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Safari Snorkel
I finally got a good picture of the snorkel. The vehicle gets
noticed now. Almost every time I stop and get gas or am sitting at a
stop light some guy usually notices it and I get the thumps up. The
main reason I got it is to help put cooler air into the turbo.
It is hard to imagine that the vehicle on your left looked like this when I bought it.
I will tell the story here later, for now you can go to this link at Acme-Outfitters.
Kaymar Rear Bumper
Here is my Kaymar rear bumper. The stock hitch was only rated for 5000 lbs. I needed 7000lbs. You can also make out the dual exhaust pipes.
Kaymar Tire Carrier
Here is my Kaymar tire carrier. After installing the bumper my spare
would no longer fit under the vehicle, so there it is. Not such a
bad thing now I have more clearance and my second battery again.
Sony 880 watt amp and a 10" subwoofer.
This is what gives my Cruiser thumping sound. This setup rivals many home systems I guarantee. I have always had "power stereo" setups in every rig I have owned. This was a little more challenging since I didn't want a subwoofer box in my back. I took a 3/4 oak, cut it out like you see to give it a little shape, routered it and mounted it to the back side of the board. Did some cutting on the tail gate and mounted the board to the tailgate. Keep in mind that if you choose to do this you need a low profile subwoofer. I had thought about getting a second 10" sub for the other side, but it sounds incredible the way it is so I will leave it alone. You can FEEL the sound. The Sony amp powers 150 watts to the sub and 60 watts each to the Sony door speakers. The equalizer in the dash controls the front/rear/sub individually. Total control and a heck of allot of wire.
Sony 6 1/2" 3 way 200 watt speakers.
This is part of my stereo upgrade. Had to do some cutting on the back door
speaker holes. The original front ones were 6" funky (like
backwards) speakers. The rear were only 4" and they were all
rated at only 20 watts.
Guess where this is?
My cockpit.
On the left side towards the bottom is my brake controller for the
electric trailer brakes. Above are my ARB front and rear switches
and also my center diff switch. I wired the ARB switches to the dash
indicators for the stock locking diffs. (every LC has these lights in your
dash). To the right is a switch to control a solenoid for the winch
to prevent is from being jumpered from a hoodlum. On the right side towards
the bottom is my CB cord. Above that is the Hellroaring
switch. In the center consol is the switches for the CB linear boost
as well as my switch for the remote starter. Towards the top is a
switch for my ARB compressor and next to that a switch for my (cheap) fog
lights, I also rigged a second switch that allows me to have the fog
lights on with high or low beam. In the center are my gauges for
transmission temp, air to fuel mixture gauge and under the hood temp
gauge. Above that is my Kenwood receiver with the equalizer fitting
in where that useless cup holder hole is. I had to also cut out the
antenna switch, but I didn't use that anyway after replacing the power
antenna.
