Tha'ts a very good point - my rear flares are beat to crap from rock walls that I've gotten too close to... a wide bumper might have been ripped off by those walls!
My BL SAS soft top is at 73 dB at round 70 mph, stock; I've grown used to it/doesn't bother me. I've done hundreds of miles in one day on the freeway, and it's always a comfortable ride.
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I run the OEM SAS wheels and Territories all year round on pavement, moderate (blue) trails, and snow/ice - they've done great in the wet, and better than even Wildpeaks (on a friend's Cruiser) on packed snow/ice with no slipping (aired down to 11 psi). For rougher trails/rock-crawling, I run a...
It'd appear that this problem is ICON coilovers upgrade-specific; ICON stipulates the use of a spacer that drops the sway bar by a half-inch maybe, which brings the SBD mechanism closer to the skid plate... hence the possible contact... it's how I understand it.
Thank you very much.
I tend to use the skids as intended (I'm on my second tranny skid), so if the existing gap between the skid and SBD is small, and the skid deforms, I'd be in trouble... perhaps spacers are the way to go for me, too. With regard to the spacers, since the engine and tranny...
I also have a 2.7 Badsquatch, with RCI skids (including tranny), and am about to install ICON's Stage 3, also with a SBD drop-kit. I look forward to your findings.
@BLTom , Interesting and important post, thanks. I'm on my second RCI tranny skid, as the first one was badly damaged, caved in, and was touching some component above it (possibly the SBD). I've tossed this first one, unfortunately, but don't recall having seen anything out of the ordinary on...
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There's a guided run by ED4 (Esprit de Four) on Friday after Thanksgiving at Hollister, 9 AM at the Oak Tree; they'll take good care of ya; I might be there as well.
The stock SAS Territories ARE Mud and Snow rated (but not triple snow-flake like K02s, Wildpeaks, or Duratracs), so you're fine there. I agree with a previous poster that the Territories are capable winter tires - the siping and closely-spaced lugs all help these tires grip well in ice and snow...