AlabamaDan

Welcome to all the new members!

I put all my floor mats after the big shampooing last week. Shopping for some tires tomorrow.

I fixed a broken headlight. I also shopped around for an HID conversion kit.

What!

Yeah. I watched a video comparing Halogen, HID, and LED. Those LED bulbs were all over the place, but they did appear to illuminate the road further but they weren't bright. The Halogens were bright and the HIDs were at least as bright.

LED or HID being returned?

How did you polish the plenum? That looks fantastic. You could do a thread on detailing engines. That looks great.

Hey! Can you message me? I have a question for you.

I replaced the gas struts on the rear glass with a set I had in the garage from the JY. I'm sure they worked fine at the JY or I wouldn't have got them. Well, they don't work anymore. Oh well.

I'm just seeing your post on headlights. Can you tell me how your Amazon bulbs and harness are holding up?

Nice setup, looks like we're of the same mindset. What kind of range to you get this your radio?

Welcome KAZIsFINDER

Good luck. Over my pay grade.

cool project. Does it weigh much?

Well, I did a little measuring around in the cab of my R50 and it appears that I don't have much space available for installation so I'm looking at the Cobra 75WXST and the Midland 75-822. They are much more expensive than other models I was looking at, but provide the features and clean install I'm interested in. Anyone have experience with them? Looks like the only feature I'd lose is PA. But, on the smaller boxes I was looking at I didn't have scan and weather. I was thinking of a 4' fire stick mounted from the rear hatch somehow.

Leaning toward a Uniden 520XL. Looks like it may be small enough to mount in the center armrest or in the little cubby hole in front of the shifters. The 520 has most features except scan and sideband, but I can get a new one with a magnetic antenna for $50 and be in business quickly.

After a lot of deliberation I pulled the trigger and ordered a 42" straight light bar. I decided that the lines of the truck are more straight than curved, from the hood, to the windshield line, to the roof rack bars, and everything. It should be here next week and I can begin my installation.

Today I deep cleaned the carpet in my QX4.

I've owned my QX4 for 18 years or so and it has gone from our best, primary vehicle, to the daily driver, and on down the line to eventually sitting on the edge of the driveway being neglected for several years. It has been a long distance driver from Tennessee to North Carolina to Texas to Miami, Florida and lots of places in between. It's hauled children and all the things that go with them, hunting camp, camping, and off roading, and trash and building supplies. I've eaten in it. I've slept in it. In other words it's been heavily used. Over the years despite trying to keep it clean it collected lots of stains and such in the carpet. Now I'm giving it some TLC and it's time to clean the carpet and get that musty smell out. I may not know how to lift the suspension or do some heavy duty engine repair, but cleaning is right up my ally! Shampooing the carpet is a simple afternoon project with a few cans of carpet cleaner, a brush, some old towels, and lots of elbow grease. I've been doing this same approach for over 30 years and it is tried and true. You will need some foaming carpet cleaner and lots of it. I used three cans of Resolve High Traffic Carpet Foam, about $10. Start by vacuuming all the loose dirt and such from the carpet. It's hard to see in the photo, but overall this carpet is a little dingy and there are lots of little spots from various things. Then spray generous amounts of carpet foam over the area. Next I use a small brush and scrub the carpet aggressively. I use my hand and fingernails for small places the brush can't reach into. They suds and foam will disappear, but you're not done. After you've scrubbed it, use a clean towel and rub all over to get the dirty foam out of the carpet. You'll see it come up on the towel and know you're cleaning things. Finally step back and review the spot you've cleaned. If you see any spots you've missed, hit them again. I'm aggressive on the regular carpet, but the doors and other more delicate areas I only use my hand and rub. If there's a bad spot maybe scratch it. Don't forget under the seats Bad spots should work, but may require lots and lots and lots of repeated attempts. (This was a broken ink pen and it's been there for over 10 years.) This was the only spot I didn't get out, but it is better. I ran out of Resolve. I didn't take a lot of before photos, but if you look closely at the seat belts you can get an idea of how it looked under those seats. I've got to go back and clean the seat belts. I use the same techniques on the floor mats. I go back over it with the vacuum cleaner again after it dries. Everything looks and smells wonderful in the car now. I think I'll get me some good deep dish rubber mats now that it's all clean.

It appears that there is a small trick for installing the rear visors. I think this solved my problem. This was not in my version of instructions.

Nice job man. I like the way it retains the stock bumper. I have a 98 QX and like keeping things sorta low key. Did you weld the bars to the frame or bolt them?

I just found this thread. all I can say is WOW!

I couldn't pull the trigger last night.... can't decide between straight or curved.... I'm thinking straight might be better match for the roof rack....

I see some Pro510XLs very affordable on ePrey right now....

Update: After waiting the 24 hours for the 3M tape to set one of the rear windows won't roll up without pushing out on the visor. I'm not sure if it was an installation problem or a small defect in the visor itself. Seems so simple to install, I don't know what I could've done wrong. I'm talking to the bay seller.