weekend trying to figure out how to get them incorporated to the Mopar Jeep roof basket and think I might have something. I'll get some pics of it tomorrow after it goes for its first road test tomorrow to and from work (50 miles round trip at all range of speeds and wind contact). Drove it around town a bit this evening and didn't hear any adverse noise from them being mounted, even had the windows down and radio off to try and help listen for any "new" noises. I am optimistic the setup should work just fine. I plan on having the mounts being a permanent feature and the awning actually serving a dual purpose, one of course on the Jeep, and the other as perhaps and extra shade for the apt patio, but time will tell on that.
The Dana30a 4.10 gears showed up as well, they looked a little sketchy at first condition-wise but a gear friend I have took a look at them and assured me they would be fine despite their shipping flaws.
I also received the Engel Transit Lock for my Engel 45 fridge/freezer that will hopefully be showing up soon. Once that arrives I will have something physical to test my designed mounting platform with in the Jeep. Essentially I'll be testing the early design against dimensions found online of the fridge and transit lock to be sure it will work accordingly space-wise. Then if it passes that i'll be checking to see if the weight and forces of acceleration and braking can be sustained by the design.
