Just did this. I'll add that it improved my steering accuracy tremendously! And, It was not as hard as I thought it might be as I have no rust.
But I wouldn't want to do this with out an air hammer. I got the bottoms started with the chisel then hit them with the air hammer and out they...
A few suggestions for the front skid. Make the rear holes slotted. This makes it easier do put on by sliding it on to half screwed bolts, and levering up. I think that would also help to alleviate back to front bolt hole fit issues. To make that work the overall length needs to be just...
I got a front skid plate for my stock height LX a little more than a year ago. Great fit and finish. I think I may have need to get a longer center bolt. Seems to be about the same weight as the stock piece.
Noise, Vibration, Harshness.
I guess that's more of a sports car term (which I own a few of) than trucks. i.e. when you put all poly bushings on a car , while making it handle a lot better it can add a lot of vibration vs using rubber.
Bump to an old thread, but I wanted to add that I just did my front sway bushings and it made a surprisingly huge difference in steering feel and accuracy for the better.
I used the Supergo Poly bushings in the front and Whiteline in the back. No real addition to NVH either.