Tay-Lo's Build - Lots of pics

[Tay-Lo]

I was thinking about doing that or at least running an extention cord to the back and just using it as needed. I want to try and mount it under the passenger seat.

 

[caseycamby]

Yeah I gotcha! I was just wanting to do the permanent mount and carry a long enough drop cord to go all over the Xterra.

 

[Nd4SpdSe]

I put a 1750w under the passenger seat, that took a bit of tweaking, but my old 1200w fit fine.

I ran an extension and put an outlet in the cubby hole, so it's out of the way but still very accessible.

 

[Tay-Lo]

 

[Chetter]

Ahh...some additional horsepower I see...:sure:

 

[Tay-Lo]

Much additional horsepower

 

[Tay-Lo]

I'm saving the "Jeep recovery unit" until I have to pull my buddy out its bright green just like his Jeep

 

[Chetter]

Lol....it's always better when it has a particular significance....nice!

 

[Tay-Lo]

made it moar sexy

And my OCD is gonna go crazy.....

And a few on the back

 

[xterraminator]

The large box looks like a guitar?

 

[Tay-Lo]

The large box looks like a guitar?

That was a hi-lift......I'm awful at the guitar

 

[Tay-Lo]

Updated post 2 with pics of reverse lights

 

[Tay-Lo]

How many cases can fit in X?

http://www.amazon.com/SURGE-12-16-F...&ie=UTF8&qid=1416760370&sr=1-1&keywords=surge

 

[caseycamby]

Jayyyyy!!

 

[Prime]

We've been there.

 

[caseycamby]

Is it that good??

 

[Prime]

It is one of the 7 wonders of the world.

 

[metzican]

How do some people not know about SURGE!!!

 

[Prime]

Some people weren't alive when it first came out.

 

[metzican]

I am still fairly young and I remember it in elementary school.

 

[Tay-Lo]

Casey......get out of my thread until you taste of this sweet nectar

 

[caseycamby]

I would but.....I don't drink sodas so...yeah

 

[Tay-Lo]

I don't much......but I've ordered this......should be here just in time for thanks giving

 

[Tay-Lo]

Got some battery terminals in so I can clean up the cables running to the battery a bit. Also put side post terminals on and ran the winch there.

How it was:

After:

Side posts:

I still need to do the positive terminal but I'm not sure the cables will reach with how they are run stock. I need to get a larger ring lug for the additional fuse block cable so I can put it on the side posts also.

 

[Jmac289gt]

I like that terminal sir, should last a life time.

 

[Tay-Lo]

Got some work down yesterday.

Did a permanent wiring for my 1000th inverter. It's not screwed down but because of where it is there's no room for it to move anyways.

Also replaced a pair of subs that I bought used about 8 years ago. Still using the amp though. Had to run the wires for this too......so many cables pulled.

Out with the old in with the new

Both installed

 

[bottobro]

Got some work down yesterday.

Did a permanent wiring for my 1000th inverter. It's not screwed down but because of where it is there's no room for it to move anyways.

Also replaced a pair of subs that I bought used about 8 years ago. Still using the amp though. Had to run the wires for this too......so many cables pulled.

Out with the old in with the new

Both installed

That's when I was thankful the past owner pulled 0 gauge wire to under the passenger seat. All I needed was a fuse block

 

[Tay-Lo]

Lol yeah I might should do that one day.....but I pulled 2 #4 cables. I don't really see any need for more large cables.

I'll never need anything bigger than a 1000w amp for audio....though right now I'm only using a 500w so I could add one for regular speakers.

However I could see me wanting a larger inverter. .......

 

[01XterraPhilly]

how did you wire your inverter? I have one that I would like to wire but the only way i could find is to wire it directly to the battery. any pics?

 

[Tay-Lo]

I went straight to the battery with an 80 amp inline fuse. At 1000 watts it'll pull right about 84 amps so 80 should be fine for the most part.

I can get pictures if you want them but they might be hard to get. I took the passenger seat out to make things much easier when running wires.

 

[01XterraPhilly]

did you run the cables through the hole behind the glove box?

 

[Tay-Lo]

I drilled new holes to run the wire behind the glove box. It was harder to fish the cable through than anything else.

 

[Tay-Lo]

I had a bit of an idea that I'm not sure how it would look. Since my headliner is bedlined black I was thinking maybe putting some of the cheap LED strips on the headliner at each seat and possibly the cargo area. As for the wiring I have 3 options, 1) tied to the dome light circuit 2) all of them on a dedicated switch 3) each light on their own switch (the cargo still on the dome light....maybe)

These are the ones I'm looking at using if I even go through with this. They have a black background so they should blend fairly well with the headliner.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BQE5JAK...TF8&colid=1D3446YCO3GRY&coliid=I2IG2JU1LEV2Q3

 

[Tay-Lo]

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[Tay-Lo]

Well that was short lived.....

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[Prime]

What happened?!

 

[TheFauxFox]

Might have to tie the midsection of the pole (middle of the flag) to your rack. You've got too much torque on that bracket.

 

[Tay-Lo]

The bracket snapped about half a mile down the road......

 

[Tay-Lo]

I dont think a rope would have helped much....it was side to side movement that snapped it

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[TheFauxFox]

I dont think a rope would have helped much....it was side to side movement that snapped it

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It would still prevent some movement. A flag that size has massive drag.