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Thank you, Wesco brought their portable color match machine outside and placed it on my Jeep door. The machine does all the calculating to get the color as close as possible. Seems to have gotten pretty darn close....

I haven't made it that far, the holidays & work have slowed things down.... I believe I will be using the struts that are exposed (not inside the tube). Putting them inside the tube would be a P.I.T.A. to replace and really not necessary other than for aesthetics and theft deterrence which when...

Welded on the brackets for the Batwing today. Also picked up a pigtail wiring set up for the rack... Next is wiring up pigtail and paint the rack. . . .

I knocked out the wiring, caped the ends of the tube and started working on the batwing brackets. Rhino Rack includes 2 brackets to use to mount onto your vehicle/trailer. These brackets will not work for me so I broke out the plasma cutter and made a brake for my press to cut and bend some up...

Sure wish they worked in other GPS's... I am planning an adventure through BC so I purchased their book set, I would have purchased the map software if I had a Garmin. Been looking at the 7 inch gamin's but decided just to go with the books. Maybe buy the Garmin some day down the road.

A new radiator for the Hemi and building the M416 now... Links to both builds below.. + +

You might want to go with permanent rails like: https://www.frontrunneroutfitters.com/en/us/front-runner-universal-track-1400mm.html?geo-redirect=off&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjbveBRDVARIsAKxH7vngo-Q_eCXbG61lA2-EknRlDIRU8YLz1X7OKRLwngW9zWZAqj0Bw6QaAmAmEALw_wcB Then you could buy or build any type of...

Funny, that's right where I am at with my build. I went with the 1.5x1.5 ⅛ wall cold rolled: https://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/a-little-different-m416-trailer-build.165937/page-7 I am going to go with gas struts from: www.liftsupportdepot.com I purchased struts from them in the past...

This weekend progress: I was able to get the rack welded up this weekend. I gusseted each bar.. I ran some wire through the tubing to be able to pull the wire for the lighting through, hopefully next weekend. I started with the bar in the center and the went out 31 inches on center for the...

Thanks guys, it's been 2 years, probably the slowest build ever. I am hoping to have time this weekend to work on welding in the cross bars for the rack. I am then going to make brackets that work with my rack for the batwing and weld them on. After that I need to run the wiring through the rack...

Made some good headway this last week. Rhino Lining was able to spray the trailer this week. I was able to pick up the Batwing: https://cascadiatents.com/shop/foxwing-awning/ I also picked up the Cascadia Denali Summit series tent: https://cascadiatents.com/shop/mt-denali-extended-summit-series/...

I got the solar panels I have been researching and looking at for a while. These are one of the most efficient solar panels out there. They are really well made and will not take up nearly any room in the trailer. They have attachment points all around the perimeter of the panel so you can...

Rack base welded, bolted, painted, boom. The rack base is now welded to the frame. The tub can still be completely unbolted from the frame if it ever needs to be replaced, repaired, etc... Now need a date with Rhino Linings.... . . .

Thank you AML, it's been slow, I can't wait to take it out on its first trip... I set up the bases for the telescoping rack today using 2x2 ¼ wall. I will weld the bases to the frame and I set up some brackets about half way up (where the black paint is missing) that it will bolt to the tub up...

Picked up the ⅛ plate, cut out the shape using the template, bent the plate around the tube (not easy). Tacked the plate to the tubing. Bolted up tube fenders, and boom, fenders done. Next up rhino lining. Having them spray the fenders, complete inside of tub and the very top of the lid. Should...

6th purchase is a charm.... After purchasing 5 latches I could not decide on I pulled the trigger on some JK aftermarket hood latches. They fit pretty snug and seem to look pretty good... I ordered up the steel sheathing for the tube fenders, pick it up Friday and work on it this weekend. Just...

I added the cross bracing to the tube fenders and had them both mounted up today. I cut out a cardboard template to use to trace the pattern onto ⅛ plate (need to pick up more plate). Also picked up some latches, trying to decide which ones to use. Not really crazy about any of them at this...

I got one fender/tube mounted after work today. The bump stop seems to be set just right for the clearance, will find out at some point, easily adjustable if I need more clearance. I need to mount the other one this weekend, add some supports and then cut out a template for the sheetmetal... . .

I went to Metal SuperMarket to determine what size steel I was going to use for the telescoping rack. The trailer frame is 2 inches wide so that limits me to 2x2 for the base the rack will slide into. The guy at MSM said 2x2 ¼ wall as the base with 1½ ⅛ wall is the best they have for making a...

Made some good headway this past weekend on the tube fenders. I used 1 1/2 120 wall DOM tube and bent the top corners to 60 degrees and the bottom corners to 90 degrees. Need to make two cross braces/supports from 5/16 flat bar and then skirt them 1/8 thick plate. I decided to use RivNuts to...