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Old Apr 16, 2020 | 05:21 PM
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Inverter fired up well

Need to actually mount the distribution box, but getting good voltage at all the points.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2020 | 05:26 PM
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Christmas in April....new LMC dash pad arrived, finally can button up the dash.


 

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Christmas in April....new LMC dash pad arrived, finally can button up the dash.

Does it come color matched or do you have to paint it?
 
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Old Apr 17, 2020 | 07:02 PM
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That’s the one negative, it only comes in medium quartz, my color was C3 so it’s not perfect but close, but if you have saddle or graphite gray you would need to paint it. Best bet is having something mixed at your local auto paint spot. There are rattle cans available for our colors, but I have not used them.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2020 | 07:03 PM
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The LMC pad’s quality is definitely better than the skins. It’s not as thick as I would have thought, and will compare to the OEM thickness wise later, but the texture and dry fit are very clean.
 

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That’s the one negative, it only comes in medium quartz, my color was C3 so it’s not perfect but close, but if you have saddle or graphite gray you would need to paint it. Best bet is having something mixed at your local auto paint spot. There are rattle cans available for our colors, but I have not used them.
I don't need one was just curious. I use SEM paint for plastic
 
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Old Apr 17, 2020 | 09:39 PM
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Dry fit of the seats, thinking about replacing the center seat, with a custom console. I have some red oak left over from another project. I ran some 14 gauge wire to the rear for some additional 12 volt outlets.

Dry fit of the dash. The color is a little lighter than the presidio gray, but may hold what I got.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2020 | 04:09 PM
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This afternoon I am going to install the LMC Headlight Harness. I don’t know the exact specs, but it looks like 14 gauge wire, but I will find out on Monday.

Currently not having too much voltage drop, but the heat due to the missing relay melted my Last headlight switch.

Pretty straight forward layout, I am going to cut the power side lines down so it plugs into my Power Distribution Box.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2020 | 07:04 PM
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Makes sense why the switch melted, here’s the voltage at the headlights with the engine running. With the small gauge wire at the switch (some stuff looked like 18 gauge or smaller)

Ready for install

Using the stock location for the passenger ground.

The one tweak I made was cutting the power side wires. Instead of running them directly from the battery I am going to run them from my power distribution box.

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Voltage on the new circuit.

 
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Old Apr 19, 2020 | 10:02 AM
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Are those bulbs even legal? I thought we were limited to 55watts max for headlights?
 
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