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RCI Metalworks integrated skid plate

I took advantage of the 15% off Black Friday deal at RCI metalworks and got the integrated slider as seen here. (Not the gas tank protector, or the transfer case protector either. It's a three piece affair and I just have the one right behind the TRD plate works with KDS and allows keeping the TRD skidplate and is a pretty good deal at $188 shipped. Pic is from their site, I got the raw aluminum version. I'll add the TC plate later, not sure it will be necessary for our use.
 

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My interior leds from diode dynamics also came in and got them installed...

Waiting on a few LED's from DD as well. When I did my swap with the JDM ASTAR's I didn't get a dome light. ( Bart! )

Thought I would be slick and go to the local auto store and snagged a Sylvania LED. In my humble opinion, they are the suck...at least the dome light is.
 
Acquired first communication "setup"...

I need to do that, at least become familiar with hardware, software and the basics for various situational potentials requiring alternate communications.

I just read an online review, and I wish I could remember the site, that had a one-page concise review of a certain brand of radio.

If nothing else it's a skill/experience that can be passed down, just in case.
 
today I went in and got some BFG AT KO2 275/70/17 on some Fuel Beast wheels! Bilstein 5100 all around with 1" spacer in the rear for leveling but I'm super happy the way it came out!

Love those wheels - put the same with some 35” Nitto Exo Grapplers on the wife’s Jeep last year.


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Why not? Curiosity is having no problem off-roading the shit out of Mars.

And lets be real, any self-driving car especially in the sooner than later, is still going to have a steering wheel and "human driving mode".

...Technically, Curiosity is NOT a self-driving vehicle...they have driver/pilots back here at JPL in Pasadena that tell it where to go for every inch of travel...

...It moves SO slowly due to the lag in sending info back-n-forth between the 2 planets...so the drivers here review the images from the front-facing cameras, and adjust the driving direction constantly...this keeps it from accidentally driving off cliffs!...
 
Are your skids aluminum or steel? They took quite a beating at RC! That's what they are there for, though.

They're 3/16" steel with stiffeners in an X pattern. This is what happens when you take a stock ride height truck, tack on about 250lbs of weight under the nose and then go adventuring in Jeep-land.

The plan for this winter is to lift the truck 3" and replace the stock wheels and tires with 33s which should should resolve most of the clearance issues.
 

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