Centex here...love having the top off. I had the OEM Tuffy enclosure ($200 on Facebook) for a while and it is good but lacks ability to easily take it down for storing large items in the back. You can take the kid off, anything else is a lot of work.
I considered diabolical but man...$$$$.
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Hard top bolts...I just hit them with a screw gun.
Storage...have had OEM and now EZ4X4. EZ4X4 is awesome, and allows me to drop it to floor level if I need to stick my bike in the back. Not quite as secure as the OEM but it is great and beats a tarp.
I have the EZ4X4 rear trunk, drawer and tailgate table. It is fantastic.
I'm coming from the OEM enclosure which I loved for security when the top was off but ultimately was too restrictive when I needed flexibility.
The EZ4X4 system is well thought out, design and implementation are...
That guy did a clean job.
I've put my size L modern trail and enduro 29 whips in the back with a similar setup...4dr here. They're long enough to barely fit and the seat/rollbar interference is real (even w dropper slammed).
I've also just laid down the seats and taken off the front wheel...
Nice. Have about 4months on the same CDCV fronts and HD rears, ICON UCA, RJ relocation and bar. Agreed, rides better than stock! Gained about 1mpg going to 37s but kept it light weight.
Looks great man.
I advise to make sure you have a stud that threads into the dashboard, several people were left unable to use the stock location as the didn't have the adapter.
Depends on tire/wheel weight. I'm w OP here and sitting right about stock weight as the wheels are light...mpg was 16.7ish for first 36k, been lifted for 4 months and seeing 17.8 since the lift and tire swap.
Yes I adjusted tire size in Forscan.
I could be wrong but your 24lb wheel plus 67lb tire comes on at 91lb.. puts you just over factory SAS 88lb
Well done though and so have the same experience with my VR601and BFGs, same justification here
Go walk your local dealer lots, honeycomb is the new carbon fiber. I didn't see one factory too that didn't have abundant honeycomb (panel-wide on front and middle) and at least some on the back.