I’m sitting at the dealership for service waiting for what may be a few hours so I’m going to pass the time with planning out my build and asking a few questions. We decided to take a trip to New Mexico and Arizona doing as much offroad stuff as possible along the way. We may hit the southern areas of Utah and Colorado depending on time constraints. Where I live there isn’t much as far as offroading other than sandy beaches and muddy trails that lead to fishing spots. The only rocks are part of people’s landscaping. I guess I’m going big for my first real offroad trip.
My 460 is completely stock at the moment and I have one year at most to get it all built up. There are a few things that I either can’t make up my mind on or haven’t read any people’s experiences with the product to find out if that’s the route I want to go.
I’ve been looking at possibly going with kings front and rear with the total chaos front upper control arms and their rear link kit. Has anyone used the rear links or know anyone that has? I remember hearing they did have a downside to them but I can’t remember what it was.
I’ll be needing a rear bumper with a tire carrier. Any of you with a rear swing out bumper have issues with the tire blocking the passenger side taillight? In most of the pics I see it looks like all of them completely cover it. Not sure if it’s really a big issue in the first place. Don’t want to put it on the rear door either.
Would I be able to fit a fridge setup and still use one of the third row seats? We could squeeze everyone in with just the two rows, but using one of the third row seats would give everyone a little more room. This may not even be done before the trip as there’s going to be 5 people stuffed in the car and we’ll need room for all the associated stuff.
I’ve already decided that it’ll get either an Ironman or CBI front bumper. Just depends on what I’m feeling at the time.
Anything else you guys can recommend to make the trip a little smoother? Any trail recommendations that aren’t too extreme in any of the states we’ll be in?
I guess this might as well morph into a build thread too.
My 460 is completely stock at the moment and I have one year at most to get it all built up. There are a few things that I either can’t make up my mind on or haven’t read any people’s experiences with the product to find out if that’s the route I want to go.
I’ve been looking at possibly going with kings front and rear with the total chaos front upper control arms and their rear link kit. Has anyone used the rear links or know anyone that has? I remember hearing they did have a downside to them but I can’t remember what it was.
I’ll be needing a rear bumper with a tire carrier. Any of you with a rear swing out bumper have issues with the tire blocking the passenger side taillight? In most of the pics I see it looks like all of them completely cover it. Not sure if it’s really a big issue in the first place. Don’t want to put it on the rear door either.
Would I be able to fit a fridge setup and still use one of the third row seats? We could squeeze everyone in with just the two rows, but using one of the third row seats would give everyone a little more room. This may not even be done before the trip as there’s going to be 5 people stuffed in the car and we’ll need room for all the associated stuff.
I’ve already decided that it’ll get either an Ironman or CBI front bumper. Just depends on what I’m feeling at the time.
Anything else you guys can recommend to make the trip a little smoother? Any trail recommendations that aren’t too extreme in any of the states we’ll be in?
I guess this might as well morph into a build thread too.