why are LED bars a must? i dont get that component of truckification customization.

 1) off road in the bush you light the world up - so cool. 2) driving highway in the country/overland at night is way safer and you can roll at higher average speeds with much better visibility and less braking. night and day difference over stock/projectors

 @gnarbar: I have 4x these offroad.rigidindustries.com/led-lighting?f[0]=field_optics%3a4230, and 55w morimoto projector retrofits, legal enough to run full time, melts the asphalt in front of me, and I never get flashed.

 nice, top notch products!

 any thoughts on better tires- wearwise on the street? i expect it to be 90% street use. because i'm realistic and whatnot.

 Toyo Open Country are pretty much the gold standard, anything else on a big pimped truck looks stupid IMO. I was driving 90-95% highway, then cut the mileage down significantly when I was working away, like just down to 100-200km a month. I wouldn't run them in winter, I'd get a second set of rims and winter tires. fuk that driving on ice pucks BS - especially as you get lots more packed smooth ice in AB, though they were great in thick wet/light snow and driving on the straights, even in rain, just that they'd be lethal on ice and it's way too much of a risk for a loaded truck and family/kids

 BFG All Terrain KO2

 @badbadleroybrown: yeah Leroy, they look good too. Are they loud tires, and what is their longevity like?
Sorry to miss you in Moab btw, woulda been fun to ride with ya. Any chance you can surprise everyone in Vernon during geezerfest this July?

 I'm hoping I can make it out this year finally... work's been a lot better with time off the last year or so, so it's definitely a better chance than previous years. BFG's are solidly quiet with good longevity for such a grippy tire... just a moderate, mellow hum at high freeway speeds. Depending on how you're using them, I got about 50k miles out of my last set basically just commuting and driving on road highway with minimal off road use. If you're power sliding off road a lot or doing burnouts, ymmv obviously. A lot of people opt for the mud terrains, they're loud as hell and wear way faster. I wouldn't recommend them unless you really spend a good amount of time in the mud and don't do much highway driving.

 @badbadleroybrown: I also like them - good in between tire with the "snowflake' rating. personally found that mud tires suck balls in canadiana.

 @silentj: j any suggestions to save a dollar?

 @obee1: dont know man, going tamer is all I can think of....slightly bigger tires, levelling kit rather than an actual lift? heavy trucks get expensive prompt!

 @silentj: fair call.

 @obee1: totally going for this when the lottomax win comes: pbs.twimg.com/media/CECXnovUkAAkUg9.jpg

 @silentj: cool. I'll take the mercedes g class 6x6 thank you. And the terrible Hearst land shark just to get up the hill more fasterer.

 It's a gasser, but a chip and cold air intake is in my sights. Not vital but maybe...

 @obee1: I had a LED light strip under the tailgate. super cheap mod and lots of common sense for improved visibility. tied into the lights, running light, brake light, turn and reversing all dialed in. also full rig up for truck bed LED lighting kit

very practical and cheap mods