Remaining Mod Preferences

[Brentbba]

May have a little xmas time $$. Here' s list of remaining mods (for now Beo!) in no particular order of my preference.

Rank them and most importantly WHY.

Truck currently has ARB winch ready bumper up front with PIAA 520 fog lights, Kaymar rear bumper with PS tire carrier, Hanna Sliders, Slee TCase skid plate, INTI roof rack, 2.5" OME lift, Kaufman DS drawer and sleeper extension, ARB fridge, The Source 10lb CO2 tank mounted as seen in the FAQ intro, Garmin Streetpilot 2730, Uniden 520 CB, Durabaked flares, dual 12V outlets in the near the fridge.

I do almost all expedition and camping type driving. Not into extreme rocks and am even very conservative on the rock gardens I do. This is still a daily driver for me. I'm the only owner, so I know all the maintenance has been done!

Future mods awaiting (again in no order of preference):

M12000 Warn winch
2 sets of roof rack lights for the INTI (Leaning toward PIAA 580's right now)
dual battery setup (Slee or IronPig)
fridge slide (Slee)
ac dryer skid plate (Slee)
snorkel



TIA!

 

[cruiserdan]

If money is not a consideration:

1) Winch

2) Batteries

3) Dryer plate

4) Slide

5) Snork

6) Lights

If it is, bump the winch to last and wheel in a group.

 

[noah91fj80]

I would suggest you do the dual battery set up before you add any more light, or that winch, then since most of you driving is camping, and expedition, I would go with the fridge you will use it more, from there you are on your own .

 

[76BigheadFJ40]

for me it would be winch or skid plate first, maybe batteries. You can't go wrong when you're covering your own rear end, and possible somebody else's. Just my .02, saftey/recovery first.

 

[Romer]

Dual batts, hellroaring.

You don't need the slide if the get the outback drawer setup

winch

skid plate ( I haven't installed one either)

Do you wheel at night? I installed lights and haven't really used them.


What do you need a snork for?

 

[fernandol]

If you do a lot of camping and expeditions I think the dual batteries should be the first priority, then the winch. I would probably leave the lights for last.

The rest is up to you.

 

[GXO]

batteries then the dryer plate...I am still paranoid since I have a slee with my dryer sitting there taunting rocks.

After that it is fire at will

 

[smittycrusher]

1. SNORKEL - It will confuse the SoCal motorists and maybe you can gain some sort of advantage on the 405 (j/k this would be close to last if it were my list, even though I lust after it) Although you might create some rubbernecking and possibly traffic tie up beside and around you.

real order:

Dual Battery

winch

lights (sure would be good for next years PISMO Night Run!!)

Snorkel

AC Dryer

Slide

my $.02

 

[FirstToy]

food is #1- fridge slide

ac dryer skid- you just never know what you're going to Helen Keller

lights- they are really nice for desert night trails

then the other stuff... not as important imo b/c you mostly/always go in a group I think

 

[landtank]

I don't see an Aussie locker on that list. If you're not factory locked I'd consider one depending on where you do drive.

I went out 3 weeks ago and went everywhere I wanted with zero hassles. I ended up using the winch (Yes Eric it does work) to pull out a 4Runner.

I was the only truck there with lockers and it was real obvious.

 

[e9999]

winch first, cuz it can save your bacon. Rest is convenience.

You can always get a sturdy portable battery pack if you don't have the dual batteries. A lot of the usefulness at lower cost and no work.

Instead of a dryer plate get a camera up front, that's what I'm thinking about doing

 

[cruiserdan]

I don't see an Aussie locker on that list. If you're not factory locked I'd consider one depending on where you do drive.

I went out 3 weeks ago and went everywhere I wanted with zero hassles. I ended up using the winch (Yes Eric it does work) to pull out a 4Runner.

I was the only truck there with lockers and it was real obvious.

He's locked.

 

[landtank]

He's locked.

In that case I'd go with the dual battery setup first as the winch, lights and fridge will benefit from that.

And the AC dryer skid is short money, so that can get squeezed in anytime. Hell, buy it for the wife as a Christmas present and tell her it's a serving plate.

The winch would be next I think.

I'm sure the wife would love the cooler so putting that after the winch migh take some of the sting out of that choice.

The snorkle just draws female attention so use at your own risk.

Then the lights.

 

[Brentbba]

Thanks for the input. As Dan said - I'm factory locked. Forgot that on my list.

Leaning toward the dual battery first given everything else on the cruiser, especially the fridge.

Snorkel as Smitty said.

I do, as James stated, wheel mostly in groups, so nice as it would be, winch may wait until next year's bonus.

Fridge slide would be very convenient and useful. I've already built, polyurethaned, and bolted a wood base to match as closely as I could Jeff Kaufman's drawer.

AC Dryer skid plate is the least $, but would throw it on the order of the fridge slide for convenience.

Lights would get use on lots of scout campouts, pulling in after dark. I've got a couple of little magnetic based 12V lights I throw up on top of our trailer when we pull in and the work pretty well. I routed electrical on the trailer to the rear and installed a dual 12V plug like what I have in the cruiser for that application.

Again - thanks for the opinions!