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Richard
Just chiming in that if you do any rutted trails or come along any rocks and/or tree stumps sticking up, embedded in the trail you will be glad when you hear that BANG!! that it was only the skid plate that was hit and not the cast metal transmission pan or fuel tank or??I don't mind taking a road trip, good to know they are having the 20% off as I was planning on getting them around Black Friday as well. I might gamble with you.....
I am having a hard time deciding what I really need for light trail use, front skid, transmission, and gas? Not sure I need the whole gambit for my use.
Also, I'd suggest rock sliders/side steps. Yeah, you may never need but they are far sturdier than the plastic factory ones.
As an additional bonus which I never considered till it happened to me, if you ever get t-boned in an accident, it will greatly increase your survivability and/or highly reduce damage to your vehicle.
I was t-boned by a Toyota Camry some years ago in my GX after already being built out. The only damage to my rig was: 1) the right rear passenger door had to be replaced, 2) the the plastic strip along the right front had to be replaced, 3) I got a new set of rock sliders! Better ones than I had!!
If I didn't have the rock sliders there would have been far more damage, minimum damage would have been both doors replaced, maximum damage could have been a bent body at the B column and the insurance calling it a total loss.
In short rock, rock sliders are a great investment for personal and property protection. And to boot, you don't have to get the fully loaded "off road" look, there are styles out there that help keep the factory look too!