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I think you gotta plug it on the battery terminals to power up the unit.

No batteries. Just connect it 👍

@@TrashPandaGarage thank you for the confirmation!

@@halfrowk D@mn, bro. The tire rotations are free at Discount Tire, plus they recheck balance, which I don’t have the equipment for.

Truth!

@TrashPandaGarage yes its true. I live in north east pa so my commute is from one mountain to another. About .05 cents per mile cheaper as the buick got about 18.5 mpg over the week and the canyon gets 25.5 mpg same route.

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You son of a...

It might be best to reach out to Hypertech, but if you're running the same factory transmission I'm guessing it should work just fine for a tire and gearing change?

@TrashPandaGarage Bone stock 6l90e. Yeah I contacted both sct and hypertech. Won't hear back till Monday but I want as many opinions and as much knowledge I can find

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Thanks for watching! I don’t think we have a video that has a good shot, but I’ll see if I can’t upload a photo for you somewhere 👍

They still look pretty darn good, although I haven’t rubbed them against any trees or tree limbs. Yet. I did have a tiny piece peel up on me a little bit on the inner lip (under the hood) because I hit it to hard with a pressure washer, but I think that speaks more to surface prep on that particular area of the fender more than the coating itself.

@@TrashPandaGarage thanks for your thoughts on it and reply. My wife lets me do things to the car, but only once lol... so if I did it and it started to peel off she would throw a fit when I would have to get repaired.

Yeah I've had similar observations with the Retrax canister. Mine is definitely showing some light scuffing and scratches from cargo boxes. I also dropped a small 1/4" by accident down into the canister. It was a pain to get out. Thanks for watching!

@@TrashPandaGarage haha the first time twigs and leaves went into there I freaked till I realized ohh shit they actually roll off the top and drop down the back not even into the canister. They end up at the back of the bed.

We ended up selling the Maxxis that we had mounted on wheels after we sold the Amigo. I never actually put any miles on those and I'm still curious as to how they perform. The Yokohama X-ATs have been great in the rocks, but they're also a tad heavier than some of the other A/T and hybrid options out there.

I think Ironman 4x4 makes a box that is very similar to this one, if that helps at all.

Absolutely. You're spot on.

Sorry to hear that. I'll update the video description with that information :(

I guess that would technically be option #4.

100% agree. I was also wondering about other mandrels, but haven’t tried it yet.

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Dang. Sorry to hear that. Any chance for a refund?

You are correct. It will be about 1.5" wider per side in the front. Most people run wheel spacers in the rear to account for the difference in width on the TS set-ups. If you also swapped in a Dana M226 rear axle from a Titan you would be matching, but the M226 we sourced is from an Xterra, so it's still a slight mismatch.

I don't think it would hurt to check. Option B would be to throw an appropriately rated trickle charger on it from time to time if you don't meet the output voltage the battery needs.

Dang! Does Hypertech offer any sort of warranty?

@@TrashPandaGarage I have no idea. I will be calling their tech support tomorrow for sure.

Not sure. That info might be available on the Hyoertech website, though?

As far as bed racks go, the Uptop is pretty cool. Nice and lightweight with plenty of extrusion mounting surface across the bars. If I was looking for another bed rack they would be my first choice again. The mid-height option isn't as convenient as I thought it would be, though. I've racked my head so many times when I crawl up on the tailgate to reach in and pull out something from the bed near the bulkhead.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Good to know. I saw those Rough Country lights and wondered if they were the same.

Long before we had a CZcams channel I SAS'd an '05 Xterra with a driver drop Dodge D44 that had unit bearings with tone rings so that I had a signal to feed to the ECM so it wouldn't lock out the factory electronic transfer case. It had a 3 link with an outside the frame Toy steering box. Not enough room for a sway bar with that package, and as such it left something to be desired on the street. Although it flexed pretty well. The plan with this axle was to run some aftermarket Ford radius arms on the wedges since they're cast.

@@TrashPandaGaragePackaging is a real challenge for 37" tires. The JKU box just bar fits in with the suction AC line bent a bit. I needed to remove the high pressure line from the compressor to the condenser completely and I'll need to make a new one if I want to keep AC. I made some engines mounts from poly bushings because the stock ones were completely shot and they stuck down pretty far and got in the way of where I wanted to upper link bracket on the axle. I just flexed it out yesterday with a tire on and and while I have some fender trimming to do it looks pretty good. I'll probably need to trim the body a bit where it comes down to the mount in front of the tires and plate it closed for clearance. I got the rear 9" axle as well and I'll make some custom tone rings for it and then build a circuit that uses those signals for rear sensors, and makes copes of those signals for the front. This should prevent ABS problems and still be able to use ABLS in the rear which should work great with the Eaton TruTrac I'll use in the 9". If it doesn't work I'll just get an Atlas. Its something I want anyway because I want a lower low range gear, but I need to draw the line somewhere for now to get this project done. I'm looking forward to seeing how yours comes out with radius arms.

@@Fix_It_Again_Tony Sounds rad! Looking forward to some videos of your build. Our Frontier has a divorced Atlas in it. There's an old video we posted awhile back where we talk about routing the shifter cables for it, and I think there's a couple shots of the crossmember we had to build for it.

@@TrashPandaGarageThanks. I saw the shifter video. The box you built for the shifter was nice work. I was also looking for a video of the Atlas install. I've already got the 4WD transmission so I would just get an adapter and put it in place of the stock unit. Divorced was a good idea with the 2WD transmission instead of sourcing the back housing from a 4WD one. Now that my truck is starting to look like something I'll probably post a few videos. I've got an Armada/QX80 PS pump that I want to use, has about 25% more displacement than stock. I want to do a video on porting the pump and maybe rebuilding and porting the JKU box. The steering was already slow at idle before I started modifying the truck. Adding an assist ram without addressing the pump would make it terrible. I'll also do one on suspension geometry and maybe one on modifying the steering knuckle. The JKU box must not have as much throw as the factory Ford box. I tried a longer pitman arm, but it would need to be really long apparently to get even 35°, which is my target. I want to move the drag link attachment point in towards the axle center line to increase the steering angle.

Dang. That was a good cheap(er) mod while it lasted.

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Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!

Pretty sure they quit making them.

Bro. Call Batteries Plus customer service and ask them about minimum charging voltage on the X2Power. Then feel free to return and post the information they give you. Also, I never said "NO car alternator can charge up to 14 volts". Go back to the 00:57 mark in the video.

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Huh? By "noise" do you mean the background music track?

@@TrashPandaGarage Zakly I fail to see why it necessary It makes understanding very hard for hearing impaired and ear buds make it worse...

@@kcstafford2784 Gotcha. Thanks for watching, and thanks for the feedback.