MYoung84's 2012 Power Wagon Build Thread

[PowerWagon2012]

Ouch! That hurts to see.

 

[quietpeen]

damn, that is a hell of a chip

 

[S2kiHemi]

Yikes not good

 

[Captain McGillycutty]

Damn!!! Dodge paint sucks! I got a chip right above my head light. I also have a ? About your bypass for the locker. Did you do it or by a kit?

 

[suzukiquadrider]

Sucks about the paint chip. cool switches you labeled in the cab.

 

[myoung84]

Got an estimate today to properly repair the dent and paint. The have to repaint the entire hood and put new stickers on. Total price, $1330.27. New bottle of touch up paint is $11.34. I don't mind the dent so much now...

I also have a ? About your bypass for the locker. Did you do it or by a kit?

I wired it myself. Got tired of waiting on someone to start making the kit again.

Sucks about the paint chip. cool switches you labeled in the cab.

I removed the labels. Didn't look factory and I wasn't feeling it...

 

[Captain McGillycutty]

I wired it myself. Got tired of waiting on someone to start making the kit again.

Send me a message with the link you used or a DIY you can make
Me. I
Found one online but didn't know if it worked

 

[myoung84]

Power Wagon Registry - Locker Bypass Mod in 4hi, 4lo, and 2wd

The wire colors don't match up, but it's the same process. I think the colors on mine were blue and white, with the blue one being the wire you cut. If you want to use a relay instead of a switch, then run the blue wire from the plug side (that plugs into the transfer case) to pin 87a, then the other side of the blue wire to pin 30. Then run a wire from the white wire on the factory harness (just spliced in, not cut) to pin 87 with the resistor in-line.

The plug is kind of hard to get off and it's on the very top of the transfer case.

What I did, was remove the center console, then unbolt the shift lever from the floor. This will allow you to bring the wire harness from the transfer case inside the truck to make your connections.

 

[myoung84]

Finally got my front camera worked out. Wired it up so that when I hit the button on the dash, the truck thinks it in reverse and switches to the backup camera. I have the rear camera powered from the reverse lights and the front camera powered from the relay controlled by the switch. Had to use 2 relays to get this to work. Both video cables are run to a standard RCA splitter and feed the reverse camera input on the headunit. I ended up having to order a new camera since the cheap Amazon cameras I have are a mirrored image output, which doesn't work so well when you put it on the front of the truck. I ordered a Crimestopper camera from SonicElectronix and it works great. It doesn't have night vision so night time isn't too great, but that's not what I bought it for. This camera has a wire you can cut to switch from mirror image to standard image so it can be a front or rear camera. It's also much smaller than I thought it would be.

Only issue I have is when I have the front camera enabled and put the truck in reverse, the screen freaks out since 2 live video sources are being fed into the same input. I plan to fix this eventually but will require me to do some more wiring and add a 3rd relay to cut power to the front camera when the truck's in reverse. For now I will deal with the minor issue since I don't want to crack open the dash again for the 12th time.

I took the truck up a steep hill near my house and it works great. Normally when climbing this hill all you see is blue sky and don't know when you will hit the top. With the camera on, you can see exactly what's in front of you. Also, the viewing angle on this one is much wider than my reverse camera. I also noticed that turning the camera on at 75mph is a little nauseating...

Crimestopper SV-6922.LM (SV6922LM) Lip Mount CMOS Color Camera

 

[Btreat33]

Truck looks great!

 

[0212353]

thats friggin' awesome

 

[S2kiHemi]

pretty cool

 

[myoung84]

Random photo shoot at work. Had the truck here for a few days since we were expecting hail.

 

[0212353]

can't even see the booger on the hood man, or I'm blind.

looking awesome though!

 

[PowerWagon2012]

Badass bro. Man I love your truck.


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[WhiteExpress]

Stinks like sex in here! Wait... that's me.. Beautiful truck!

 

[myoung84]

Thanks guys!

can't even see the booger on the hood man, or I'm blind.

looking awesome though!

It's there still, just covered up with touch up paint...

 

[myoung84]

Double post.

 

[(S.M.R) 101]

Wicked Awesome

 

[bigbadram1500]

great pics