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I did a little more work to the truck today. Routed and plumbed an Air chuck into the rear passenger side corner of the bed. I ordered a better air fitting with a plastic cover for inside the bed, but the standard issue NAPA air fitting will do for now. All HD nylon braided hoses and crimped...

Yeah, I think you are correct. I have a lot of respect for anyone who starts their own business, franchise or cold start, either way, they are still taking the risk. I spend a lot of time around vendors and manufactures of off-road products, I see the margins / points and I also see the...

Yeah, at first they told me the color match was $275 extra, per item, but that if I did it all at once there would only be a flat $275. fee. However, when they gave me the quote they wanted to charge me right at $1000. just for color match fees. Anyways, if the cost was $1200 I would not even...

I will try Castle Rock, The shop I use is in Kiowa, so no big deal going to Castle Rock. I wonder, would the city of boulder allow me to drive my truck through their town or would I be in risk of some type of red blooded american, meat eating, flag waving violation? Wait, wasn't Mork and Mindy...

Yup, thats a good idea, I will do some checking and find the largest LineX dealer with the best reviews and see if I can get a better price. I totally don't mind driving a ways to get good service, heck, I don't even mind a little extra cost, but I can't stand crappy service, salesman speak...

Nope, it was for the premium, they said they would not do the Ultra on bumpers or rocker panels and they also told me the ultra would be more expensive yet (something about it having to come color matched from LineX and they could mix up the premium to color match in house. I don't know, it all...

Well, I stopped by my local LineX location and got a quote... Front bumper, all 4 flares and the rocker panels up to the body line, color matched within reason to the wheels (desert sand) ... $2000. and $2500 if they also did the inside bed of the truck. $1000. of it was color match charge... I...

Actually, your right, it does not look bad at all, as a matter of fact, it looks really good. I will have to head down to the local LineX shop and see if I can look at an example in person. If its nice, well, I would not be apposed to having the bumpers, fender flares, lower body line down and...

All very good points, I think I will just leave the bumper alone for the time being (AEV blk powder coating) and I will extend the "low bar" to make it a "high bar". It will work great and still look good.

I do like the Backstop "outback" bumper. I got the AEV bumper for such a good price that I could not pass it up though. I do really like the basic contour of the AEV bumper, I also like that it sits very tight to the truck body and really does not waste space. Crazy thing, my brother put a...

Bumper is sitting on the deck in pieces, I am hopeful I can install it tomorrow and start to modify it. I am thinking I will either raise the center bar 3 inches (high bar) to make room for my JW Speaker lights, or, I will build a whole brush guard that will protect the grill and headlights...

For anyone wanting to do the same and use the factory Aux. switches to control air lockers and the ARB compressor, it was actually very simple. The primary harness for the Compressor has a power and two ground wires. The large power and ground are for the compressor and the small blk wire...

The compressor is mounted high inside the inner fender well on the passengers side, in front of the rear tire and bolted to a main bed support that runs from right to left. I still need to build a shield to protect it from debris as well as install the inner fender liners for all the wheel...

Today was ARB compressor / front locker day. I am by no means proficient with electrical stuff, so I took a very long time today to make sure It was as close to correct as I could be. I got out all my electrical supplies and made a run to the local hardware store for insulated stainless steel...

I am about to order the WARN 16.5 winch for the front AEV bumper. But, I thought I would get some input... I have the ability to get two WARN 18K Indus. 24 volt winches. But, Im not sure what the benefit would be or how to wire such a system. Probably have to build a dedicated 24 volt battery...

Alignment fixed. I dropped the tire pressure down again in the never ending search for the best contact patch / handling / ride quality. 26.5 rear - 31.5 front (cold).... These tires seem to be very sensitive to tire pressure and ride quality. Im assuming because they have such a high load...

Headed to Les Schwab this morning to get the alignment fixed and tires re-ballenced ( steering wheel is a little off and I have a tire that started shaking yesterday on the trip home ). I had Schwab mount and balance the tires last week and do the allignemnet ( they have a warranty )

OMGosh, lolol.... I really need to turn off my auto spell... Sorry I actually read through my post and then realized several words are jacked up... Sorry...

It actually steers great on the road, no issues at all. I have not used it offload though. I do have a full PSC ram assist steering system that we are going to try to install this coming week. I will say though, the factory pitman arm nut has come loose 3 times now (scary). I am now in the...

Update on the road trip, I seam to have found the right tire PSI and speed. Dropped the tires down yesterday and I am running at 64 mph on the highway. Tire temp is running cool with an even contact patch. runs very smooth down the road with no wander or drift (doesn't feel floaty). Just...