Coastal Offroad Talky Time

First trip with the new bumper. First crash with the new bumper. Man this thing is bullet proof. Zero damage at all!

 

@Xtm3330 Looks like that was a low speed crash, glad you are ok. What springs are you running up front?

 

It was about 10 mph. It wasn't bad at all. Plus it was pretty soft dirt. It was on the track for King of Hammers. I have Toytec 521600 springs on it. Why do you ask?

 

I'm running OME 885s right now, I have been thinking of stepping up to 700lbs springs and I wasn't sure if you were running them I was going to ask your opinion

 

I should step up to a spring that better suits my needs. Mine have already started to sag about 2 weeks after the bumper went on. My truck has quite alot of take. I just have no idea what to go up to. Anybody have any suggestions? My toytec coils are 600lb springs. Maybe I should go up to 700lb too. The bumper without the hoops is supposed to be 104lbs.

 

With the stay at home orders I have had time to attack some projects. Pulled the bumper, chopped up some of the old brackets and made new ones to hold the trim pieces under the headlights. Also painted the sheet metal black around the edges/corners of the bumper. Mounted my winch control box behind my passenger headlight ( i know its a weird spot) I was worried about blocking the radiator and the control box didn't fit on top of the winch (too tight).

 

I'm running Bilstein adjustables set at 0 with the OME 886 springs. Holds up well so far with all the added weight including the bumper.

 

I know I'm probably going to get buried alive for this but anyone think I can fit the badlands apex winch in there?

 

I had to relocate the trans cooler up about 1/2 inch, chop the clutch engage handle about 1/4 inch and remote mount the relay/control box in order to get my winch in, I'm not sure about the Apex dimensions but I would expect some "fitment" to be done.

 

I have a smitty 9500 XRC in mine. Have to move a few things around to get it to work but it fits.

 

Does anyone have their skid plate setup?

 

So far I just have an Allpro front installed

 

Do any of these aftermarket skids clear a diff drop?

 

That I'm not sure about, as I didn't have to do that. Could email the company and I'm sure they could help you with that one.

 

So I pulled the trigger on the badland apex 12000 lb winch. I managed to shoehorn it into the bumper. I just can figure out where to put the controll box! It's so big and bulky it doesn't fit anywhere. Going to try to see what else I can do. If anyone has suggestions please let me know.

 

Can you extended the wiring cables coming out of the winch to the controller box? Then mount it in the engine bay.

 

x2. Looking for input & review(s).

 

Oh that's not the problem. I've got miles of cable. I just find a place to fit it in the engine bay. Its bulky as hell. And an awkward shape.

 

Well that's a bonus that you don't have to extend the cables, good luck for finding a location