Upgraded to some 285 A/Ts and got the brake calipers painted!

 

Very nice! I may have missed replies, but I just installed decent Auxbeam pods / ditch lights.

Not something I see as requiring a $500+ set of lights... The L8, Baja etc are nice, but...

For me they are strictly intended for driving nasty sometimes unpaved mountain windy roads, not the ditches really.

Trying to give max side-2-side coverage I tried 20° out aiming and it is better but someone suggested that I try 40° in so they shine across hood. Mine's Carpathian / dark grey, not gonna matter - I don't see the hood much anyway. 6' tall but basically I see it on the dashcam because it's right below the rain sensor.

His reasoning was that you block less light from outside of the curve. hmmm...

Thoughts? Suggestions? Ideas?

 

Its the little things....

Finally put on the rear wheel cover. Will need to take better picture in the light, but I went aftermarket on this, got a blank middle but color matched paint. This allowed me to get the satin PPF on the pangea, to match the rest of the truck, and then apply black gloss lettering to match the gloss black trim.

Probably should invest in a cover lock lol...


 

Two oil and filter changes. First one at 20miles, then the second one at 52 miles.
1st with Royal Purple and Valvoline engine break-in oil.
2nd with conventional 5-30 and Valvoline break-in oil. - This will stay in for ~500 miles then full synthetic from there on. I suspect that will happen in the next week.
Picture is of the break-in oil after 32 miles on a brand new filter. The factory filled oil looked absolutely nasty... yes, at 20 miles.

 

I did an oil change at 9000 km (P300), factory oil looked decent, not even super dark (highway mileage mostly)
At 18000 km Liqui Molly oil looks even better.

 

Parked next to this. Makes our Defender look small. Lol

 

Actually, the Cybertruck design is based upon a trophy winning Cub Scout Pinewood Derby model. Just about as durable as well.

 

After use of the winch it can be handy not to retract direct the Winch Line full back in.
Often you face another object or other difficulties due onto the track and you have to use your winch again.
So I faced the problem where to attach the line on the hood, behind the wipers isn't the best option imho.
You sure don't want your winch line to interfere with the wheels



So I did make some attachment points on the Cowl to wind 10-15 ft. winchline.

2 stainless attach points on the Cowl.

So let's see next time if this works.

 

Calibrated my Staun deflators after washing them of crud and added a propane tank mount to my rack.

 

Got my Octa wheels yesterday.
Tires should be coming in later today.
Hopefully they are on the Defender by the end of today.