My first patrol... with extras!

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Re: My first patrol... with extras!

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Shaping up really nicely! Great work so far Ant, super exciting.
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Re: My first patrol... with extras!

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BAIE nice!!!
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Re: My first patrol... with extras!

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:wink: That looks good. Thanks for the info and update
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Re: My first patrol... with extras!

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Update time...

So the snomaster console fridge needed to be mounted between the two front seats.

Here's the standard console
Standard console
Standard console
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Console removed
Console removed
Console removed
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Rear Bracket made up to mount using the factory bolt holes in the floor
rear bracket
rear bracket
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Front bracket. Also mounts in factory bolt positions. Also drilled and tapped to receive the fridge base plate
front bracket
front bracket
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Brackets bolted in place
brackets in
brackets in
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Fridge base plate drilled and mounted
fridge base in
fridge base in
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Fridge is in
fridge in 1
fridge in 1
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Pic from rear seat
fridge in 2
fridge in 2
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Now to relocate the rear aircon fan controller. Out of the way of feet but still accessible. I made a little enclosure for it

fan control in 1
fan control in 1
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Fan switch
fan control in 2
fan control in 2
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New rear lights wired up. These tail lights don't come with globe holders and the factory globe holders dont fit in the holes where the globes mount. I bought some generic globe holders and modified the lights to suit. I had to drill them all out and dremel out new locking slots for them. Then wire them up and install in the vehicle
new tail lights wiring
new tail lights wiring
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Installed and all working. Notice that I made both left and right reverse lights work. The patrol has terrible reverse lights so having both work is great.
tail lights in
tail lights in
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Re: My first patrol... with extras!

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Anthony Forgey wrote: 06 Feb 2020 07:13 Update time...

Damn nice work there Anthony!!! :thumbup:

Must say the reverse lights on the photo's looks super bright! I tried LEDs but was very disappointed with the outcome.... :thumbdown:

The fitment of the fridge makes me wonder.... :biggrin:
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I have the exact fridge and have contemplated mounting it. I was always worried about the ingres it would cause in the 2nd row footwell vs the gear lever spacing in front. But the rear ingres looks marginal in these photos....

great job
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Re: My first patrol... with extras!

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NICE THREAD THANKS!!! :blonde:
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Re: My first patrol... with extras!

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Seat covers done
Seat covers done
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Re: My first patrol... with extras!

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This is looking so awesome 👏
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Re: My first patrol... with extras!

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More kom die handbriek cover en dan voor en agter bzt gear .....die patrol gaan n monster wees
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