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I was thinking about installing a simple holder for my smartphone and CB radio. I still had a metal holder from my mountain bike, sturdy and good for the phone. Attached with a ball. I ordered a ball with a 4 mm screw hole for the phone and clamp holder. The photos explain it best. I shortened an M4 screw and glued it to the ball with high-strength Loctite. One ball is 15 mm and the other 16 mm (measured instead of 17 mm) from A. So one is chrome-plated and the other black.
 

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I was thinking about installing a simple holder for my smartphone and CB radio. I still had a metal holder from my mountain bike, sturdy and good for the phone. Attached with a ball. I ordered a ball with a 4 mm screw hole for the phone and clamp holder. The photos explain it best. I shortened an M4 screw and glued it to the ball with high-strength Loctite. One ball is 15 mm and the other 16 mm (measured instead of 17 mm) from A. So one is chrome-plated and the other black.
Astoundingly simple.

And simplicity rocks. (y)
 

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Did you ever figure out how to remove the plastic to see what is inside?
I haven't, although I swear I just read some other post recently, where someone did remove it - I think they said it just pulled the plastic housing straight down (towards the dash). But, you may want to do a search on the forum for this before attempting!
 

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I've been working on a DIY pop up box tent. Almost done. Need to work on how to secure top loose (movable) box to bottom fixed (non-moving) box. Also excuse first collapse down with tent material finally screwed in so hopefully I'll get it down to a science soon. And figure a way to protect and cover the exposed bottom tent material. Which is cut from a Cartman 8mil tarp that ended up being pretty thin. May have to swap out after the maiden use.
 

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Last weekend I installed sliding windows on both sides. These come from Explore Glazing in the Netherlands. Great quality, perfect fit and well made. If you follow the detailed instructions, assembly shouldn't be a problem for most people.

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The hardest part was cutting out the original window panes. There definitely have to be two of you and you need patience! ... not only the cutting wire burned out several times! ;)
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I let it dry for 3 days without moving the Granadier. You shouldn't even close the doors.

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ideal for my purposes. Great for the dogs, or for sleeping in the car!
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For the protective grille / Molle panel you have to drill the holes and cut the thread yourself. But shouldn't be a problem.

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Last weekend I installed sliding windows on both sides. These come from Explore Glazing in the Netherlands. Great quality, perfect fit and well made. If you follow the detailed instructions, assembly shouldn't be a problem for most people.

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The hardest part was cutting out the original window panes. There definitely have to be two of you and you need patience! ... not only the cutting wire burned out several times! ;)
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I let it dry for 3 days without moving the Granadier. You shouldn't even close the doors.

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ideal for my purposes. Great for the dogs, or for sleeping in the car!
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For the protective grille / Molle panel you have to drill the holes and cut the thread yourself. But shouldn't be a problem.

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I have been thinking about ordering these, for the very same reason. dogs spend a lot of time back there and want to make sure they get the air they need. How have these held up? If you had it to do over again would you still have done this modification? I would be working with a local glass guy here that is a friend of mine to install, is it necessary to not move the Grenadier for the full 3 days? Sorry tons of questions. LOL thanks S
 

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Looks pretty sharp to me.
DaBull
Just saw this. What screws did you use to replace the shorter original ones? I never found the right thread spacing.
 
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With that chrome on the grill gone, it might work wrapping the white top and bottom of the grill as pic attached. It has been shown before by another forum member...I think it works well (y)
Hey mate, what did you use to dechrome the grill?
 

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A DIY sleeping platform/storage solution ive been slowly working on over the past few weeks. Not finished yet, but coming along nicely, especially for not knowing much about woodworking before attempting this :LOL:

Next step is to build the drawer...
 

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A DIY sleeping platform/storage solution ive been slowly working on over the past few weeks. Not finished yet, but coming along nicely, especially for not knowing much about woodworking before attempting this :LOL:

Next step is to build the drawer...
I like that! How long is the sleeping platform?
 
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Got the car on Tuesday. So far I changed the bracket to make the back seats recline more, changed the bumper on the 70% door to a softer rubber. Change the wheels to all black, did a chrome delete on the grill, painted the break calipers red & painted the tow hooks red. Waiting on black grab bars for the roof, getting the windows tinted tomorrow. Need to install a wolf box back up cam. Waiting on a fox steering stabilizer, electric side step, GPS visor, side view mirrors and a few bags and pouches for storage.

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Hey, how did you remove the chrome from the grill? Are they strips or just wrap?

Thanks
George
 

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I was thinking about installing a simple holder for my smartphone and CB radio. I still had a metal holder from my mountain bike, sturdy and good for the phone. Attached with a ball. I ordered a ball with a 4 mm screw hole for the phone and clamp holder. The photos explain it best. I shortened an M4 screw and glued it to the ball with high-strength Loctite. One ball is 15 mm and the other 16 mm (measured instead of 17 mm) from A. So one is chrome-plated and the other black.
@Barney was the ball available from RAM Mounts? Or where did you source it?

Such a great, and simple, idea!
 

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Hey, how did you remove the chrome from the grill? Are they strips or just wrap?

Thanks
George

They are just strips. If you put your fingers behind the grill you will feel tabs sticking through. Some are probably easier than others. I was thinking of doing this over the weekend when I had my grill removed but I couldn't find the before and after pictures of those that have done it. So I didn't commit to it yet. Looks really good.
 
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They are just strips. If you put your fingers behind the grill you will feel tabs sticking through. Some are probably easier than others. I was thinking of doing this over the weekend when I had my grill removed but I couldn't find the before and after pictures of those that have done it. So I didn't commit to it yet. Looks really good.
Awesome thank you, so just clip them out and wrap/paint them?

Thanks

George
 

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A tidy fixing arrangement! I guess the only upgrade might be to make some sort of quick release function? Guessing held on by wing nuts or similar.
 
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