I should also note that I wasn't sure that a hard shackle would still fit on the front recovery points with the metal skid plate before cutting... fortunately they do still fit as do soft shackles.
I did it, but cut 4 ~1"x1" slots out of the new front skid plate in order to keep the recovery points usable. There is a little bit of a gap between the plastic bumper cover and the skid plate, but you don't really notice it unless you are looking at the vehicle from a very low vantage point.
Would you be willing to share the link to the trail/track in gaia? Won't be able to make the dates on this one work, but might go try the trails later in the summer. Thanks!
Adding a rear anti-roll bar will allow you to partially decouple the roll and heave modes of the vehicle.
In other words, you can use softer springs (ride rate/heave mode) on that end of the vehicle while still achieving similar limit handling balance (because the Lateral Load Transfer...
Unless air was introduced to the ABS module (think running out of brake fluid while ABS or ESC was active), there shouldn't be a need to do the ABS module bleed. Just do a manual 2 person bleed, and if the brakes feel spongy do a few ABS stops, then re-do the 2 person manual bleed again...