Pelfreybilt Off-Road

Hahaha I couldnt find it anywhere except on some Jeep Forum lol.

 

Question on the sliders here. Bolt-on ones bolt directly to the frame? Does the frame require any modification?

 

Yes it bolts directly to the frame and ZERO drilling required! No mods required!

 

Can't wait for my skids to come tomorrow

 

The instructions are a bit unclear when referring to the sway bar. Will this be reinstalled on the gusseted backing plates? Or must it be left off completely?

 

Pretty sure you reinstall it after you install the backing plates. IIRC there are long bolt holes for the sway bar brackets on the gusseting plates.

 

Thanks, that's what I thought. Not that it would deter me at all from continuing the install. this thing to too bad ass to resell.

 

Or, just get rid of your sway bar and enjoy

 

And adding to the collection, of course has to be the biggest sticker and on top of the rest thanks again Satin for the skids!

 

No modification needed to install. There is a small spacer for the drivers side to move the brake / fuel line away from the frame just a little. The hardest part was 1: I did it by myself 2: Running your hand up into the boxed portion of the frame to get the bolts started. Other than that I had them installed in about a hour. The passenger side is much easier since you don't have to deal with any lines to get in the way.

The backing plate is there for reinforcement only. Just loosen the sway bar on the bottom and drop it just enough to slide the reinforcement bracket in place. Replace the sway bar using the same nuts and tighten them down. Then use the supplied bolts to go through the bumper into the reinforcement plate and you're done.

 

Front bumper install complete. Went well, and looks amazing (sry, no pix yet). Only one hiccup with clearancing for the rigid fogs. According to the instructions, if needed, you can cut and bend-up the metal channel that runs under the headlight housing to create the necessary space. However, on my 2013 trd, the bracket for the clip that holds that little trim piece under the headlight housing is directly above where the fog lights sit. I was unable to cut or bend the metal without screwing up the bracket geometry. Has anyone else had this issue and what did you do? Because of this, I could not get the bumper-to-fender gap as close as I would like; ended up at about 3/4". I do not think I'll be able to get the lights aimed since the metal channel is resting right on the housings. lateral alignment ended up, maybe 1/2", proud on the passenger side.

 

Did you remove the black plastic clip / bumper on the outside of each fender? That was the problem I ran into. On the 12+ you do not need to cut the channel as the D2's will clear without cutting. Once I removed the bumpers on the outside of each fender it lined up perfectly with space for the Rigid cubes.

 

First off, that white PC looks freakin' awesome.

Yep, got those things off. And now that I think about it, we got the mounting studs pretty much bottomed out in the slots on the bumper. Might be able to weasel out another 1/8" but fogs are def in the way.

Did you reuse the stock wiring for the fogs? How did you deal with the plug difference? I'm leaning towards clipping off the stock plug and pig-tailing the plug from the rigid harness.

 

I just bent the fog light brackets down about 1/4 inch because I found that my D2s were contacting that piece under the headlight

 

My rigid cubes were touching just a small bit and I didn't know it. Within a few months it had rubbed a sore across the top of the fins a eighth of a inch deep. Just something to watch out for

 

I thought about doing that too, but wouldn't you still run into the same prob when trying to realign the cubes in the bumper cutouts?

 

I'm pretty sure I have already scraped off a lot of the PC on the tops from trying to work them back-n-forth.

 

They actually seem to line up fine, but I was able to get about 1/8 inch or so of clearance, so they aren't pressed up against the metal

I think alternatively you could position the bracket for the light under the bracket that's attached to the bumper, if it will clear.

 

hmm, I have to try messin with the bracket some more. I really don't want to have to undo all the bumper bolts, but may have to anyway.

The funny thing, is now it's super easy to get the grill off for some more room to work. When putting everything back together, I completely forgot that all the clips that secure the lower portion all got thrown out with the stock bumper.

 

I'll just add to the itch that I know somebody on here has. If you're on the fence about a bumper, go for it!