My 2006 megacab 1500

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Lookin good bud!


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I got busy this weekend with other projects but I pretty much finished the front of the bumper. I’m going to roll on bedliner onto the backside when I get back home then get in the crevices with a brush and give it a week to harden up then bolt it on.

I have the new fog bezels, just need to order new fog lights and I’m replacing that little step piece in the middle of the bumper cover.


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****** night photos, but I finished bedliner and my friend is back in town and gave me a hand with the swap. I’ve got new fog bezels to go on but my mount for the driver side fog housing is busted. I’m going to attempt to just rig it for now and order a new mount momentarily. I’m done for today considering it’s almost 2am..


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New fog lights with brackets are on the way. I’ll throw the center plastic piece back in soon but I plan to buy a 21” light bar kit that’s designed to mount between the tow hooks and wire the relay to my high beams.

Also, new door is stripped down and will be ready for a coat of primer soon then painted and installed. I’ll sand the fender and paint it too. It’s a work in progress with the little bit of time I get..


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Got bored and installed the new fog lights, AND I realized I had brand new led bulbs still in the box that were the right number for my fog lights[emoji2371]

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Found some sort of stand that my uncle has had laying in the wood shop for years and I’d been tripping over it.. and realized it would make a great holder for my new door so I can paint it inside. Just gotta get more stuff to cover the machinery for overspray.

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Won’t be going too crazy for a little because I quit my job and haven’t gone anywhere else yet. Just taking some time.

I finally made a decision on brackets though and ordered this setup:

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Haven’t decided on which light bar yet. I’m going to hook it so that my high beams trigger the relay so that the light bar will come on along with the high beams. That will keep my interior stock and also make it simpler to operate because I don’t have to hit multiple switches.


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Probably the easiest thing I’ve done to the truck besides put gas in it. I’ll end up getting the light bar soon and wiring it up.

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Now to wire it up.. but not about to fight 5 o’clock traffic nor stand in the heat.. it was bad enough on the install. May go this evening in a little and grab the harness and hook everything up and swap my low beam bulbs to nicer ones while I’m at it.


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The video wouldn’t load so I had to convert it to gif... and it looks like crap but shows the end result.
I figured out a way to turn the 3 wire harness that goes with the light into a 1 wire and then tapped into my high beam power wire so that it sends 12 volts to the high beams and at the same time, send a 12 volt to the signal wire for the light bar relay so it turns on. The actual power comes off the battery and runs through the relay, but the relay needs a 12 volt to signal it to turn on.

Kept it simple AND my interior is as stock as it was before the install. No more holes or switches.


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Finally working on my new door.. been sanding and fixing imperfections, now laying down some light primer coats. Going to get the rest later then I’ll hit it with some 400 grit to make sure there’s no rough areas then I’ve already got the paint ready to go. Not bothering with the bottom half
Of the door since that will get bedliner once the door is bolted up.


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Got bored the other night and finally finished my cb install. Ran the wires neatly under the dash using factory holes. The only hole I had to make was a tiny one in the rubber boot/grommet that the parking brake cable runs through. Tested it yesterday once my dad got home in his semi and I ran it while driving interstate today and people come in loud and clear and I’m transmitting clearly. I plan to swap the mic though from the stock cobra to a noise canceling astatic mic, then I’d like to change the finals in the radio and adjust modulation so I can hopefully get atleast 30 watts without an amplifier then add a roger beep and put a small external speaker, flush mounted in my drivers a-pillar (or whatever the plastic piece is where the grab handle is)




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90 degree adapter let me get more clearance behind the radio so I could mount it further down and have it more flush with the dash.
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With the tires and no gear swap, you can feel the weight a little more when towing, but a slightly heavier right foot solves that. Maybe 1500lbs + the trailer weight. Towed just fine down the interstate. I’ve towed way more with the same setup. Definitely want to install trailer brakes.

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Finally quit procrastinating and started paint on my new door.

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Should start new job soon I hope, so my free time will get cut a lot.


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I couldn’t stand the rusty frame rails that showed in the wheel well any longer.. $6.49 fix haha.

Door is on hold because I have to order more paint and bedliner.

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Was working but thought it looked like a good shot [emoji2371]

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