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There is a current measuring shunt on the negative side of the battery so the computer can read current draw for various functions. If you connect direct to the battery it may confuse the computer readings. I would make any super high current ground connections to the current shunt bolt opposite...

I looked over all the posts in this thread with the Taser programming to turn off the license plate lights when backing up looking the best to me. I don't have a Taser and I didn't see this feature in my OBD JScan app, so I just covered the entire licensee plate light lenses with black tape for...

I'm a hard core antenna guy and have driven around with some pretty embarrassing things sticking out of my vehicles. At least embarrassing for my wifee. I'm not a big mag mount user but if I was I might make up a steel or magnetic stainless steel plate that covers most of the rear roof area...

The Laird BB4502N is a 1/2 wave no ground plane antenna about 12" tall and about 0dBd gain or a little over 2dBi gain. It would mount in places like on the plastic cowl with no metal under it and it will tune up just fine, but without the sheet metal ground plane its range will be slightly less...

I ended up with the Oracle 4,000Lm LED replacement bulbs with separate driver box and they are really nice and bright. I checked the headlight alignment before swapping and the upper cutoff was very sharp and after minor alignment the new LEDs have the same sharp cutoff but massively brighter...

20+ mile range on GMRS with 30 to 50 watts is an everyday thing driving up and down So Cal freeways. Terrain ranges from flat to some rolling hills. The key to good range is a gain type antenna mounted high on the vehicle and I always ran a roof mount colinear type antenna, you will not get that...

I don't have the specific answer for the Alpine amp but its generally a bad idea to parallel multiple amplifier outputs to the same speaker voice coil. Some amps will blow up and others may not. This would be a question for the amplifier mfr. You also don't want to leave any amplifier speaker...

As a follow up to my last post, I'm not a big fan of the short fat stubby plastic antennas shown in many posts here as they are less efficient than a simple 6" long 1/4 wave whip in most cases. The absolute worst is the short stubby plastic VHF or VHF/UHF dual band versions where VHF performance...

The under hood lip mount as pictured above puts the antenna about 7" below the hood and distorts the pattern quite a bit. A much better solution is a trunk lip mount on top of the hood either side of the hood hinge. This puts the antenna on top of the hood and in the clear giving a better omni...

Could weather be having an effect on your trans temps? Outside temps have probably been dropping over the course of you flushing things out and taking new readings as we go into winter.

And thank you for getting that license.

I've had a GMRS license since the early 80s and so does everyone I run with off road or where ever we use GMRS radios. I also have a fleet of GMRS repeaters on mountain tops that was not cheap. If you were to join us and had a GMRS radio and no license we would request you not transmit on the...

GMRS requires a license if you want to transmit anywhere. FRS is license free.

The TYT 9800 is not FCC type accepted for GMRS, its an amateur radio only.

Jay Leno.

One version of this thing is called the Apocalypse Helfire 6X6 and it comes with either a 6.2L supercharged Hemi or GM 500hp LS3 or a 3L twin turbo engine. A Jeep dealer in Florida makes them. They start around $150k.

I had a Hi-Lift left over from previous vehicles and also couldn't find any reasonable place to jack up my Gladiator so I got one of these and also carry a small jack stand. https://hi-lift.com/accessories/lift-mate/

LEDs as in lights? On the actual antenna??? If so that's not a good idea if you want good reception or if your transmitting.

An antenna wants the shield of the coax to be connected to the ground plane right at the feedpoint of the antenna, which would be the sheet metal where the antenna sticks out of the hole. Running a ground wire from the shield of the coax to another ground point or the battery does nothing for...

Rototampax implies it absorbs and doesn't leak. Maybe Rotodrip or Rotopiss would be more appropriate for some. I had a bad experience buying a Rotopax water container off eBay and it leaked. I contacted Rotopax and they said 10yr warranty, where do we send the replacement? I cost about $9 out of...