It's been a while since an update, so here is a brief report.
Most of the work has been on the overhead console and all the wiring. Glad to say it if finally finished.
This is it pre-upholstery.
and then after they had finished
The shape made it very difficult to get the leatherette smooth in some places, and my choice of the cover material being quite stiff did not help. I think it looks good, and every thing fits very nicely.
I also made a nice little subwoofer enclosure - just need to have the bass
Just a little 12" 2000W Eclipse SW8200. it makes a huge difference to the sound. The only things left to fit for the sound system is the two dash mounted tweeter, and the IPod extension down to the glovebox.
The wiring is almost finished, just have to tidy things up. I am going to label all the wires, it will make fault finding easier in the future. I have over sized all the wires, and have a lot of fuses in the circuits, basically one for each function. I measure the actual current draw, then go to the next available fuse size. As I have relays for nearly all the power circuits, most of the fuses in the dash are 5A, and all the wiring is 15A or heavier.
I have the winch controls and diff lock switches on the dash, I also kept the winch remote socket, should give the best of both worlds. All the switches are the Carling Contura 2 models. There is a lot of them, 24 at last count.
Despite all the wiring, only one is needed to start the truck, the rest are "luxuries"
Now working on the dash - making it higher, for better view of the instruments and to fit all the extra stuff in. I will also have a proper binnacle,- to shade the instruments as I found them difficult to read when the sun is shining directly through.
The screens in the overhead console show the various camera I have. The most important ones for me are the left and right camera.
They show if I will hit anything and vehicles in the lanes next to me. I have have high and low mounted reverse cameras. I can set it up so that the screen come on when put on the indicators, or into reverse, or run in quad screen mode. The screen dim when the headlights are on. The screen will also be used for the on-board computer, when I get around to building it.
Hoping to get some more time to work on the truck soon, my current contract does not leave me with much time to work on the truck at all, but it is coming to an end, but I have already got another offer, just have to decide what is more important at the moment
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