Hell she just told me she's buying a highlifter 2.5" bracket lift from a guy she knows on her facebook for $100. Looks like I'm about to be busy when all this crap comes in lol. Ok enough of this. Not trying to take over your thread. I will post pics tomorrow of the speaker set up. Later!
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You know there will be another new shiny thing at the dealer in another few months right?
Your going to go broke if you encourage this kind of behavior .
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Sounds like a hell of a start! Sound like you may need forward and rear arching a-arms with the 30” mayhems. What’s the plan for the sound system
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She's not interested in the Talon for a few reasons. Number 1 reason is she cant take 5 of her girlfriends riding with her. Also, we both like bench seats so when we go in deep water, and lets say it starts leaning one way or the other because of uneven terrain under the water, we can slide across the bench seat to counterweight the machine to keep it stable while we get through the hole. The Talon is a super sexy machine, and I would love to own one, but I would only ever ride it at RRB or the occasional trail ride a few times a year. Its just not the machine for our type of riding. You are correct though, Im about to go broke!!! Lol
Sound system is up in the air. Not sure what she wants to do. Funny thing is, she said she needs to get the stereo before anything else. I said we need to get a snorkle before anything else. She ordered the snorkle before we even drove down to pick it up, then she steadily found all the other stuff she wanted, but no stereo yet. She wants some C-Fab 2" forward arched a-arms that she found online that have 3" of lift built into them front and rear. They want $900 for the a-arms though, so she's gonna have to wait on those a while. Once she gets those she wants to move up to a 33" BKT mud tire, or something similar. That will be a while down the road though.Sounds like a hell of a start! Sound like you may need forward and rear arching a-arms with the 30” mayhems. What’s the plan for the sound system
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33” BKT’s sound like plans for an IGR as well! Gotta really love ramen to complete this build, lol! But some things are just worth it!
Maybe I'll call this build, "Project: Ramen Noodle" lol33” BKT’s sound like plans for an IGR as well! Gotta really love ramen to complete this build, lol! But some things are just worth it!
@Eltobgi Ok I finally got a chance to do a couple of measurements. The pipe/tubing and 90° elbows are 1.5" e.m.t. I got from Lowes or Home Depot in the electrical isle. Its the pipe electricians run wire through. The elbows were like $6 or $7 each and the piece of pipe was like$10 or something like that. The curved support pieces, and the 'U' shaped loop on the back that hold the fiber optic whip are just stuff I got out of the metal dumpster at work, they are roughly 1" diameter. If you have a gas meter on the side of your house you can probably look at it and it will have the same 'U' shaped pipe on it. The gas department throws them away all the time and I grab a couple from time to time for projects. If you want me to send you a couple next time they are available I will grab a couple and mail them to you if you send me your address. The speaker bar tower sticks out the back about 10.5" or so behind the rollcage at a slight upward angle. I just tilted it up until I liked how it looked and tacked it on like that. The wires are ran inside of it, which was a royal pain for some reason. They gave me more of a fit then building the whole dang thing. If I had it to do over I would just put the wires in a nice sheath that follows the pipe on the outside. P.s. Please do a better job at painting than I did. Lol
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Thanks! Your time and effort is appreciated! My brother was just asking me if I wanted an old stick welder he had lying around, lol...must be a sign! As far as paint if you ride hard enough you won’t see it through the mud any way
Just got back from a little ride had a few inches of snow fal last night so parking lots were perfect for a 3rd gear drift and of course you have to keep it going more than just one time around! The P5 is awesome!
Thanks! Im glad youre having fun with it. Thats what its all about.Thanks! Your time and effort is appreciated! My brother was just asking me if I wanted an old stick welder he had lying around, lol...must be a sign! As far as paint if you ride hard enough you won’t see it through the mud any way
Just got back from a little ride had a few inches of snow fal last night so parking lots were perfect for a 3rd gear drift and of course you have to keep it going more than just one time around! The P5 is awesome!
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Continue to take the Mini-Beast for short rides to test its capabilities and feel I need to start bringing some essential tools along so I decided I needed a few things storage being the first so 4-1 1/8” u clamps and viola temporary storage for the winter...
Also, need to deflect some of the wind so searched around the garage for something that would work and stumbled across an old popo half windshield deflector so this is the beginning of this homemade mod...
Notice the roof propped up to get deflector into place... also how discolored and scratches (thinking about painting using a few coats of headlight tint)
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Using the 4 OEM wind deflector and mirror clamps to hold it in place while determining where it needed to be cut. Then marked using a utility knife.
Also, need to deflect some of the wind so searched around the garage for something that would work and stumbled across an old popo half windshield deflector so this is the beginning of this homemade mod...
Notice the roof propped up to get deflector into place... also how discolored and scratches (thinking about painting using a few coats of headlight tint)
Requires some modifications to fit
Using the 4 OEM wind deflector and mirror clamps to hold it in place while determining where it needed to be cut. Then marked using a utility knife.
@Eltobgi you asked what she was going to do about a stereo. She ordered an overhead stereo console off of amazon that has a bluetooth stereo and some speakers that light up in it. It might have a dome light or something too. Just run a hot wire up to it and done. I started a thread on it in the P1000 section so I dont keep talking about her stuff in your thread lol. Have a good one!
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Looks good! Simplicity is nice! By placing it up high its almost like your planning on taking her deep!
I will definitely be watching the thread!
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I am "watching" your new thread.
Yesterday I got the " no more spending $ on extras" speech (and my wife is the owner of it). Not many husbands have the opportunity to give that speech; I'll watch to see if you get the chance and take it.
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Made a little time tonight to get the rock lights mounted. It’s not finalized yet! Using a jump pack to power them up and still have to run the front wires back and tie everything up, but here is what the Mini-Beast looks like with a little glow...
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