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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    New headunit install Alpine ILX-F509, with a Alpine 2-channel Dashcam (dashcam & cabin cam) Alpine rearview camera Alpine HDR front camera Alpine KAC_001 accessory control unti Maestro RR Sirius XM tuner Took a bit, but everything is installed. I think its exactly what I wanted. Everything is...
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    I added some trim boards to the side of the bed. The drivers side is purely decorative, hiding the drawer side. The right side folds down, with leather straps, to make a hatch for my clothing storage I tried this once before, with a thin board and velcro. The board warped and the velcro was a...
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    Gas skid from Z1 is on. Also, I put on a 500 watt Pure Sine Wave inverter. Which I'm sure is not pure sine wave, but, also, it's close enough for what I want to do. Which is to make a cup of coffee in the morning without getting out the stove, hooking it up, getting out the kettle, etc ... all...
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    Diff breather is on with no issues. Tank heater and batter heater are now installed also. Tank heater is under the water tank and battery heater is on top of the battery. I had to dremel off some of the battery holddown because its very clear about not being contact with anything conductive...
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    I put in a 13 gallon fresh water tank. This is based on the design @Dan Grec used. Basically there's a water pump (with a prefilter before it) attached to a home water filter. In front and behind it are L Valves. This allows me to select my water source (the water tank if I want to drink water...
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    I swapped out my 6' MDF bed drawer for a home built 5' aluminum one. It now weighs about a billion times less. I used the thinnest and smallest aluminum angle I could find at Home Depot: 1/2" sides and 1/16" thick. This provided the box frame and used some flats, same thickness and size, for...
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    Added a second, interior fuse panel, on the left side of the drivers feet. Now there's room for more goodies! The add-a-fuse thing wasn't going to work out anymore, so, I bought a split fuse panel from Blue Sea. There are 6 powered slots on the top half and six more, separately powered, spots...
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    Rate my First Aid kit

    I would appreciate any feedback. It's under my passenger seat of my Nissan Frontier. Yeah, I've taken a few online courses. StopTheBleed, Mountain Man Medicine, Red Cross. Hemostatic bandages Triangular bandages CPR shield 2 chest seals Glucose packs Bandage scissors Thermometer Cold packs...
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    Mounted the Element 100 second fire extinguisher to the drivers door, right beside, but preserving, the cup holder. Put a first aid kit under the passenger seat: Hemostatic bandages Triangular bandages CPR shield 2 chest seals Glucose packs Bandage scissors Thermometer Cold packs Hand warmers...
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    Jeep Wrangler 2024 Upgrade rumors...

    Conan, what is best in life? "To have excess manufacturers payload leftover once your build and loadout is done!"
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    Ham radios. What is everyone using

    Nope, I'm using it ham bands. Works fine for me, but I'm sure it sends others in to apoplexy. But, then again, you already know I wasn't using for GMRS ... that would be wrong.
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    Mounted up the LP detector, right under the tank. About 3" from the back door. Which I think is not great, but, closer to the tank was important, I think. I crimped the wiring because my stupid battery solding iron can get hot enough to do AWG12. I need to get a gas one, I think. My new...
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    Propane part I I pulled one bed support and cut a piece of chipboard to size and screwed it in to the top of my 80/20 rails. Then I put on a piece of rubber on it that I had leftover from the compressor mount. I put a pop rivit through 2 new d-rings at bed rail height and put on a velcro cinch...
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    Mounted and wired up a Pelsee p12pro rearview dashcam. I was kind of missing my rearview. The backup camera to the headunit works well, but, I was missing having a rearview during traffic. And, I was kind of interested in having a dashcam. Finally, moving the backup camera to the rearview gets...
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    Ham radios. What is everyone using

    I just popped in a Vero VN-N7500 50w duel-band with a Midlands ghost antenna. It's got no display on the headunit so you can do a hidden mount on it; everything is controlled from an IOS or Android device via bluetooth ... except for volume/channel up/down on the hand mic/speaker.
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    I got my radio installed. It's a Vero VN-N7500, a 50w duel-band unit, paired with a Midlands ghost antenna on the front winch mount. The unit is interesting because it's a ham radio without a display. You use an Android or IOS device to connect with and program it. Since I'm using an ipad mini...
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    https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/build-frontier-with-are-dcu-topper.220557/#post-2859820

    https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/build-frontier-with-are-dcu-topper.220557/#post-2859820
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    Would you live in a wedge camper full time?

    Maybe a hard sided camper shell, that you could insulate. Sleep time should be ok, but where you gonna hang out before bedtime when its cold out? Uh ... asking for a friend ...
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    I ordered a HAM radio. I am not happy about doing that. I got my General license during COVID, as something to do, and promptly got a Baofeng UV5R. I listened to the local chatter one night in bed, and on the weekly check in call in the Indy area once. I used it twice for GMRS in group runs in...
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    Build - Frontier with ARE DCU topper

    My new favorite hobby is removing and replacing the body panel pushpins on the grill. It's great. You should try doing it about 10,000 times The air hose is mounted and project complete. I mounted the flange for the bulkhead on one of the lightbar mounts, with a washer. Ran the hose behind the...
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