86 m1009 build Mississippi Style

[jgordon1307]

updated pics, shes coming along, what do yall think of this steering wheel

 

[Mainsail]

Does anyone get trouble by local police for having a military painted rig with lettering that states "Military Police" or similar placards? Seems like local cops would hate that.

I haven't had any problem driving on the military bases (McChord AFB, Bangor Navy Base, or NUWC Keyport) with the lightbar on mine. If I added the stenciling "Military Police" I might get some grief.

Speaking of...

OP, are you going to be adding a lightbar to the roof?
http://www.topohiker.com/news/newspics/OnTop1.png

 

[jgordon1307]

yes, but it will be an offroad led light bar, might add a siren though, I love the sound of the classic "prison escape" siren

 

[Mainsail]

yes, but it will be an offroad led light bar, might add a siren though, I love the sound of the classic "prison escape" siren

For mine, I pulled all the strobes out and modified the forward-firing reflector cups to accept some HID lamps. For the angled reflectors on each outer end I drilled a hole in the center and installed the bulb holders from some cheapo off-road lights and installed 55watt H3 bulbs. On the back I installed some amber LED gangs with a wig-wag controller.

So facing the front there are six 35watt HID. Front quarters have 55watt H3 bulbs (may upgrade at some point). To the sides I left the stock alley lights, which I believe are 55watt halogen bulbs.

I considered stripping all the reflectors out of the bar altogether and just installing a LED bar inside, so it would still have the police lightbar look with the brightness of the LEDs, but the 48” LED bars are $ome big buck$ still.

The lightbar is very bright, and lights up the entire area in front and to the sides of the truck for about as far as the headlights shine. I have two 450watt landing lights going in the grill shortly for long distance lighting.

Of course, over the top of the lightbar is one of the two PA/siren speakers, there’s another square one in the grill. My siren has two 100watt outputs, so the air horn function of the siren is seriously loud.

There are a few ideas for you.

 

[jgordon1307]

thanks, sounds cool, send me some pics of them working

 

[forest522]

I cant believe that late model steering wheel fit on there! Looks good! Does the horn still work?

 

[on1wheel01]

Wow looks epic. I love what you did with the interior

 

[jgordon1307]

Comin along

 

[jgordon1307]

had a little fun this weekend

pulled the camper like a champ

 

[CUCVSRK]

Dude this thing is sweet!

 

[jgordon1307]

breathing better

some progress made

 

[still standing still cyco]

Nice 09! Could you post some pics of how you configured your snorkel setup under the hood? This build has given me a few ideas for my M1010.

 

[jgordon1307]

did some much needed headlight upgrades, got these online, and did the harness upgrade from LMC, also decided that the "Colonel" needed a Sergeant Major to do some real work like carry the little Sarge, haha

 

[jgordon1307]

more pics

 

[06TBSS]

this truck motivated me 'a little' just now to do about 10 things.... loving daughters handprint(and 10-15 other things) WOW

 

[jgordon1307]

thanks man, my goal is to show current and future CUCV owners that you dont have to just drive a normal red seated 33" tired steel soldier, these trucks deserve a second life! I love my truck and drive it regularly, gonna put a more powerful motor in next year, but i am content at the moment.