geekhouse23's "LIFE'S WAITING TO BEGIN" Overland & Home build and all the Adventures in between!

As a King owner, Id prob go ADS if I did it again. Good people and super helpful if you ever meet them at a trade show, etc.

 

No doubt.

IIRC, when I was looking to buy, it came down to price and availability. I purchased during black Friday.

The vendor had 2 sets with 650's in stock ready to ship. Received in a week. ADS was 6 months out minimum. Couldn't install them until spring regardless but having them in hand and ready to go was nice.

My brother's kings with 700's took 14 months.

 

What about Radflo?

 

This is why I like coastal so much, its cheap and you weld it yourself so you know what it can handle.

 

I figured I'd just drop a million on a demello bumper instead hahaha

 

I honestly dont know much about them so I dont have an opinion.

 

I have absolutely no complaints about my kings, I just saw how helpful ADS was to a friend of a friend that came out of the crowd and they worked with him a few mins at a time when they could all day getting his settings right.

CS like that deserves to be rewarded.

 

I was just a butthurt and wanted to match my rear Kings

 

Yup, here in MA a few people have learned that they rust pretty damn fast. Though I want to say someone had a method of coating them?

 

I did fluid film for the winter. Once the grip is released and there are more consistently warm days, I will powerwash it off. Maybe do another treatment for summer and definitely again for winter.

 

It could have been FF, I want to say maybe clear coating as well?

 

Achievement unlocked:

 

I have the same bumper. Winch, synthetic line, full skids, sliders and all. Right now I have 14” 600 ib coils with the fox 2.5 extended travel coilovers. The ride is amazing and I am actually about to make the move to a 16” 550ib coil for them. I’m only doing this for easier articulation off-road. I do not have much lift and I haven’t measured it but ride quality is much more important along with stability on trail than lift in my opinion. I will add a pic for reference of same bumper and ride height with the coils.

 

Looks super good!.. I only have like 2 pictures to go off of for the 12-15 stealth 3 hoop bumper.. I am just ready to get a reputable bumper on and not backyard metal

 

I appreciate it. I’ve been really happy with it and the way it’s structured on the interior side is great along with weight saving. For what you’re getting it really doesn’t weight as much as you’d expect or as much as others. Awesome piece of craftsmanship.

 

That's one reason I went with them.. it didn't weigh close to 200 so figured was a good mix from my 60 lb bumper

 

The wheels I originally wanted are finally available for purchase. I knew it was going to happen.

I still think what I purchased is way cleaner; and JDM:



What I originally wanted:

 

You def chose the better of the two

 

Thanks man.

I find it funny how I called out summit on Instagram the other day for having to wait until end of September/beginning October for theirs and the following day they announce their sale.

Like I have said here, they had a bunch of port issues because they could get a driver but I didn't realize they couldn't get a U-Haul and go pick them up themselves. Although, with everyone leaving their state of residence, U-Hauls might be scarce too.

Really hoping the ones I purchased show up at the vendor next week as planned and they're able to ship them out shortly after that.

Ready for new wheels and tires that are paid for just not in hand.. absolutely frustrating.

 

Same but different