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CCSB, my ColoRedo

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Excited to join a new community here and take on new knowledge against future projects with this awesome resource!

Forums are quite awesome honestly, especially when the community is diverse and helpful. Its one of the last good social media fronts imo and an originally nerdy one which is fun for us all.
I encourage everyone to post and be respectful and ignore my typos, I'll ignore yours ha.

My build thread follows;

Factory options were Bose sounds system,
Bed lighting,
Sliding rear window
Tow package
Dual power, Heated seats
Tow package, but no brake controller?
Black bowties
Factory side steps
Safety package


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Updates and changes I've made;

HID low beam retrofit in projector assemblies with HIR high beam bulbs, hi/lo adapter harness. Gen 5 diy drl relocation harness.
LED reverse bulbs.
Baja designs squadron SAE fog lights.
Baja designs squadron pro-r mounted to light bar.
No name 12" led bar mounted to light bar.
No name ditch lights and cali raised mounts.
Interior rocker switches added for lights.
Diode dynamics interior LED lights.
No name LED light pods mounted on cali raised ditch light brackets.
LED reverse lights.
Bluesea battery terminal fuse expander.

Deezee bed mat.
Dating fab center console molle panels installed with bags for storage.

Full sized spare on matching 18" wheel with Falken Wildpeak matching tire.

Dash cam
Chevy Premium all weather floor mats F/R
Mexican blanket over the back seat [emoji23].

Datin fab bedside molle panels with shovel, hatchet and (2) .50 ammo storage boxes that hose my compressor, gauge and tie downs ropes.

Datin fab rear shock skids.
Superskidz 1-2-3-4 skidplate set.
589 skid support bracket.
Aev rear diff skid plate.
Cut exhaust and welded on a turndown.

Previously had Thule xsporter pro bed rack but sold it..
Yakima roof rack.
Yakima skinny basket and extension.
Added pelican box to the basket for additional storage.
Kuat Trio bike trays.
Softopper added in tan.

Falken wildpeaks at3w tires, one size larger. 265 65 18.

Midwest overland industries winch bumper.
Smittybilt x20 winch.
Midwest overland industries light bar bolted to bumper insert.

Ocd center console tray.
Hella Supertone horns installed.
Eibach shocks and springs in front set @ 2.7"
Wulf 2" rear shackles with icon 2.0 alloy body rear shocks.
Front diff drop and sway bar relocation brackets with longer end links.

Keyless Entry Keypad installed.
Midland mxt275 gmrs radio.


Planing to do;

Rock sliders.
Dash mat for better audio sound.
Hood deflector.
Carhartt seat covers.
Add rear facing flood light to basket, or possibly side mount.
Spray in bed liner, when I get tired of the scratches and dings in the bed.
Maybe a under seat sub woofer.
Bigger battery with higher cca.
Possibly add a onboard compressor, but not likely.
Aftermarket upper control arms.
33" tires. And fender trim.

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Started my new job today in automotive repair industry. Small independent but busy shop! Should be good, and even better having lifts and wholesale pricing and education from the guys I'm working with. Might finally get my dirt king control arms in soon. Ha.

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Ordered a little net to attach to the interior roof on my softopper for misc items. Like towels and the dog bed etc... pics on Thursday if it works how I think it should.

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Enjoyed the lake with the wife, our little guy and the dog.

Took the truck to a fire lookout at 7100ft elevation and dropped down a dirt road from there about 13 miles reconnecting to pavement and proceeding to the lake which is at about 5000ft. It's a great drive, but there wasn't much of a view today. A fire to the North is sending smoke down the canyon.
 

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Bought some ac Delco touch up paint for some rub through I have on my tailgate. Touched up a few places. I'll share some pics at some point...

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Changed my differential oil front and rear today. About 12k miles. Fluid was pretty nasty already and the magnets were pretty caked.
Had to drop a skid for the front but only took about 3 minutes. Love the milwaukee fuel electric ratchet. [emoji41]
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I like the well roundedness of your build page. Not just the truck, but tidbits from your life as well. Great looking truck. I enjoyed reading 16 pages of its evolution. If you ever decide to do a powertray, you're welcome to rip off as much of my install as you want. I posted about it here



Always worth it to change the diff oils. Crazy how many people religiously change the engine oil but not diff fluids or fuel filters.
 
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Chased the sunset today and nabbed a few trees. Did a little plinking and had a great day with my family and our little boys. My truck looks small next to my cousins lifted diesel but dropped him behind all day on and off road. Less is more I guess.
 

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#313 ·
Any new pictures to share ? :)
 
#314 · (Edited)
Not so much of the truck, lots of my kids... ha. I did get a new daily, a manual scion xB, sold my trusty 2000 Celica. I like the scion a lot, 2.4l camry engine. Perfect service history. Made in Japan... truck has been idle for awhile, not m much free time and gas prices...
My daughter arrived 3 weeks ago. Overall just been working on our house in the spare time really and hanging out with my son.
Oh, this birdnest outside my front door had new additions this morning. Thought that was neat so I'll share that one. Ha
 

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#321 · (Edited)
Not truck news but still hobbyist related.

I got 1/4 doors wrapped up tonight on my xB for my sound system upgrade. Deadener, baffle and speaker are in. Went with Morel maximos. Tmrw I'll reattach the moisture barrier and double check clearance of the door card against the speaker. Then move onto passnger rear. Fronts will be a bit tricky as I'm using components with a cross over I'll have to find a place for. Pretty excited to continue this one on the daily. I've got an amp and custom fit box with 12" jl w3 waiting as well.
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#322 ·
Waved goodbye to my coloredo and took the toaster to work. Only to learn my coworkers 96 dodge camper van was stolen last night in 4 minutes... interesting day.

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#323 ·
Wow!! That’s one heck of a build you’ve got there; great looking truck!!!
 
#324 · (Edited)
Wow!! That’s one heck of a build you’ve got there; great looking truck!!!
Hey thanks.

I actually have a change coming for the truck soon! Been awhile. First off my H8 interstate died so I warrantied it out for a H6 (back to gas size vs diesel). Also I have set of DV8 bronze wheels that were gifted to me from F8Lz71 along with 33" Toyo tires I'll be installing soon. He wheeled em pretty hard so I'm going to try to touch up the black mock bead lock first and need to do the inner fender trim but it should really bring the overall look of my truck together. Pretty stoked.

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I believe the geometry correction did help the way the truck drives from adding the upper a arms and doing a fresh alignment. Only 17k on the clock still. Love my kids, miss them when they are at day care etc but miss adventuring too... le sigh. Hopefully more outtings this summer.
 
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3000 Mile road trip to MT and back to CA for the fourth of July. Tightened my Yakima roof bars before adding a roof box to them. Hit torque specs. A month later got out by myself on a rare occasion to go paddle boarding in the back country. When I arrived at the lake some 2 hours later, I went to pull my board off and my roof rack and it had come loose and lightly damaged and scratched my truck at the attachment points. I've installed a ton of roof racks and after this I can no longer recommend Yakima. Get a Thule product. Had to remove everything and bed it back home. Annoying and lost a few pieces that cost 72$ plus tax to replace. Oh well. Did some touch up paint and spilt it all over my hands. Which was my fault but already annoyed. Just reinstall the rack tonight as we're trailering our 1978 pop up trailer later this month to camp, finally as my 1.xx year old can now walk and I need storage and camp shower on the roof back.
 

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