'03 Dodge Dakota
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KargoMaster
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Nice, that welding cable is awesome stuff... super flexible.
Other's have said it, I'll reiterate... Enjoy every minute of this trip, however long it lasts you. Best of luck.
Post up some idea of an itinerary... so the rest of us can follow along... you mentioned something about a service provider, you planning on updating us for the next year??
Other's have said it, I'll reiterate... Enjoy every minute of this trip, however long it lasts you. Best of luck.
Post up some idea of an itinerary... so the rest of us can follow along... you mentioned something about a service provider, you planning on updating us for the next year??
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The perimeter lights are 55W driving lights that are mounted to the underside of the bike trays and thule box. The Yakima bike trays have a channel that small carriage bolts slide right into making the lights super easy to mount. Here is a night time shot, a poor one at that, but gives you the general idea of how things line up.
A close up of the passengers side perimeter light.
A front view with every light blazing. The top lights are some cheaper hella 500 series lights that are going to be used for offroad/backroads only. Too much light spill from that high up would blind oncoming cars.
After giving up the idea of buying new wheels I decided to paint the stockers. Super straight forward prep...clean, scuff, clean, apply paint.
The wheels were rattle canned with Rustoleum Hammered Dark Bronze paint! 3 light coats and they were completely covered with a good amount of material.
The engine bay as it sits finally finished!
And the truck on the road. I started traveling but will continue to update with pictures of miscellaneous interior shots and changes that I make along the way. I will be updating a travel blog at www.276KEY.com when I run across some Wi-Fi spots.
Also, my galleries can be found at photos.276key.com where I have more truck pictures and a few detail shots that I didn't feel like posting. More or less the melting pot of all my photos.
A close up of the passengers side perimeter light.
A front view with every light blazing. The top lights are some cheaper hella 500 series lights that are going to be used for offroad/backroads only. Too much light spill from that high up would blind oncoming cars.
After giving up the idea of buying new wheels I decided to paint the stockers. Super straight forward prep...clean, scuff, clean, apply paint.
The wheels were rattle canned with Rustoleum Hammered Dark Bronze paint! 3 light coats and they were completely covered with a good amount of material.
The engine bay as it sits finally finished!
And the truck on the road. I started traveling but will continue to update with pictures of miscellaneous interior shots and changes that I make along the way. I will be updating a travel blog at www.276KEY.com when I run across some Wi-Fi spots.
Also, my galleries can be found at photos.276key.com where I have more truck pictures and a few detail shots that I didn't feel like posting. More or less the melting pot of all my photos.
Thanks everybody. I am on the road and traveling now. Everything seems to be working out so far. I will update with some of the changes that I have made and little nuances that I have found intriguing.
Like you said the welding cable is awesome stuff. Super flexible, fireproof, and cheap compared to battery cables. I bought 25 feet of #1 for about $42. And I paid mid-price for it...the only shops that had it cheaper weren't going to be open over the weekend that I needed it.
My itinerary looks pretty open right now. I am in Hood River, OR this week and headed to Portland next week. From there I will just go north for a bit I suppose.
Like you said the welding cable is awesome stuff. Super flexible, fireproof, and cheap compared to battery cables. I bought 25 feet of #1 for about $42. And I paid mid-price for it...the only shops that had it cheaper weren't going to be open over the weekend that I needed it.
My itinerary looks pretty open right now. I am in Hood River, OR this week and headed to Portland next week. From there I will just go north for a bit I suppose.
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Sock Puppet
Adventurer
Looks great! I'll keep up with your progress!
cowboy63645
Adventurer
The overall progress on the truck came out great!! I will be looking into your trip progress as it goes! Have fun and be safe!