Terrestrial Armor installed (Underbody Shield & Rock Sliders / Structural Rockers)

[REM]

ok, you definitely hold the prize for "Most Adorable Truck"

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[TickTock]

Got mine installed yesterday. Here's a couple before and after pics in extract mode:
Front to back Before:

and after:

Side before:

and after:

 

[hemiarch]

Grrr.. why did they have to sell out so fast? I badly want this. Congrats.

 

[TickTock]

I got mine installed last Thursday and it looks great but Service didn't install half the fasteners so I have a Mobile Service appt for Wednesday for them to install the rest. I don't think the holes lines up properly so who knows if he'll get them all in. Only my rear drivers' side is installed correctly.

Mine was missing one of the push connectors, too. I was able to add it myself easily enough (had to remove three nearby connector and put the challenging one in first).

 

[loganthefrst]

Follow up to my missing fasteners, my very top front passenger side bolt holding the underbody shield looks to have been stripped and then broke off during install and I am also missing a bolt next to it holding the rocker panels up. The mobile service rep who came out to install the fasteners saw this and made me another appt. Pretty irritating they just let me drive away with it instead of telling me about their mistake. Oh well they’ll make it right.

I’ll grab photos later today and post them

 

[loganthefrst]

Follow up to my missing fasteners, my very top front passenger side bolt holding the underbody shield looks to have been stripped and then broke off during install and I am also missing a bolt next to it holding the rocker panels up. The mobile service rep who came out to install the fasteners saw this and made me another appt. Pretty irritating they just let me drive away with it instead of telling me about their mistake. Oh well they’ll make it right.

I’ll grab photos later today and post them

Here are the photos of the missing bolt on the passenger side rocker panel and the sheered off bolt from installation that they are fixing.

 

[dalton108]

Yes. Interested also for a friend who doesn’t drive at felony speeds.

Bro you got freeways with 80 mph speed limit within a stone’s throw of where you’re at. I know you have to get on them sometimes.

 

[hemiarch]

Bro you got freeways with 80 mph speed limit within a stone Thrower where you’re at. I know you have to get on them sometimes.

I do but:
A. Not all roads are that way
B. There is an exponential efficiency loss relationship related to speed and with the obsession I frequently see on here with wh/mile I would think that would matter more to people.
C. Please read this very carefully friends even though you don’t want to….there is VERY strong data correlating mortality and injury severity score in the event of a freeway accident with travel at high speed and the inflection point of that data in modern vehicles appears to happen at about 68 miles per hour. Do with that what you will.
Yes, there are circumstances where traveling slower than the flow of traffic puts you at increased risk, but that’s not the vast majority of driving.
That doesn’t even factor in possible reaction times either for you as the driver or the AI computer you entrust your life to.
I mostly use my car for highway travel when I’m on leisure activities with my family and that includes young children who have zero control over the driving decisions being made.
Children who without consent “trust” me to make those decisions on their behalf.
Why on gods green earth would I be willing to risk our safety to arrive at a hotel or campsite 30 minutes earlier? That’s a straight up poorly thought out decision no matter how manly it makes you feel or habit forming it has been for you over the years.
So for you beast owners who think that makes me a pussy, you’re entitled to your opinion. I deal with road deaths and life changing injuries for a living and I’m entitled to mine.

 

[hemiarch]

Sorry if that was more of an honest answer than you intended in playful spirit @dalton108 . Just a topic that’s obviously near to my heart.

 

[dalton108]

I do but:
A. Not all roads are that way
B. There is an exponential efficiency loss relationship related to speed and with the obsession I frequently see on here with wh/mile I would think that would matter more to people.
C. Please read this very carefully friends even though you don’t want to….there is VERY strong data correlating mortality and injury severity score in the event of a freeway accident with travel at high speed and the inflection point of that data in modern vehicles appears to happen at about 68 miles per hour. Do with that what you will.
Yes, there are circumstances where traveling slower than the flow of traffic puts you at increased risk, but that’s not the vast majority of driving.
That doesn’t even factor in possible reaction times either for you as the driver or the AI computer you entrust your life to.
I mostly use my car for highway travel when I’m on leisure activities with my family and that includes young children who have zero control over the driving decisions being made.
Children who without consent “trust” me to make those decisions on their behalf.
Why on gods green earth would I be willing to risk our safety to arrive at a hotel or campsite 30 minutes earlier? That’s a straight up poorly thought out decision no matter how manly it makes you feel or habit forming it has been for you over the years.
So for you beast owners who think that makes me a pussy, you’re entitled to your opinion. I deal with road deaths and life changing injuries for a living and I’m entitled to mine.

