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https://midguardadventure.com/product/adventure-bars-by-midguard-adventure-aluminum-super-low-profile-load-bar-system-gx460/ these may also work

Dropping this here for those who haven’t seen, believe they released this somewhat recently. GX460 Single Swingout Steel ***Plated*** Rear Bumper - https://nguyenworksusa.com/shop/ols/products/gx460-single-swingout-steel-plated-rear-bumper Not my thing but might float someone else’s boat...

Here you go. I used several floor jacks as well. Found that pre-installing the fairlead gives a leverage point to tilt the front plane perpendicular and get it tucked up properly into the grille while the rest is supported with other jacks/stands Install turned out pretty good. I have...

They are. I’m not a huge fan of attaching them this way since the t slot nuts will rattle like crazy on the bottom drawer when they’re stacked since there won’t be a top plate on that drawer, but for now it works.

Drawers are mounted. Tolerances here aren’t perfect and I definitely need to redo the hinge brackets but I’m pretty happy with how they turned out. I kinda mailed it in on the faceplates for the drawers since gorilla glue absolutely does not stick to marineboard at all. Should have realized...

Chopped the front bumper expecting my victory bumper wouldn’t show up in time for my next trip. A day or two later I get this: Been studying the install video for the past few days, really doesn’t seem that complicated or time consuming but after reading @Thed351W and @LWC install write ups...

Man that’s a really good save. Glad you caught it when you did

Aftermarket, but after chasing blackline part numbers for something else I realized that the OEM part number was barely more expensive than the aftermarket options. Only benefit to going aftermarket on a pre-facelift grille is they (the seller I went with anyway) know who’s buying these grilles...

Thanks. If you decide to go that route hit me up when you do. Hopefully I’ll have them more dialed in by then.

Good point on corrosion potential with tube, didn’t think about that.

I built the drawers out of 1/2” plywood from Home Depot’s fancy plywood section. There wasn’t a huge selection and at this point I was ready to get this project over with so this is what I ended up with. Don’t love the white but the flip side is neat IMO. Coated these in Thompson’s water sealer...

The tops are 1/2” plywood coated in bedliner, and will attach into slot nuts in the extrusion. The sides are 1/4” starboard which is the exact diameter of the slot in the framework, so these press fit into the slots perfectly. 3/4x3/4 steel angle for the brackets. Test fit after re-working...

Alright — final project has been the largest and I’ve been working on piecemeal for the better part of two months. Other than the bumper and winch which are in transit as I write this, this project marks the end of phase one for this truck and I’m putting myself on a 6 month moratorium for any...

Next up, LFD crossbars went on. I went with these because over $1k for a roof rack that I might end up tossing a RTT on is not ideal. I’m also not in love with the way any of the full rack options look on the GX which is important when the crossbars will do for my use case — though I’ll admit...

Next up was dialing in the suspension. The front had settled a good bit and I wanted to get it closer to level, with a little extra room since a bumper and winch is going on in short order. Before: After: The second pic is directly after I buttoned everything up so it’s settled a bit...