KRAKEN - 2 door Black Diamond "build"

[BigDaddySquatch]

Arctic blast down here in Bama... gonna thaw out KRAKEN and go for a little offroad adventure.

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[Arokcrwlr]

That's all Madison got? I'm in Scottsboro/Grant and the news made it sound like Madison/H'ville were covered up. we got zero flakes yesterday, but about 1/4" of ice over night.

 

[KRAKEN]

I'm north of Madison closer to the Tenn line. It doesn't take much to be reported as a natural disaster... the roads are pretty icy out here in the county.

 

[BigDaddySquatch]

That's all Madison got? I'm in Scottsboro/Grant and the news made it sound like Madison/H'ville were covered up. we got zero flakes yesterday, but about 1/4" of ice over night.

Nah, that was early yesterday. I’ll get another pic today and post it.

 

[KRAKEN]

About half of the precip was actually sleet up here... makes for icy road conditions.

 

[BigDaddySquatch]

 

[KRAKEN]

All the ice & snow has melted and it's raining the next few days. I don't know how you guys up north can stand the snow for extended periods of time... I mean after a week, people are going crazy around here.

Got a couple of small mods done. Wasn't sure door pockets were going to work for me... 6'2"/long legs/big boots, but I got these CARESA plastic molle pockets to try without splurging on some nice metal ones. Good quality and no notice of them being in the way. I kept the nets under them. I should have gotten some type of pockets before... very useful.

 

[KRAKEN]

Installed a cargo net in the back to help secure stowed gear. It's a generic Amazon net... I just measured between the Builtright cargo molle panels and found one to fit. The top is secured to the Rockworkz hard top thumb screws and the bottom to the cargo cleats.

 

[KRAKEN]

Waiting on the rain & thunderstorms to pass so I can get these AC Fab Shock Skids installed... maybe this weekend.

 

[Steed76]

Great looking Bronco! That rear seat delete it sweet!! What are you using to mount you D Cell MagLite? I have the same light and like what you're using. Got a link?

 

[KRAKEN]

The maglight was mounted using Quick Fist mounts. They are available lots of places and come in different sizes... good product. However, the flashlight is now stowed elsewhere because it rattled terribly. Those heavy batteries with the large spring in the cap holding them in place just made too much noise mounted that way.

 

[KRAKEN]

...meanwhile, a little rainy day project... Stickerfab Aux Switch labels installed.

 

[Steed76]

Just a thought, you may have already tried, Because I do really like that solution. Do you think it would rattle as bad mounted vertically with the cap facing down? I can't stand rattles.

 

[KRAKEN]

Good idea... I have not tried a vertical mount. I'm sure it would be better. Gonna have to give it a try. I did think about trying to shim inside the maglight with various materials to reduce/eliminate the noise, but never tried it.

 

[KRAKEN]

I managed to get some back up lights installed between rain showers... still need to wire them. They will be wired to AUX switch 6 only. Two HELLA Black Magic 6.2 inch light bars tucked in on either side of the hitch. Drilled & mounted straight to the bumper with a couple of large washers as backing plates on the backside. I wanted the lights in the back to be bumper mounted so they would also provide lighting directly in the rear area with the tailgate open or closed. If these don't "tickle my fancy" I'll definitely go with a couple of flush mount lights.

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