Brooklyn Blue Ranger build...

[Brett Fields]

Looks good.

Pretty sad display on Ford that they could not include the 2 minutes of drilling for the sensors. You are Ford for heaven's sake tell ARB to put the holes there.

Its like the Ford Performance grille, I'm betting the molding around the letters was just a corner cutting measure. I mean heaven forbid you take the time to produce a product with the letters separated from a piece of plastic backing. The Chinese are making better detailed bumpers than the OEM. Disgusting.

So, having been through this process, I gotta say this. There are a bunch of things about this bumper that feel like there has been a certain amount of Lawyer involvement that has over ridden the design element. I work for the City of New York. I can always tell when the legal department weighed in.

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[Brett Fields]

Opinions please:

I've had an ARB Twin Compressor for about a month now and gave been agonizing over how to mount it. I've read every thread and watched way too many videos. In the end, I picked up the ARB Universal bracket.
anniversary.

The best I can think of is to mount it here:

What do you guys think? Also, fwiw, you can't bolt it right up to the bed side without some kind of additional backing plate.

 

[Brett Fields]

Updated front end pics
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[Brett Fields]

Btw, it's not just about the Concrete Jungle...

 

[ReigleCM]

Got any more recent pics?! I love the color and I've been heavily debating this bumper, but you and one other forum member are the only two I have seen who have it, so any more pics with the bumper would be appreciated!

 

[benocalvert]

Truck looks great! Nice to see that you've been able to keep the cruise control and the parking sensors working with the bumper.

I have the smaller ARB compressor. It's mounted in the cubby under the rear passenger-side seat.

 

[Brett Fields]

I see I never updated the compressor mount pics, so...

It's mounted in the ARB universal frame. I installed two 6mm rivnuts into the bed floor and two into the bed wall. I screwed in rubber isolators that have 6mm studs on both ends, back & bottom. Not yet wired in.

 

[Brett Fields]

Again, rivnuts are your friend. I attached a backplane of 13 ply plywood (Appleply) painted in matt black rustoleum. The grey weathertight box is the terminus of the 4 gauge cable from the bus bar up front. To this backplane, I attached the BCDC1240, the fuse block, breakers, busbar, etc.

 

[Brett Fields]

It's RSI SmartCap day!
I've been waiting a long time and didn't think I'd see one for a while. Here ya go!

After I get it packed, I'll post more.

 

[Synfulz]

I wasn't going to post my truck in a build thread. I've already done my Fox 2.0's and Timbren bump stops. Today I'm doing wheels & tires. I was cool right up until I saw this... (see attached video)
...then my brain went on fire!

Your stock wheel setup is puny.

 

[Brett Fields]

Your stock wheel setup is puny.

Yes. Yes they were. But then they:
PUMPED.... ME UP!

 

[Brett Fields]

First shot playing around with pantry and cookware. Jetboil stoves to the right.
I'm a little worried about baking my peanut butter in this black steel can.

 

[Brett Fields]

AluCab Fridge Tray:

24" sliders attached to 2"x2"x⅛" angle aluminum, Stainless Steel M8 Rivnuts and M8 button top Torx screws.
M6 oval heads for the sliders.

 

[Brett Fields]

Overland Vehicle Systems 270LT awning mounted using 1.5 x 3" 80/20 and M8 threaded rod.

 

[ppfd]

You run with the city EMS? I couldn’t imagine
I thought my depts 10-12,000 squad calls a year was bad.

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