My billet rubi build

utiadam

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I've had my '13 rubi almost a year and a half. I'm always doing something to it so I figured it's time for a build thread 😁

April 16, 2013 - about to drive off the lot
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I love these seats
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A week later I installed the Poison Spyder hood louvers as my first mod.
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Next I painted the calipers to gain me 10hp! 😜
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Installed HID headlights
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Ahh, the sweet feeling of cutting straight, virgin sheet metal! That is commitment to your hobby, glad to see the build thread is underway :thumb:
 
Nice, looking good. There's not many people that are brave enough to cut into a new hood. Came out great tho
 
Then the stereo installation started.

I began by removing all the doors.
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Removed the door panels
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Then the window regulator assembly
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Started applying Dynamat extreme to the inside.
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Then applied Dynamat extreme under the carpeting
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Then Dynaliner on top of the Dynamat extreme
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Leftovers went on under the hood
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Now time to install some speakers
JL Audio ZR series tweeters next to the OEM tweeters
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Mounted ZR tweeters in the rear sound bar as well
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JL Audio C5 mids and crossovers going in front and rear
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Did the big 3 wiring upgrade under the hood
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(The wiring didn't stay all messy like that for long)
JL Audio Cleansweep and Summing module going in
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Ahh, the sweet feeling of cutting straight, virgin sheet metal! That is commitment to your hobby, glad to see the build thread is underway :thumb:

Thanks! I did make a mistake of not covering the windshield from the sparks and got some minor pitting. Nothing visible but you could feel it.

Nice, looking good. There's not many people that are brave enough to cut into a new hood. Came out great tho

Thanks, guys at my work couldn't believe what I was doing
 
All green lights and the cleansweep is calibrated
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Amps going in
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Stinger 10 farad capacitor
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iPad mini 64gb controlling everything
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Spiderweb Shade installed
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Paracord grab handles
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Damn that's some nice audio work, you do that professionally? Noticed your from Maricopa CO. Used to live in Prescott Valley, wife worked at the courthouse on whiskey row :yup;
 
Removed front grille to smoke turn signals and install grille inserts
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Smoked tail lights as well
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I did do the 3rd brake light too but don't have a pic
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I should've plasti-dipped the grille when it was off the first time without inserts but I wasn't thinking
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Damn that's some nice audio work, you do that professionally? Noticed your from Maricopa CO. Used to live in Prescott Valley, wife worked at the courthouse on whiskey row :yup;

No, I'm a Mercedes Benz technician. I'm from Tucson originally but I found a great deal on a house in Maricopa and it's not too far from my work in Chandler. I know where Prescott is but I've never been there.

Looks great! Do you like the dynamat under the carpet?

The dynamat made a huge difference. Before you could feel heat coming in through the carpeting but not anymore. The dynamat in the doors made them sound really nice when they close. It's a solid thud on the front doors when you close them now.
 
No, I'm a Mercedes Benz technician. I'm from Tucson originally but I found a great deal on a house in Maricopa and it's not too far from my work in Chandler. I know where Prescott is but I've never been there.

Check it out if you ever get a chance, lots of history there. Pretty cool town, reminds of the old cowboy days.
 
Next up was a set of Poison Spyder wheel spacers
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Before
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After
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New hood latches
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I found an awesome deal on some never installed Evo Protek skids on Craigslist.
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Of course I would find them the weekend after denting my crossmember
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Needed some switches for the lights that were going on
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I wasn't a fan of the incandescent lights in the switches so I changed them to white LED
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I also wired the bottom lights into ignition power.
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Added Bluetooth module just for fun
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Then came the lights
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Rigid Duallies on the pillars only
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HID only
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50" only
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New hood decals
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They are reflective red and reflective black
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Currie adjustable front lower control arms
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These were next up to arrive. They have been sitting at the house far too long waiting to be installed.
Evo front bolt on coilover kit
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Evo drag link flip kit
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Evo lower control arm skids and c gussets
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Before
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Cooling down the ball joints
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My hardtop insulation project
1" foam insulation board
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Black vinyl to match the leather seats
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Rustoleum bed liner
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Cut to fit recessed areas
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Liquid nails to glue insulation
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Completed
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My trip to Off Road Evolution
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Also got a chance to meet up with a couple other Wayalife members at a GenRight meet.
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Cracked the windshield on the trip so it got replaced. 60% tint on the whole windshield and 20% visor strip on top
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While the light mounts were off I decided to strip them down to bare aluminum. The left is what the mounts look like without any sanding. I wasn't going for chrome or anything but I didn't want them to look that rough.
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The mounts blend in with billet silver almost perfectly
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I decided that my tint wasn't dark enough so I added 5% on top of what the dealer had on the hard top and small windows on the rear doors.
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All the glass was removed from the doors and received 20% tint
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Finished
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Thanks to everyone who recommended the Astro 1442! This is the best tool ever made 😃
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Evo Rock Skins going on
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