Ollie's "BugEater" Build

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O&B Fab Light Bar w/PIAA 520 ATP Lights (4ea) - PIAA 580 Fogs on Bumper:

 

Side View Lights (Hella 75 Fogs):

 

Rear Facing Lights (Hella 75 Fogs & PIAA LED Inclimate Weather Light):

 

Lighting Switch Gear (Each switch has a built in fuse):

 

Oznium Red LED Cabin Lighting & Underside Rock Lights:

 

Spare Fuse Boxes (Convert to Breaker Boxes):

 

Relay Panel:

 

Primary Thermal Circuit Breakers:

 

The Firewall:

 

Here's some pics of the relay panel, wiring mess, and reinforcement bar.

 

 

 

 

 

I also hardwired my Diamond K9000 Mount while I was at it. Here's where I installed the switch.

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Donahoe (Icon) Front Coilovers:

 

Donahoe (Icon) Rear Shocks w/OME 896 (HD) Rear Coils (I upgraded to the HD's because my daily load out caused my rear suspention to sag 1.5" when I ran MD's):

 

 

OEM Rock Rails (First mod to the "BugEater"):

 

O&B Fab Lower Control Arm Bracket Armor & O&B Fab Reinforced Factory Lower Control Arms:

 

All-Pro Front Skid Plate:

 

All-Pro Tranny Skid:

 

O&B Fab Swaybar Collars:

 

Safari Snorkel:

 

10lb CO2 System & Fire Extinguisher:

 

Cargo Barrier:

 

Cargo Box (Fits all my daily gear and keeps it from sliding around.):

 

Air Horn Set-Up (7 Trumpets Total):

Note: If I arm them before getting setting the alarm, they will go off with the alarm system.

 

Eclipse Sun Shades:

CLOSED:

OPEN (Attach to Window):

 

I bought a stock roof rack until I can fab my own. I made this expanded aluminum grid for it.:

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Ramsey Patriot 9500 Winch w/Synthetic Line:

 

Door Installed Lifehammers (I got this idea from cruiserlarry):

 

Installed Fiskars Axe and Sharpener on Rear Cargo Door:

 

Industrial EMT Med Kit:

 

Daily Emergency Load Out (All this gear fits in my cargo box/area):

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Some progression pictures after I added the ProComp Wheels.

 

 

 

[Lichen 215]

Hey Ollie. Over on Expo, you show a picture where you installed 2 12V plugs on your dash. Did you just have to remove the glovebox to do this or was there more involved?

Marcus

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More progression pics...

 

I was stowing my new ARB Freezer Fridge in my back seat because I had no room for it in the cargo area. I finally dirched the huge Contico box I had in the cargo area and created a home for the fridge back there. Tonight I fabricated a new cargo box for the open space so I had a place to stow my gear. One of the prblems with cargo boxes is access. If it is a top loader you have take everything off the top to get inside. If it is a side loader it can be a pain to stash everything in the box and utilize all the space. So I made a combination of the two.

 

Side View

 

Front View before adding memorial.

 

Installed next to the fridge.

 

Memorial added.

 

All packed up.

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Here's another build progression step...

 

Here I added an ARB front bumper with Warn XD9000i winch since my Ramsey Winch wouldn't fit the ARB. I also added a Warn rear bumper. The cargo area has been completely redone to accomodate my new ARB fridge, new HD rear coils w/ Race Runner shocks, new LED tail lights with Manik guards, new dualband Kenwood TM-D710 to accomodate APRS, APRS from Kenwood tied to GPSMap 478 and Panasonic Toughbook laptop computer, new Clarion head unit, and new M-Pack cargo barriers with added gun rack.

 

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I originally installed an Extreme Outback Extremaire compressor in my rig. It was a great compressor. I had it installed in my cargo area inside my truck though. It is a loud compressor and I got tired of hearing it running in my truck when charging my tanks. Additionally, I had it installed on top of my subwoofer and when I changed my stereo to an aftermarket one the subwoofer was made ineffective. The dead woofer was taking space which could be better utilized for more economic gear storage. I started doing research but couldn't find a smaller compressor that could perform as well as my Extremaire. I finally came to a solution when I installed the ARB bumper. I ended up buying a Viair 480C Twin-Pack compressor system. The ARB has enough space in each bumper wing to mount a compressor. I just had to come up with a way to get the intakes up out of the wheel well area due to water crossings.

I installed the compressor in each wing and put a QD from each compressor through the top of the bumper so a have a connection source on each side of the truck. I then ran a 3/8" rubber line down each frame rail back to my 2 gallon air tank to feed my air horns and effectively tie the two compressors together so they air volume to each QD feeds off the cumulitive output of them both. I also valved them so if one fails or if I develop a leak in either side I can run off of one side independently sacrificing half the air volume due to the loss of one compressor. I can live with that in a pinch. I will just have to wait longer to fill a tire.

 

I have also installed the Warn Wireless Winch remote system as well.

 

Here's the images of the installed system (sorry I didn't get a chance to clean the truck )...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Got tired of my sliders in my OEM roof rack and decided to make my own platform. Items used, 1/2" dia all-thread, Nylock nuts and fender washers, 3/8" air hose, 1/8" SS expanded metal, and 1/2" conduit clamps. Will paint the outer nuts black when I get the time.

 

 

 

 

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Miscellaneous Mods:

 

Yaesu FT-857D HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver w/ATAS-120A Antenna:

 

Odyssey 1700 Primary Battery (Primary battery is nly for starting and my ham radios. All my other accessories are wired to my secondary battery.):

 

Dirty Parts Dual Battery System (I will be upgrading the Optima to an Odyssey 1500 shortly. Need to fab a battery box.):

 

12V Aux Plug Switches (Dash, Center Console, and Cargo Area) - The one above the dimmer supplies power to the lighting switchgear.:

Additonal 12V Aux Plugs:

DASH:

CENTER CONSOLE:

CARGO AREA:

 

Accessory Switches (GPSMap 498, DVD Player, etc.)

 

 

Master Arm Switches (Horn, Compressor, and Winch):

Note: The FJ horn works in normal mode with the master switch off. When I arm the master switch the FJ horn triggers both the air horns and the regular horn.

 

This is a shot of Center Console: