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Old Jun 20, 2011 | 01:07 AM
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Just picked this up the other day for a hunting truck project and was looking for ideas. It has some rust in front of the rear wheels, It is going to the shop tomorrow to have it fixed. Going to add a bull bar, and some lights, new tires and wheels, small lift, exhaust, and cold air intake. You guys got any other must haves for a duck hunting/sometime off roading toy?

 
Old Jun 20, 2011 | 01:29 AM
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Does it have skid plates on the bottom? Also I would get some 31" M/T's if you weren't already planning on that
 
Old Jun 20, 2011 | 05:34 PM
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Does not have skid plates, but it will now. Never thought of that. It is going to be used to waterfowl hunt a lot in dry corn. So I am going to do lights along the top that shine out to the sides for putting decoys out before daylight. Any of you guys seen anything like that done, or have any ideas.
 
Old Jun 20, 2011 | 10:40 PM
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I'd recommend starting with tires, unless you think you'll want to lift it. I got 30" BFGoodrich TA KOs, which do not require a lift, and they are perfect for the mud and gravel I've gone through.

Rooflights help out a lot when its dark out. I got 4x55w lights on my roof and they do wonders, I'd love to see what 100w lights would do.

Our models unfortunately do not have a strong market for bull bars. Only one I found designed for our model is $900ish new. Some people have had success modifying the 98+ bull bars though.
 
Old Jun 20, 2011 | 10:46 PM
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HID lights... You can get the kits super cheap from www.hidextra.com many of us have ordered from them and like what we got.
 
Old Jun 20, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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Get a roof rack basket so you can carry gear and mount the lights all around. Good luck.
 
Old Jun 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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I'd recommend starting with tires, unless you think you'll want to lift it. I got 30" BFGoodrich TA KOs, which do not require a lift, and they are perfect for the mud and gravel I've gone through.

Rooflights help out a lot when its dark out. I got 4x55w lights on my roof and they do wonders, I'd love to see what 100w lights would do.

Our models unfortunately do not have a strong market for bull bars. Only one I found designed for our model is $900ish new. Some people have had success modifying the 98+ bull bars though.
He might be able to find one on ebay. I'm not saying it would be of great quality, but a couple guys on here have em from ebay and they hold up pretty well.
 
Old Jun 21, 2011 | 12:46 AM
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I have a bull bar I want to sell seems like you're kinda close to me maybe we could meet half way or something? I'd sell it for $50, its the one in some of my pics in my photo albums. Just painted it a while ago just a few small dents nothing too bad.
 
Old Jun 21, 2011 | 07:48 PM
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I second the wheels and tires. What are you putting on it?
 
Old Jun 21, 2011 | 09:17 PM
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For 50 bucks, I'd jump on that bull bar if I were closer, haha.
 



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