SouthernGorilla
Senior Member
I spent some time under the hood yesterday and found a slew of things needing fixed. Like most used vehicles, it's the little things that add up to a big mess.
This ground wire is in serious need of some TLC. It comes off what I assume is the factory horn, but might be a PA speaker or add-on horn.
The kid had money for an HID retrofit, but not zip ties. The skinny, ridged box in the bottom of the photo is the HID module. The orange wire at the top is what holds the module in place.
It wasn't just some emergency repair, he did it on both sides.
I want to get rid of the HIDs, but I can't tell if it's a plug-n-play system where I could pull it out and just hook the factory bulbs back in or not. I'll have to pull the lights out to get a better look.
The bumper droops pretty badly. It gives the truck a "derp" look. You can see just how bad from this angle.
And this is why it droops. I'm assuming the bottom hole is supposed to be a normal oval like the top hole.
The other side is just as bad.
No idea what the yellow wire is for. It's in the loom with the positive battery cables. I'm guessing they spliced into it for something. I'll have to pull the loom apart a bit to repair it.
They could at least have put some silicone or liquid electrical tape around the holes. This is the sort of thing that really riles me up. I think the small wires may be for the kill switch. They run up under the lid and into the fuse box. I haven't opened the box yet to see what fun awaits me there.
This little tab is on the bottom of the driver's headlight. No idea what it was originally connected to, but it's obviously broken.
How the hell do you even do this? And why do you then just leave it alone like it's no big deal?
Somebody please tell me there was a vent there originally. I would lose any and all faith in humanity if I found out this was deliberately drilled.
Pretty much all the proof you need this truck was owned by a kid. Just leave a big, high-current fuse open to the elements in a spot that's easily bumped and that makes it difficult to open the fuse box.
This ground wire is in serious need of some TLC. It comes off what I assume is the factory horn, but might be a PA speaker or add-on horn.
The kid had money for an HID retrofit, but not zip ties. The skinny, ridged box in the bottom of the photo is the HID module. The orange wire at the top is what holds the module in place.
It wasn't just some emergency repair, he did it on both sides.
I want to get rid of the HIDs, but I can't tell if it's a plug-n-play system where I could pull it out and just hook the factory bulbs back in or not. I'll have to pull the lights out to get a better look.
The bumper droops pretty badly. It gives the truck a "derp" look. You can see just how bad from this angle.
And this is why it droops. I'm assuming the bottom hole is supposed to be a normal oval like the top hole.
The other side is just as bad.
No idea what the yellow wire is for. It's in the loom with the positive battery cables. I'm guessing they spliced into it for something. I'll have to pull the loom apart a bit to repair it.
They could at least have put some silicone or liquid electrical tape around the holes. This is the sort of thing that really riles me up. I think the small wires may be for the kill switch. They run up under the lid and into the fuse box. I haven't opened the box yet to see what fun awaits me there.
This little tab is on the bottom of the driver's headlight. No idea what it was originally connected to, but it's obviously broken.
How the hell do you even do this? And why do you then just leave it alone like it's no big deal?
Somebody please tell me there was a vent there originally. I would lose any and all faith in humanity if I found out this was deliberately drilled.
Pretty much all the proof you need this truck was owned by a kid. Just leave a big, high-current fuse open to the elements in a spot that's easily bumped and that makes it difficult to open the fuse box.
