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detroitm2's 2021 Rebel Build Thread - Pic Heavy! (Updated: 5/14/24)

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I picked up my 2021 Rebel a couple weeks ago, and have been ordering parts ever since.

Like most vehicles I own, I tend to personalize them to my liking, and how I plan on using them. For my most recent build, a 2018 BMW M2, I built a reliably track car than can also be road driven without too much sacrifices.

For the rebel, my goals are to build an in your face offroad truck, that can also be used to travel, pulling a camper or boat to where ever we want to go.

The rebel started off very well optioned (see sig), and I intend in keeping the air suspension, at least until I have issues with it.

The first thing getting done is a full truck wrap. I'm not a huge fan of the granite color, it's a bit too bland for me. I like eye-popping colors, and like having my vehicles not look like anything else on the road. I'm not going to give away the color just yet, but I'm pretty sure no other rebel has done it.

I solicited quotes from a handful of reputable wrap shops in the area. They ranged in price from $3700 to almost $5000. It's a bit more than I wanna spend, and decided to take it on myself. I've done some wrapping in the past, but nothing this big.

I dropped the truck off In my shop this evening and started disassembly. I wrapped one of the front quarter panels as a test. It turned out pretty well but I did have tiny tear near the headlight. I'm debating on whether to just leave it, as it's barely noticeable.. We'll see.

Anyways! Long winded intro here. But expect to see some more activity once the wrap is complete.
 

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Nice truck! Looking forward to following along. Let's see that wrap reveal!
It's coming along :)

I'm about halfway done, working on it when I have free time (which sadly isn't a lot). Hoping to have some big chunks of time this weekend get close to completion.

It's not perfect, thats for sure. But I've never wrapped anything this large before and definitely learned some hard lessons!

I took pictures along the way as progress and will be posting them up as soon as it's revealed. There's only like 2 people who know what color it's going to be, so it'll be a big surprise!
 

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hmm judging from the Long Beach Blue M2 I am hoping it's gonna be LSB lol
Not LSB. Have too many blue cars at the moment :)

I did almost buy an LSB E46 a couple years ago. But my plans were to make it a 100% track car and it seemed like a waste on such a rare color.
 

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Not LSB. Have too many blue cars at the moment :)

I did almost buy an LSB E46 a couple years ago. But my plans were to make it a 100% track car and it seemed like a waste on such a rare color.
hmm this is fun lol
is it a BMW color???

LSB E46 M is such an icon. I'm still drooling over my friend's Blau but he doesn't drive it much...
maybe a LSB E46M in SMG and do manual conversion and that'd hurt less lolll
 

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hmm this is fun lol
is it a BMW color???

LSB E46 M is such an icon. I'm still drooling over my friend's Blau but he doesn't drive it much...
maybe a LSB E46M in SMG and do manual conversion and that'd hurt less lolll

haha. No, its not a BMW color. I'm pretty sure there is not another "rebel" in this color on the planet.

My M2 doesn't get driven much either. It has around 48K miles on it and I bought it in 2018. Quite a bit of track time though! (Some videos on Youtube, search for my username here)
 

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haha. No, its not a BMW color. I'm pretty sure there is not another "rebel" in this color on the planet.

My M2 doesn't get driven much either. It has around 48K miles on it and I bought it in 2018. Quite a bit of track time though! (Some videos on Youtube, search for my username here)
hmm okay not rebel im guessing it's the ignite orange 😂

i daily my E90 M when the weather is nice. bought it in 21 with 62k on the clock and now i got almost 71k on it with 2.5 years of ownership. no track for me though, that gets expensive way too quick lol
 

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Good news everyone! The wrap is DONE! And @boogielander managed to guess (pretty close anyways) on the color!

I started applying some new decals, but effed up the front hood one. Had to peel it off and order a new one. Should be here next week. The inspiration for this color is the 2022 RAM TRX Ignition Edition. Loved that color combo, but couldn't get the cost of a TRX past the boss. :)

Wrap Brand: 3M 2080
Wrap Colors: Burnt Orange, Matte Black

The handles are not wrapped. I decided to get some matte black covers for them rather than trying to wrap (its a pain in the rear). Unfortunately I could only find gloss black, so they're in my garage waiting to be painted.

MISTAKES WERE MADE! The wrap job is not perfect. But I've never done a job this large before, so that was bound to happen. Overall though, I think it turned out great.

Other parts I installed during this stage, was the Evil Offroad 3rd brake light with 3x Baja Designs S2 Sport lights. This is wired into a Lasfit 8-spot controller. I have not ran the wires into the cab yet, but thats coming probably next week. I am missing a piece for the AMP Powersteps I ordered, so once that gets here I'll be able to install those, and run all the wires through the firewall into the cab.

Without further ado, The pictures! (I'll post up more at a later date. These are just progress photos along the way!)

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Update: installed the AMP Powersteps tonight. Was a total pain in the rear. Had to bolt and rebolt things several times to make room, and instructions left a lot of small (but important) details out.

I did not get the puddle lights wired up, just ran out of time. But that shouldnt take more than 30 minutes or so on another day. I also need to run the wire for my lasfit controller into the cab, I couldn't fit it through the hole I made for the powersteps, so I'll have to repunch it somehow. To be continued!
 

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at least you didn't have issues with the AMP wiring. I was helping a friend remove his from his JT so he can go legit sliders, and the previous owner who put it in frigging cut and spliced the factory wiring.
Took me 3 hours to remove and reconnect all the factory wiring.

for the control panel wire, just cut the grommet on the driver side and go from there into the cab. Be sure to run a few extra 14gauge wires in case you have future needs.
 

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