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Nice man! I just picked up a RotoPax 4 gallon can and will get the bed rail mounts for it. I'm saving up for sliders now and then the hi-lift will be next. My grill was sent back to the dude who made it. Hopefully it will be right when it comes back.

Justin

 

Nice Lights Travis! ..they look pretty bright white!
What type of Hi-Lift did you opt for? & from which 4x4 store in town??

 

I just got the regular Hi lift, not the extreme. I got it in black at Jax home and ranch. it was only $62! I opted to get the off road base too for use in mud and snow. I thought it might help with stability on the pavement, but I feel like it might just break on the pavement. Not sure if that is sound reasoning.

The lights were $200 from John's 4x4 in LaPorte (WAY north Ft. Collins on College). I have never bought anything there before, but i like to support local business, especially when the price is the same as online sites. The dude was not really outgoing with info at first, but as soon as we started talking a bit, he opened up and was very helpful. I will try to keep going in there and hopefully make some friends to maybe get some future discounts. There is also a pretty sweet 1st gen that parks behind there.

 

I love those Rotopax cans! I have some containers that are not nearly as useful or securable, but they are cheap and 5-gallon. The hi lift was really cheap at Jax Farm and Ranch, I would recommend going there to get one when you do (THanks Joey for the good advice!). They have a bunch of other accessories for the hi lift too!

 

look at bud built skids...

his skids work with the factory exhaust location (spacer used, but can be removed later....smooth transition though) $725 for front to tcase

http://www.budbuilt.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=27&Itemid=170


i'd still side with ATO, and it looks like a killer deal they have going right now, but it's another option

 

I had looked at those, but I like the extra clearance after the re route. Plus $596 for the three is awesome. I think I'm just gonna do it and get the re route when I can. No need to drive around with 150 lbs extra until closer to summer when I go wheel more.

 

Ordered the front, transmission and t case skids from ATO today. Should be here in a couple weeks.

 

Nice! Get a diff skid and you'll be Moab and lander ready

 

Thats the one I started with then the LCA skids. Finish my sliders and get something for the tank and my belly will be protected. Then start trimming ass.

 

Good plan!

 

How do you intend on "trimming ass" Travis? A high clearance rear bumper? I will, at some point, do the exhaust reroute as well for clearance and do the front, transmission, and transfer case skids too. Let me know who does the reroute for you.

Got my RotoPax mounts today. I'm going to mount up my can tomorrow. Looks like it should be a pretty easy install. I only hope I don't have to pull the rail off first since I'm mounting it right behind the cab.

 

Yeah thinking high clearance with a swing out that holds a spare. Not that I want my truck to be any longer, but I don't want the spare in the bed or under the tail. The wife isn't sold on cutting bedsides, but after awhile, she will just say "shut up and do it!" Then I will order my HC setup from cbi.

Oh and I don't know what the mounts are using, but if it's using the bed rails it depends on how your topper is attached. Rail mounted stuff will be a pain for me to change out in a hurry with my topper.

 

Awesome choice! I love that CBI bumper. I don't know if that would work for me though since I sleep in the back while hunting, unless I just leave it swung open all night. I might have to think of a topper rack/tire mount solution. I'm still working on getting the boss to approve the sliders. I don't want to push my luck

 

My luck has already been pushed

 

Looks like the skids are going to take a while longer than expected. Thats okay, I still need to get the reroute done. Did some snow bashing last weekend, but the pics never do the trip justice and I only got video of the two guys I went with. I was impressed with how the truck did in the deep snow considering I have open diffs front and rear and am still rocking my BFG AT KO. I did tear a pretty good chunk out of one of them. Can't wait to get some 'tracs. They are so expensive that I am thinking I might just fork out a few more dollars and get MTR w/Kevlar.

 

Travis,
Discount Tire on Fossil Creek in Fort Collins carries DuraTracs and will price match anybody. The trick is to find the cheapest set of DuraTracs you can find on the internet +shipping and they will let you purchase them for the same price. If you want another 10% off, you need to find someone in the military (me) to purchase them for you.

 

Wow, great info! I may take you up on the military discount (only because I feel teachers should also get that discount too!), especially since I will be buying 5. But doing that favor will definitely get you a case of a beer of your choosing or a bottle if thats your thing, or you can call in a favor from me. At any rate, thanks for the heads up!

 

You have a very nice truck. Please keep posting the mods as its giving me some ideas.

 

Thanks man! I will be posting pics of my exhaust reroute and skids soon. I found out the skids will ship on feb 1st!