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Have you thought of installing hard tie down points onto your flatbed. The reason I mention this you said you are going to carry your RZR an preinastalling tiedown points on the corners would make it easier to secure the RZR to the truck
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From: Edmonton AB, Canada
got my decals today! thank norfolk they look great!
if you look close there are 3 tie down points down each side but i plan on building short sides and adding more tie down points at the same time.
if you look close there are 3 tie down points down each side but i plan on building short sides and adding more tie down points at the same time.
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First thing is to take a pic o where all the needles sid when idling in park with a warmed up motor. For reference later. You need to remove the cluster and take the front plastic off. Carefully pop the needles off the gauges and peel the cover with the numbers off. On the back side you will see white over the numbers. There's the green under the white. Take a bunch of q-tips and rubbing alcohol and work at it till the green is gone. (hold up to the light frequently to see what green is left and finish removing. The odometer had a green film on the back pf the little display as well. Now is the time to swap all the bulbs to color pf choice. Then put it back together without the front plastic cover and put back in dash. Start truck and get to operating temp then place the needles back on in the same position ad the picture you took before. Aparently there's a way to to the speedometer that easier but I drove to 60km/h as per my gps and stuck the needle on at 60 then varified at different speeds it's right. Then re assemble the rest.
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I used tweezers, slipped them on both sides and pulled up, take pics before removing them so u know where to put them back..... Very crucial, and don't lay the gauges face down or u screw up the speedometer
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Realized I want a bigger truck...
Went to haul the rzr an camping gear on the deck and was 1/4" off the bump stops. So I borrowed the 14' elcolsed trailer from work and it went better but it had a hard time with it on a couple of the hills and I was down to 8mpg on the hwy pulling the trailer with my rzr in it...
So I'm puting it up for sale so I can get a 3/4 or 1 ton. I'd prefer a 95-97 f250/350 Crew cab, long box 4x4 with either the 460 or diesel.
But those are HARD to find up here so I might end up looking for a 2003 and older powerstroke. I don't want the 6.0l
some pics from the weekend.
started out the trip like this...
shortly after leaving home i realized i needed to go get the trailer...
no issues on the way other then the truck being undersized and the 8MPG... lol
getting ready to load it to go home. all muddy. it ran perfectly except the tree that came through the floor board lol
Went to haul the rzr an camping gear on the deck and was 1/4" off the bump stops. So I borrowed the 14' elcolsed trailer from work and it went better but it had a hard time with it on a couple of the hills and I was down to 8mpg on the hwy pulling the trailer with my rzr in it...
So I'm puting it up for sale so I can get a 3/4 or 1 ton. I'd prefer a 95-97 f250/350 Crew cab, long box 4x4 with either the 460 or diesel.
But those are HARD to find up here so I might end up looking for a 2003 and older powerstroke. I don't want the 6.0l
some pics from the weekend.
started out the trip like this...
shortly after leaving home i realized i needed to go get the trailer...
no issues on the way other then the truck being undersized and the 8MPG... lol
getting ready to load it to go home. all muddy. it ran perfectly except the tree that came through the floor board lol