They forgot to include the Delrin cones with mine, called them and they shipped them out with many apologies and invited me to tour their shop when I'm in the area. Great people to work with and believe me, after 50 years in the automotive mfg business I know stuff happens. When I get home nest Sunday I will install and I have the accessory bracket with the Rotopax brackets and Pax for water ready as well.Added the @hammerbuilt tailgate re-enforcement. I was really surprised at how much it stiffened up the tailgate, a VERY noticeable improvement. I was skeptical if it would really make a difference but it most certainly did.
Pretty straight forward install. Couple of observations:
1. I broke torque on all four tailgate mounting bolts prior to doing anything.
2. Used cardboard from the shipping box to shim up the tailgate.
3. Install the supplied hardware for the top two mounting bolts onto the plate then you just need to lift the re-enforcement plate up and thread in the top bolts, this way there's no messing around with trying to keep the spacers from falling out as they're already on the bolts. That was actually my wife's idea and quite brilliant I might add.
4. Thread in the top two bolts just enough so that you KNOW they are engaged into the plate inside the tailgate.
5. Remove the lower two tailgate bolts and install the supplied spacers and bolts.
6. Snug down the tailgate bolts a tad.
7. Instal the spare tire carrier and snug everything up evenly.
8. One beer job at the most, took us less than 30min.
One thing that threw me off a bit was once everything was bolted up I opened the tailgate and it seemed off a bit, it didn't operate smoothly at all.
It was do to not having the spare mounted, once I put it back on, everything was perfectly smooth again. The tailgate is aligned with weight on it, so don't be alarmed if things don't feel right before putting the spare back on.
I bought the accessory mounting bracket too but didn't instal it as I have nothing to mount to it. I got everything all at once so I have it in standby if or when needed.
And BTW, after a test drive it has eliminated our "water bottle" squeak, completely silent! I've been messing around with adding weatherstripping and silicone grease all for nothing.
Thank you!
That's probably the cleanest light bar setup I have see on a capable bumper yet. Who makes the hoop?Installed a Raptor-style grille.
Thanks - I really like it. It's made by Nacho Offroad:
They are some Baja Designs knock-offs from Amazon. For what, and how seldom I use them, I couldn't justify the expense of the real ones.
So does she have dual fuel tanks? She’s a beaut!Took the old girl out of hibernation
