SSO Slimline Hybrid Stage 2 High Clearance kit

I just sold my Slimline off my 2017 last night since I'm selling the truck, but the new clearance kit looks KILLER. I had a chance to see it at Overland West this years and was very impressed.

 

Awesome thanks for the heads up to what happened. That's all I was looking for. Now not having my parts makes some sense. As I said before I'm still really excited to get this thing because its BAD FAWKING ASS. I know now it's just a longer wait and that it's not a forgotten order form and that the money didn't just evaporate from my bank.
It says allot the @hellppy and the ghost of @JerryTaco run this bumper. They have the cleanest, icon secondary bypass, top notch parts, nothing half assed trucks around.

As far as the social justice warriors here mind your business. It's not like my first attempt to communicate was here. Other avenues were getting me nowhere.

@SouthernStyleOffRoad thanks again for the heads up. I'm really really really really looking forward to getting this thing on my truck! The high clearance part is gonna make my 35s look even bigger! And I shouldnt have more rubbing at the front of the fender well on the trail. I'll do best to not be a smart ass but no promises. I'm an asshole, its who I am.

 

Finished installing bumper and stage 2. It took about 20 hrs to mount everything and wire up winch and light bar. I also installed a winch power interrupt solenoid. Most of my time spent reading and re-reading cutting directions. I feel confident that if I had to do it again I could do it in half the time.
Now I just need to wait for my new Black Rhino wheels to come in.

 

Man does that ever look good!

 

SSO really makes a nice product. Was worth the wait.

 

I need this.

 

Looks good but looks like the passenger side is an inch short from lining up with the fender. Is it too short or does it just need some adjusting?

 

I didn’t even notice til you just pointed it out. I will obviously be messing with it first chance I get. Thanks for heads up. I can’t believe I didn’t notice this.

 

We assure you that each side is an identical mirrored copy of the other. This misalignment is due to slight frame and body differences from truck to truck. Some may be dead even, some may be biased to driver or passenger side. The only way to try and correct it would be to loosen all the body mount bolts and try to rotate the body. I've attached pictures of test fit pieces and the main wing backbone to show they are equal.

 

Sweet, thanks for the tip. Mine is showing up today and will be installed tomorrow!

 

I noticed this too. Didn't want to say anything, since it seemed like you were happy with it. Report back if you can get it adjusted properly. I have a stage 2 coming and I'm getting a bit nervous with all of the fitment issues I've seen.

Good luck!

 

FYI, it also looks like your grille surround isn't properly seated. Might want to take a stab at getting that situated away as well.

 

It was the grille itself. 3 of the tabs were not seated in the slots. I finished the first night right at dusk and obviously a couple of things were missed. The following day I spent wiring winch and light bar and switches. I jumped the gun on posting pics. The good news is that these are minor fixable issues that have been addressed and I didn’t fuck up any cuts.

 

The difference in passenger and driver is 3/8”. When it isn’t raining I believe I can loosen mounts and even out the difference. I believe you will be happy with their product. Obviously another set of eyes would have helped. My yellow lab helper is fired

 

Out of frame to the left...

 

Too funny !

 

Mine just showed up! looks really good so far. Gonna install tomorrow AM when its not 115 degrees out.

 

Can’t wait for some pics!

 

Got the stage 2 installed this AM. It took about 2 and a half hours and most of the time was me being stubborn trying to lift the entire bolted together bumper on to the truck by myself. I just couldn't rotate it correctly so I just ended up disassembling it and bolting the wings on after the slimline was mounted. Other than that SSO did an amazing job on this one! Fitment was perfect (I needed 0 shims) and the powdercoat matches perfectly. That's really just outstanding considering my slimline has been on the truck for almost three years!!!!!! Aside from looking amazing my there is no more rub on the fender liner while reversing turning and flexing the suspension. Sorry about the pics. It's dark AF in my garage and bright AF outside today.


I used the oscilator to make the cuts. Worked out way better than the dremmel for me. I dont have the fine motor coordination to keep the little dremmel blade still.

 

@Lord Humongous Thank you for the pictures and the follow up review of us. Honestly, I am happy you corresponded with me on the emails about the powder so quickly it truly helped get them out the door to you in expected time. They came out excellent and really pop on that color.

To followup with the rest of the forum, we actually changed the JIG for the Tacoma Stage 2's about a week (or so) ago due to concerns/questions/out reach via this forum and other customers. So the new sets moving forward from here should have a little bit tighter of a fit, however, we will still be providing the extra hardware just in case. We appreciate all the concerns/advice/questions from all of you guys, as it helps our business grow in the right direction when moving forward.

-Lee