Alaskan Camper Build Up

[noJeepshere]

Snowed again and even dirtier...

No rush, I'm not in a hurry.

 

[Carlyle]

Table resting in form, getting ready to put second coat of epoxy on the top. Four days dry time between coats....

 

[Carlyle]

Looking at mounting these lights on my roof rack. 15k lumen spot lightbar on the front and 2 1950 lumen floods to each side. Sold by MicTuning on Amazon, any feedback?

 

[noJeepshere]

Bus I drove last winter in Alaska had those installed for long night trips. They are so bright that even the stock high beams will seem worthless. They were actually Rigid Industries lightbars, but the same thing as that, in a 40" model. And the bluish color of the light is easy on the eyes. If I could afford them I'd put a set on my Yukon.

 

[pods8]

Four days dry time between coats....

Dang what temps your curing at? Sounds like a slow hardener and low temps. Can you boost up the temps to speed up things, presuming you care to?

 

[Carlyle]

Dang what temps your curing at? Sounds like a slow hardener and low temps. Can you boost up the temps to speed up things, presuming you care to?

Sitting around 60, just going by the directions.

 

[chilliwak]

Nice looking lights their Carlyle. Are you going to be suntanning at night with all those lumens?:Wow1:

 

[Carlyle]

Always good to have a little extra light...

 

[Saiyan66]

Carlyle, how many miles on your truck now? I've got about 11k on mine and my shocks are already shot. Just curious how yours are doing.

 

[Carlyle]

Carlyle, how many miles on your truck now? I've got about 11k on mine and my shocks are already shot. Just curious how yours are doing.

17k so far, no issues with factory shocks up to this point. When the time comes I will be putting on Bilstein 5100's all around though, probably have to special order somewhere and hopefully charged with enough psi. Slowly changing my fluids over to all synthetic, Amsoil goes in the tranny on the oil change and so on.

 

[pods8]

17k so far, no issues with factory shocks up to this point. When the time comes I will be putting on Bilstein 5100's all around though, probably have to special order somewhere and hopefully charged with enough psi. Slowly changing my fluids over to all synthetic, Amsoil goes in the tranny on the oil change and so on.

If your shocks are a factory availability, I found ajusa (with a coupon code) had the best pricing when I put 5100s on mine. For your rig though even if there were factory options I'd probably think about giving Carli or Thuren a chat on shocks as you have over hanging weight and I presume plenty of washboard travel which can fatigue out stuff. Carli deals in 5100s along with other tuned stuff, Thuren is mainly tuned stuff if I recall off hand.

 

[Carlyle]

Sounds like some good spots to look when it's time to replace my shocks. I'm sure that will be sooner than later.

 

[pappawheely]

Why not spend the money on a set of rebuildable shocks like King, Fox, Bilstein, Sway-a-way? You can tune them to match your truck and when they wear you just replace the o-rings.

 

[Carlyle]

Why not spend the money on a set of rebuildable shocks like King, Fox, Bilstein, Sway-a-way? You can tune them to match your truck and when they wear you just replace the o-rings.

Not a bad idea on rebuildable shocks, on the other hand I had Bilstein 7100's on the last truck and they started rusting about 24 hours after being installed and were quite pricey. Perhaps there are other alternatives out there.

 

[Carlyle]

Table top with three layers of epoxy and starting on the sanding process:

Shelf and brackets (drying), for assorted items in the camper: