Frydaddy
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Ive seen a few people put these Ram Ball mounts in the faux allen bolt on the oh-sh*t handle.
I liked how discrete it was and wanted to make it so it could be easily reversible to stock.
The obligatory finished product first. It will hold an old smartphone running Torque (OBDII) and offline Google Maps for trails.
Here is the layout for mounting, I used a narrow screw so it would not ruin the plastic if i wanted to put the fake bolt back in.
You can see here that it is not so easy because the fake bolt doesn't even line up with the actual mounting bolt.
There is a small slit in the plastic here. use a dremel tool to cut out a small tab of plastic, then use your selected screw to make a hole.
If I had the motivation, I would use the included large allen bolts. This would require cutting a larger hole just below where the screw comes through, and epoxy a large nut in place for the bolt to grab on to.
BONUS PROJECTS!!
As you can tell, I am extremely hesitant to put new holes in my new (-ish) jeep, but I knew I needed power in the rear. The auto outlets are wierdly spaced to fit around the roll bar and tub. I used some Horror Freight 6 gauge jumper cables to route power back to the 700W inverter. I might add Anderson plugs for the Jump Box and jumper cables.
I had this Horror Freight battery box with an air compressor. The whole thing was bulky and looked crappy, but it works fine for my needs so far. So i decided to build it all into an ammo can, I used rubber tube to strap the battery in place, and there's even enough room to store my tire plugs and misc.
What do you guys think? Are there any other places to add a Ram Ball mount. These things are cool, i like how versatile they are.
Where are you guys mounting your Ham (or CB) microphone mounts?
I liked how discrete it was and wanted to make it so it could be easily reversible to stock.
The obligatory finished product first. It will hold an old smartphone running Torque (OBDII) and offline Google Maps for trails.
Here is the layout for mounting, I used a narrow screw so it would not ruin the plastic if i wanted to put the fake bolt back in.
You can see here that it is not so easy because the fake bolt doesn't even line up with the actual mounting bolt.
There is a small slit in the plastic here. use a dremel tool to cut out a small tab of plastic, then use your selected screw to make a hole.
If I had the motivation, I would use the included large allen bolts. This would require cutting a larger hole just below where the screw comes through, and epoxy a large nut in place for the bolt to grab on to.
BONUS PROJECTS!!
As you can tell, I am extremely hesitant to put new holes in my new (-ish) jeep, but I knew I needed power in the rear. The auto outlets are wierdly spaced to fit around the roll bar and tub. I used some Horror Freight 6 gauge jumper cables to route power back to the 700W inverter. I might add Anderson plugs for the Jump Box and jumper cables.
I had this Horror Freight battery box with an air compressor. The whole thing was bulky and looked crappy, but it works fine for my needs so far. So i decided to build it all into an ammo can, I used rubber tube to strap the battery in place, and there's even enough room to store my tire plugs and misc.
What do you guys think? Are there any other places to add a Ram Ball mount. These things are cool, i like how versatile they are.
Where are you guys mounting your Ham (or CB) microphone mounts?
