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Next up is VHF radio install. Getting power to the cab in these is very difficult in the SCV6, so I decided to go with a radio in Pelican Style Case and run the power off the cigarette lighter as that is 30 Amp circuit. This setup worked perfectly on a 10 hour drive.
Here is everything in the box
The GPS for my APRS this is the only thing that I am having trouble locating, at this point it is just going in cloth screen that covers the rear sunroof.
Everything out of the box
The radio head goes is attached to a cup holder mount for a cellphone, I screwed the back plate for the radio to cellphone.
Radio head in location, it can also go into the rear cup holder
Radio stays in the box and just sit behind the drivers seat, once I get the fan installed it can be closed and sit up right.
@The Deputy I would have rather got another D2 but they are tough to find here in decent shape. No rear locker LR4's are weird that way has a 2 speed transfer case all the terrain modes though or it would have been a no sale.
Managed without one on the d2 I will figure this beast out too.
@The Deputy I would have rather got another D2 but they are tough to find here in decent shape. No rear locker LR4's are weird that way has a 2 speed transfer case all the terrain modes though or it would have been a no sale.
Managed without one on the d2 I will figure this beast out too.
l'm sure you will. Guy down in Ohio drove his through stuff that my Dll struggled with. Their off-road-mode is pretty amazing. Sometimes, wish we would have bought a used one...instead of the new Trailblazer AWD.
Love those low-profile cots, too. Used them back in the day...while camping from a pedal bike. No cushions of course...lol.
All you guys being short enough to sleep in your vehicles! Drives me nuts!
I wouldn’t mind at all getting away from the roof top tent )not that I’ve had time in the last few years to do much of it) but reality is, not only do I not fit in the back of a vehicle to sleep, it actually is easier for me to climb down and up a ladder to a tent than it is to get up off the ground.
Ah well, it looks really cool. I might do a “lite” version of something like this (minus the sleeping in the vehicle) if I end up with a New Defender in the coming months/year.
@longtallsally I think the new defenders have a pretty long bed too, but I am not sure unless you are at or over 6 foot, then yea you need another option.
@longtallsally I think the new defenders have a pretty long bed too, but I am not sure unless you are at or over 6 foot, then yea you need another option.
Although a joke of a nickname my fraternity brothers gave to me many years ago, it is someone accurate as I’m 6’7”. So all you little people enjoy sleeping in your cars.
Although a joke of a nickname my fraternity brothers gave to me many years ago, it is someone accurate as I’m 6’7”. So all you little people enjoy sleeping in your cars.
Funny, l'm 6'4"...and rarely run into someone taller than me by considerable inches. But, when l do...it's weird to look up at someone while talking. My neck has a natural bend, downward, from compensating for shorter folks...lol.
I'm giving up on my Tempu RTT, awesome tent, it's just to difficult to mess with anymore. Aging fingers (arthritis), endless tucking from all sides, during rain, cold and wind. Looking at hardshell RTT's. Some of the new ones deploy/take-down in 30 seconds, with minimal tucking. And, some you can leave all of your bedding up there, pillow included. And, l'm only using one when my wife is along. Solo, inside.
Went of FB Market Place the other day, where l found my canvas RTT's 7 years ago (out of three to chose from)...and now, there were 45 canvas RTT's forsale in my area.
2015 LR4 Overland/Camping
