Although not a big deal, it's been driving me nuts as I'm an attention to detail guy, and having the subwoofer remote volume knob and rear-view camera not mounted/fixed anywhere was unacceptable. Mounting the rear view camera to the windshield is a non-starter as summer temps can peak over 115 and windshield shades aren't optional. The position actually works well; I check the mirrors before shifting into reverse and the screen shows WAY more than I'm seeing with my 3 mirrors...
Having the separate subwoofer volume knob in a handy location makes it easy to go from window rattling on the highway to considerate neighbor quickly!
Speaking of mirrors, the black ones I got from eBay are going south already (shocking! NOT...). They will NOT stay in position after the first bump no matter how much I tighten the tension screws and the bolts are already rusting...in the desert...
The stock chrome mirrors would look SO out of place with everything blacked out...so I'm going to likewise Raptor-line them and trash the eBay garbage.
Pretty sure I mentioned I had problems with the overhead 4WD console. After getting it apart it's amazing how incredibly fragile the mechanism is, using what looks like a clipped-off leg from a paper clip to provide spring tension. The switches require a delicate touch, which is counterintuitive to the off-road environment, and I had the 4WD button mash in and get stuck behind the faceplate, which prompted me to repair/rebuild it. Because one of the switches' pivot pin broke (which I found AFTER I glued/repaired and put everything back together of course!) it's stronger/more stable to push the button biased towards the right side of the switch, near the LED indicator, so to remind myself of that I just took an orange paint pen and put a dot next to LED, telling me, push here!
I had also previously tried to replace the sunvisors and bought new ones from LMC. The problem I was having is that the spring mechanism was worn out and they wouldn't stay put and were flopping all over the place, and when I got the replacements from LMC I was shocked/disappointed to see that they only included the actual visor portion which slides over the mounting mechanism, so I ordered some block-off plates from Etsy. This pic is taken from the driver's side and also shows where the Bluetooth microphone is mounted:
...and wouldn't you know it, I was JUST casually flipping through my latest LMC catalog (taking a head break while writing yet another novel of a thread response...
) and saw that they now DO carry the replacement spring/mounting arm, they're cheap enough and my stock visors just need a good cleaning so I might end up ditching these block off plates. I didn't mind not having the sun visors because I have a pretty wide tinted "eyebrow" at the top of my windshield...
It never ends apparently!