We went to Bronco Stampede in Pigeon Forge, Tn. We had an amazing time looking at other people’s builds, and getting ideas for ours. We also got some amazing deals while we there. We got both front and rear tube doors from Havoc Offroad for $200. We also got the EZ 4x4 Flip Top System, and an interior storage back from Havoc Offroad. I was really wanting to get a winch and winch mount while I was there, but I did not see what I was looking for. Upon returning home I ordered the winch and...
Below is the parts that is going to be covered in this post
This is a post to cover miscleanous interior install. My reasoning for each piece.
Door Handle storage
I am constantly trying to put my phone in the door handle slot, and of course my phone falls through because...
I love my Bronco but the all white and black needed some color. I purchased the TUF Skins grill letters to give a little color to my build. I absolutely love the way this turned out. It added some much needed color to the Bronco. The install was easy. I first dry fitted each letter to make sure it fit. Then simply pully the back of the tape and stick on. I did have to pull back loose immediately a time or two to realign the letter. This definately...
Here is the list of parts I used during this setup.
The Radioditty QB25 I have had, and was moved from another vehicle. All of the other parts are new. I chose a radio like this because I can use it for both GMRS and HAM. Because I chose the wrong antenna cable I had to module the antenna mount. If you pick the...
These things are complete junk. I went out to the Bronco and slid the bottom piece in place. I started trying to clip on the top piece and I could not get it to clip together. I tried for a good bit at this point. I eventually removed from the car. I then tried to get this put together without installing. I know I would have to take back apart to install, but I thought if I could see how they went together. No matter what I tried I could not get them together. The clips...
So I purchased this beauty on 6/30/2025. I have plenty of plans for customizations and adventures. Below you will find my currently in process purchases/installs. I will updating this post with the date something was installed, and a link to the install or review of the process. This is no where near a complete list of what I want to do with the Bronco, only the starting point. I cannot wait to see where this journey will take me. Stick with me as I build my Bronco, and follow my adventures.
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LUKS is a great way to keep your data safe when it is at rest. I was seeking a way to keep my data safe and make it convienent to do so. If you have a yubikey 5 series or later this can be done with fido2. This tutorial will show the process I used to set this up. In my case the drive I am useing for this is nvme0n1p. You will need to substitue that as needed.
Backups
I recommend doing some backups. Before you get started. You will need these if you need...
Debian is one of my favorite distributions. The installer leaves a little to be desired with setting up BTRFS and LUKS. This tutorial is designed to walk you through the steps of setting up LUKS and BTRFS with subvolumes.
Prepartioning
For this part you will need Debian installation medium. The process is pretty simple but you will use the expert Install instread of the normal install.
- Boot with your install media
- At prompt choose Advanced options
- Choose Expert install
This will launch the text based Debian installer.
- Go through and choose your language
- Configure keyboard
- Load...
I have been installing lots of virtual machines lately. Until now that has been a problematic. I want to steamline the process of creating new virtual machines. To solve much of the initial setup I am going to start using virtual machine templates with cloud-init. This will allow virtual machines to be spun up much quicker with updates automatically ran. This blog is going to server as an outline and tutorial of this process.
I use Fedora primarily for my servers so this tutorial will be based on Fedora 37 but should be easily adapted to...
This was my first actual keyboard build. I absolutely love this keyboard. I use it everyday and actually care it back and forth between home and work. I had an old action camera case that is hard shell. This allows me to protect the keyboard while in transit.
More detailed info about the build can be found in my github repos. The first repo outlines the build and firmware for the keyboard. The second repo is a custom version of the ZMK firmware. It has a few fixes specifically for this keyboard. I hope soon to...