theksmith 2,765 Posted November 29, 2021 thanks to @4x4tographer for this photo from our Turkey Creek run: 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 2,765 Posted December 5, 2021 we were doing #throwbackthursday photos on the Facebook group with "when you got it" versus now shots... Gadget's grown pretty slowly over the past 5 1/2 years, but i'm really happy with how she looks and performs now! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dzJeepChic 1,755 Posted December 5, 2021 She looks amazing! I saw your post on fb and considered doing one of Clifford, but he looks basically the same, so... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 2,765 Posted December 5, 2021 (edited) added a chase light (a.k.a. dust light) to my rear license plate / rear camera / 3rd brake light assembly... before: after (with chase light on): after (with brake light on): i swapped my previous 20-LED Custom Dynamics Red Truflex strip for one of their 40-LED Dual Color Truflex. the new one does amber for the chase light or red for the 3rd brake light. it was a fairly quick project. first, i made a wider mounting plate out of aluminum, painted it and also refreshed the paint on my license plate frame. i had to run an additional wire from my relay/fuse box to the back. that feed for the chase light was run through the N/C contacts of a standard 5-pin 12-volt relay. the relay's coil is triggered by the brake light so that the chase light cuts out whenever the brake is pressed. then i just needed to change out my JST connector from a 4-pin to a 5-pin (the round connector is for the camera): and to wrap it all up, i bought a new custom switch faceplate from CH4x4 for that spot in my DIY switch-panel. i'm not sure this is actually going to be visible in the dust during bright daylight, but at least all the wiring is done now if i want to add something brighter. Edited December 5, 2021 by theksmith 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 2,765 Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) i drove up to Kingman yesterday to wheel with @ChrisD while he was in the USA along with @stockjeep plus Bruce and Ric from the Rocks & Wheels FB group. it was 32* on the way up, but that craziness soon gave way to a nice cool but sunny day. Gadget did great on the "Homecourt" trail, spanking an optional waterfall early on: only our fearless leader Wayne made it up "the big waterfall" later though... thanks mainly to a large tire-soaking puddle at its base, the rest of us couldn't get traction and had to winch here: just a few hundred feet before the trail ends, Wayne tried an alternative line on the last minor obstacle and somehow busted a front axle u-joint. he had the right spares, tools, and know-how to make for a speedy trail fix and we were still airing up by 3pm. Homecourt was a nice "difficult" but not extreme rock crawling trail. Gadget escaped with only a couple small scrapes on one rear fender flare. i'd like to run it again without the puddles to see if i could get her up that one waterfall. a big Thank-You to Ric Swats for all these photos! Edited December 17, 2021 by theksmith 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 2,765 Posted December 21, 2021 video of Gadget on Homecourt trail thanks to @ChrisD! 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacey and Scott 867 Posted December 21, 2021 Them 37's just clawing away, Nice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trail Toy 1,039 Posted December 21, 2021 Impressive! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
