Photon (The Light Hunter) Build Thread

I'm working on a possible solution.

 

Knobs and Things...(cont.)

The 0.2 nozzles came in, gave the tuner knobs another go. Top row finer details! Bottom row, meh...

 

On-Board Air (cont.)

Switching gears cause more goodies arrived in the mail...Upgrade completed and saved a bit of room on the Molle Panel to boot.

Old...


Upgrade...

 

After using the new on-board air storage set-up a couple of times I realized that I would like to try and eliminate the velcro tie downs. Result, a cleaner and quite robust clip-in method...clip in one end of the extension hose, wrap a turn and a half and clip in on the opposite side. No more fumbling with velcro and this can be easily used even with gloved hands.



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That's really cool. You don't mess around. Thank you for sharing your build and all the great info.

 

There's a bunch more stuff in the works...

 

Dude I can't wait. You do good work.

 

Switching it up over the long weekend with a trial fit of the SS5 Pods behind the grill using the Stealth mounting kit.


Had a little work to do on the right headlight assembly while the bumper facia was off...



The Stealth mounting frame attaches with just two of the main crash-bar bolts so it was a very easy install.




Road test! Just the backlights on, I'll have to take an update photo once I'm in a better location to do so. Even though these are the 'Sport' version they are just too bright to use on-road and the 'Combo' lens pattern is a bit too wide (think flood)...I may get ahold of the 'driving' lens version as those have a more focused beam pattern.

 

Next up, Winch Bumper!

I did a great deal of thinking since the summer of 23 about which Winch Bumper to go with and the final trigger was a helluva Veterans Day sale on a winch bumper with a free winch! Order arrived in three days!


With the help of a good friend it took us the better part of 7 hours to do the full installation as there were a few confusing steps encountered and we took frequent breaks to tend to other projects (we were timing a house painting project and some 3D printing simultaneously over the course of the day.) First off we had to remove the SS5 pods, the Stealth mounting frame and the crash bar.




Et Voila!


All in all I am very pleased with the quality of this bumper' construction and the inclusion of very beefy recovery points that are located down low rather than at the bumpers centerline (provides some upward lift angle when being 'recovered' and downward force when pulling another vehicle out.) I was a wee bit concerned about adding an additional 150 ibs up front but the decision last year to go with the Eibach upgrade springset handled the additional weight just fine.

Dont mind the cheesy winch line tie off using a clevis...waiting on delivery of the winch shackle.

 

That is a sharp looking bumper.

 

Air Hose Hanger revisited...

Yeah, I think I'm overthinking this one too much, maybe I should just go back to velcro straps!