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Tomorrow I will post up a few photos and a video of both the Supertones and the Sharptones
Wraps are definitely temporary. You should be able to get 3 years out of a good install. Ceramic coatings will help them last longer. For protection, PPF is better and will last much longer, about 10 years. Again coatings will help ppf last longer. Should cost about the same to install.
You can also do both, then coat, for the ultimate in protection and longevity.
I did the bike grip! Did that just clamp on to the end of the shifter? I might have to make that work on mine. With Oury grips though...
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PS, look for me in Reno!
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Used a geta-grip blank adapter. Then had to modify the shift boot collar to be able to shift out of park.
I’ll keep an eye out. Spend most of my time in south reno and at the lake
Here ya go @CapnJack
So I ended up going with the Sharptones (the yellow ones). They just sound better, especially for a truck. I thought I would have preferred the red grilles on the Supertones but I actually think the yellow ones look pretty slick.
Here’s the size difference between the Supertones (red) and the Sharptones (yellow).
Here are the shots of the Supertones installed. The factory horn(s) are installed on the driver side, I chose to install one horn on both sides.
Supertones demo:
View attachment 22664
Sharptones pics:
Demo:
View attachment 22667
So I ended up going with the Sharptones (the yellow ones). They just sound better, especially for a truck. I thought I would have preferred the red grilles on the Supertones but I actually think the yellow ones look pretty slick.
Here’s the size difference between the Supertones (red) and the Sharptones (yellow).
Here are the shots of the Supertones installed. The factory horn(s) are installed on the driver side, I chose to install one horn on both sides.
Supertones demo:
View attachment 22664
Sharptones pics:
Demo:
View attachment 22667
I think I like the sharptones over the super. Which did you stick with?
Sharps!
What rings did you use?
Second the motion.
Aye buddy no problem, that’s what I’m here for. To share my brilliance with the world! It truly is a gift.
Got myself a little father's day gift for being probably the best dad on the planet.
Ditch light brackets ordered.
32" light bar ordered.
Cubes ordered.
Power cables, wiring, in-lines and relays ordered.
Overland Equipped aux power bracket ordered.
Blue Sea Systems fuse block and circuit breaker ordered.
Time will tell if I have everything I need, way too much, or nothing at all. Really shooting from the hip on this whole thing.
Also planning on hydrodipping my mirrors in MultiCam Black. They are currently wrapped but as such, they're not perfect and I'm an asshole perfectionist. I'll also be dipping my front bumper - I've never seen that done before so hopefully it doesn't look like garbage.
Ditch light brackets ordered.
32" light bar ordered.
Cubes ordered.
Power cables, wiring, in-lines and relays ordered.
Overland Equipped aux power bracket ordered.
Blue Sea Systems fuse block and circuit breaker ordered.
Time will tell if I have everything I need, way too much, or nothing at all. Really shooting from the hip on this whole thing.
Also planning on hydrodipping my mirrors in MultiCam Black. They are currently wrapped but as such, they're not perfect and I'm an asshole perfectionist. I'll also be dipping my front bumper - I've never seen that done before so hopefully it doesn't look like garbage.
I've been thinking about starting the blue sea fuse box and/or S-Pro style setup. Just haven't had time to start researching everything for it lol
So from my understanding I think switch pros suggests you avoid the blue seas fuse block as their system is integrally fused and sometimes adding the blue seas block can cause problems. So it was originally part of my build but I opted out. The winch goes straight to the battery, all the lights and accessories go to the spros and the blue seas was only going to add another potential point of failure. This was the conclusion I drew. Would love to know if you guys do know of a benefit of running the blue seas. (I believe spros recommends not using additional fuses / fuse blocks)
If they are internally fused, then there is no reason to use a fuse block. That makes it kind of nice.
Interesting. I'll definitely look into that when the time comes.
So I get that it’s not necessary to run an in-line into the blue seas, but is there a drawback to it?
I don't know a lot about electric stuff, but I would assume there's no harm in that. If the inline fuse is a smaller amperage then I believe it would break before the blue seas. If it's higher than it won't serve any purpose really because the blue seas fuse would break first, unless the current coming through is higher than the rating of your inline fuse.
Fuses exist to protect the accessory, like lights from damage from being shorted out by the hot wire, (Red) being grounded out. There is no reason to run an inline fuse to a fuse block. If you put a Blue Seas terminal fuse on the battery, then you would be protecting the battery from any grounding out that may happen with the wire running from the battery to the fuse block. I hope that makes sense. If not, let me know and I can try to draw a diagram that will hopefully clear things up.
If you still wanna give it a go you can have mine. It's in your zip code and I won't be using it.
