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Haven’t posted on here in a while.
I added some rocker panel protection bushwacker Which for some reason is only made for crew cabs so I had to modify for the quad cab that I have. Turned out pretty good. I was having rust issues on my rockers so this is just a band aid but I like the look a lot better than staring at rust. Covers the pinch weld too which looks better

The big upgrade is I finally got a new bumper to replace the stock st bumper. Added some matching fogs to my led headlights. The clearance with the new bumper is ridiculous. I parked next to a stock sport the other day and mine was at least 6 inches more clearance just at the lowest point in the center of the bumper.

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It is set up for me to add a winch to it which was a must for me.

The bumper was a 2013 plus which my truck is not but my grill fits kind of, I am changing that out for a new black grill that I just got today. Going on tomorrow before I go to work. Almost done with my black and brown color scheme. Rear chrome bumper has to go and some gloss black fender flares.


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I got my black grill on here’s a pic. Way better than the chrome. I also took a better pic so yoi can see the rocker guards.
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Just a front shot with the fogs on.
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I got my black grill on here’s a pic. Way better than the chrome. I also took a better pic so yoi can see the rocker guards.
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Hah! I've been contemplating getting those rockers for my Reb...glad to see you could make 'em fit a QC. I think for light offroading (or softroading, if you will), they'll work great.

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Took off my running boards. Trying to decide of I want some ici ones or if I like the look without Any.3fb212d2dba09de1a92588ac128177d7.jpg

I think I will live with it for a week and see if I miss them.


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I would say de badge it with some 50# test fishing line. These trucks just look better de badged.


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Thanks. I built it. It was a lot of plastic welding and bondo after that. I actually am about to pull it back out to rework the paint and add a couple buttons into it so I can basically turn the ipad on and off easier. I love the ipad dash more every day. I work all over so the gps and any app I want make it so much better than any other option that is out there. Maybe some day I will do a ipad pro the big one. That’s the only thing that can compete with it for me right now.


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Could you do a full write up thread on the iPad and bezel mod. I think this is an awesome mod. Maybe include making the bezel?
Much appreciated!


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Just adding a few more pics I took recently. Waiting to maybe get some leather seat covers and my switches for my lights are coming in. Nothing too crazy til holidays are over.

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I have been looking for cheap leather seats for a long time not having great luck and finally found almost exactly what I was looking for. Katzkin leather seats that were for my weird base kind of older truck 2010 rear bench and 2 piece front center console with no underseat storage. Doesn’t seem hard to find but take a look on ebay. Anyways here are some pics. Color is a beige light brown pretty close to my dashboard color which I thought would look good. And I think it ended up pretty nice.
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Lighting kinda makes the color hard to make out.

Here is a before of the driver. Pretty much like what everybody gets on our cloth seats after enough miles. 5f62dc71f4ae94010e0c8e815d8e244b.jpg



Also here is a pic of my ipad dash background.
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Here is a little better pic of the seats.
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Finally did some work on my ipad surround ended up going matte black same with the vent trim.

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Also added some switches for my lights and future winch.




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Its all painted. I just took the vents out and separated the trim part and painted. Pretty easy to remove actually.


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Did you wind up using an aftermarket backup camera with the iPad or did you somehow use the OEM? I’m contemplating putting a mini in my truck and keeping the stock head unit.


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I have been debating on what way to go but think I am going to use a go pro session that I can remotely control via app and fab up a custom mount for it. The resolution is part of why I thought a go pro would be nice as well as recording and whatnot. We will see I have been eyeballing some on ebay.


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Look forward to the progress.
 

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Nice job, love the switch panel, rear bumper, and a great job with LED light bar. Does that bar shine back into the cab at night ?
 
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