Partsflyin's Mild 03 Frontier Build

[wreckdiver1321]

That's awesome! Snow like that is so much fun!

Wow, 20" in VA?? That's pretty close to the 25" I saw up in the Pryors! Tip of the hat to you sir!

Those Rugged Terrains rock in the snow. Glad to see you're having simlar results.

 

[richard310]

Wowzers that looks like tons of fun! You Frontier guys make me wish I had gotten that instead of the Xterra!

 

[partsflyin]

OK, so I'm a little bored today and I figured I'd post up pics of the goodies that came in this week from last weekends shopping spree. (I got bored last weekend weekend too LOL!)

Some compact LEDs for the front bumper.

Add on fuse panel from Blue Sea.

Blue Sea plug and socket for install in the bed for powering the Edgestar.

 

[partsflyin]

Found a Daystar switch for the LEDs that will match the ARB switches. Will make for a clean installation.

 

[partsflyin]

Got a little bit of shop time in this weekend. Mounted up the LED's on the front bumper. I was not a fan of the look of the mounting brackets so I cut up a black shock boot to slide over the mounting brackets in order to hide them.

I have not decided whether or not I like the look of the lights on the bumper yet..... What say yee on the look???/

I did not finish wiring them up yet because I wasn't sure if they will stay there or not.

 

[partsflyin]

I spent an hour or so looking for a good spot to put the add on fuse panel from Blue Sea.

Finally decided to make a bracket and mount it to the top of the bracket that hold's the factory jack in place.

Dug around the garage and found some scrap aluminum.

 

[partsflyin]

I have a few more things I wanted to add to the build out of the bed area, but have always wanted to lay down a spray in liner before I got too far along. I took me a while to save up for it, but finally got it sprayed on this week. I am pleased with the results.

Went with the over the rail style to help protect the body where the shell sits,

 

[partsflyin]

Truck looks way different without the shell, also the shell must weigh a little more than I thought. Seems the rear is quite a bit higher with the shell removed.

I recently went ahead and ordered a set of front diff drop bushings. I have wanted to get the front a little higher but wasn't crazy about cranking the torsion bars any higher. I will feel much better about cranking it up a bit higher once i do the front diff drop.

 

[stolenheron]

I have a few more things I wanted to add to the build out of the bed area, but have always wanted to lay down a spray in liner before I got too far along. I took me a while to save up for it, but finally got it sprayed on this week. I am pleased with the results.

Went with the over the rail style to help protect the body where the shell sits,

good call on going over the rail. I have the factory applied bed liner option. they went up the to the rails then stopped. they capped the tailgate's rail with a spoiler, and the sides with plastic. but they didnt cover the front rail (adjacent to the cab) with anything, it is just bare (painted) metal. they should have sprayed it all from the start.

 

[partsflyin]

I started reinstalling parts in the bed today, put back the old pieces of super track along the bed rails. At this time I added another piece along the front of the bed. I used the four existing bolts in the front of the bed to mount this piece.

Knocked the scale off the lower mount for the high-lift , primed and painted it.

 

[partsflyin]

Spent most of the day yesterday working on the truck. Installed the front diff drop kit, low profile poly bump stops and braided steel brake lines. Will post up some pics later if anyone is interested.

 

[partsflyin]

Went with some low profile poly bump stops for the UCA's.

I found a good deal on some new extended braided steel brake lines a guy bought and never ended up using.

Also picked up a front diff drop kit from AC. If your not familiar with this kit, it actually just a set of replacement bushings that have the mounting holes offset 5/8" from center. I didn't get any good "during" pics while doing the install, but snapped a couple today to try and show whats going on.
If you look at the crossmember bushings in these pictures you can see where the mounting bolt runs through the bushing its not at all in the center. When positioned correctly this creates the "drop".

 

[partsflyin]

In her natural habitat, bringing my boat out of the river.

 

[wreckdiver1321]

AWESOME!!!!

 

[partsflyin]

Happened upon a sweet deal (from another expo member) on a product I had never seen before. Its a DAC truck tent, made to work with a camper shell. Came in the mail yesterday. So I did a test install this morning. I am super stoked , it fits great, quality seems good.

Best of all I can now stretch all the way out and sleep in the back of the truck now. And it only takes about 5 minutes to put up.

On to some pics