Beautiful, smart and sensible post and decision-making. I respect your choices entirely and I totally understand why giving your profession you are keenly aware of the risk. Also, just noticed your bumper sticker and a recent post which is hilarious! “I got a whole grip of kids in here,” or words to that effect.

But you already know where I stand, my kid is grown and when I’m carrying other souls onboard I am considerably more reserved. But, you already know my mantra:

I don’t buy fast cars to drive them slowly, and one only need look at my choices in electric cars (plaid and beast) to know that I’m not buying electric for efficiency.

To your point though there are a lot of folks who are very proud of their Wh/mi stats. I am most certainly not one of them.

With all the add-ons and the way I drive, I think I’m up to about 500Wh/mi in my CB. All I want is a bigger or more energy dense battery, and/or faster and more ubiquitous charging.

 

[hemiarch]

Beautiful, smart and sensible post and decision-making. I respect your choices entirely and I totally understand why giving your profession you are keenly aware of the risk. Also, just noticed your bumper sticker and a recent post which is hilarious! “I got a whole grip of kids in here,” or words to that effect.

But you already know where I stand, my kids are grown and when I’m carrying other souls on board I am a more reserved. But, you already know my mantra:

I don’t buy fast cars to drive them slowly, and one only need look at my choices in electric cars (plaid and beast) to know that I’m not buying electric for efficiency.

To your point though there are a lot of folks who are very proud of their Wh/mi stats. All I want is a bigger or more energy dense battery, and/or faster and more ubiquitous charging.

Thanks. Nothing but respect from this angle. What makes America beautiful is everyone’s right to make decisions based on what’s most important to them rather than being told what the system of priorities should be within reason.

 

[dalton108]

Thanks. Nothing but respect from this angle. What makes America beautiful is everyone’s right to make decisions based on what’s most important to them rather than being told what the system of priorities should be within reason.

Don’t take that to mean I’m a speeding maniac when I’m on my own. I drive spiritedly and a often bit over the speed limit, but I’m not reckless. I’m a very competent driver with zero at fault accidents in 40 years behind the wheel.

My original quip was really about you styling 80mph as “felony speeds.” My comment was really directed at people who are back east that don’t recognize that we have places where that is actually the legal speed limit out here. Which is why I mentioned that I know their highways all around you that have that speed limit.

 

[hemiarch]

Don’t take that to mean I’m a speeding maniac when I’m on my own. I drive spiritedly and a often bit over the speed limit, but I’m not reckless. I’m a very competent driver with zero at fault accidents in 40 years behind the wheel.

My original quip was really about you styling 80mph as “felony speeds.” My comment was really directed at people who are back east that don’t recognize that we have places where that is actually the legal speed limit out here. Which is why I mentioned that I know their highways all around you that have that speed limit.

Fair. The distances here are really large and traffic is often very sparse and one has to consider that there are cars without air conditioning that potentially endanger occupants in a manner directly proportional to time spent in the vehicle, but for the most part I think east coast legislators kind of have the right idea with respect to public safety on this.

 

[RM Rilke]

Where I live speeding isn’t a felony. It isn’t even a misdemeanor. It’s an infraction. It may serve as indicia of recklessness—a misdemeanor—but alone is not de facto. Felony doesn’t enter into it. On I-15/80 80 mph is simply a reflection of reality. It was lower in the past to conserve resources, and people still went 80. The cars, the highway, the entire thing is designed for 80. NHTSA performs safety studies to inform speed limits on different roadways. The numbers aren’t picked from the air. They have to be supported by reasonable process. In general, there may be more harm from higher speeds, but in application it varies according to both the roadway design and specific conditions regularly encountered on the roadway.

This is just years of criminal law talking. I’ve also seen way more worst possible outcomes than anyone should ever have to. The rule is to be smart and considerate so that legislation doesn’t have to artificially impose limitations. On straight clear highways in the west 80 is responsible and reasonable unless conditions impose caution.

 

[hemiarch]

Where I live speeding isn’t a felony. It isn’t even a misdemeanor. It’s an infraction. It may serve as indicia of recklessness—a misdemeanor—but alone is not de facto. Felony doesn’t enter into it. On I-15/80 80 mph is simply a reflection of reality. It was lower in the past to conserve resources, and people still went 80. The cars, the highway, the entire thing is designed for 80. NHTSA performs safety studies to inform speed limits on different roadways. The numbers aren’t picked from the air. They have to be supported by reasonable process. In general, there may be more harm from higher speeds, but in application it varies according to both the roadway design and specific conditions regularly encountered on the roadway.

This is just years of criminal law talking. I’ve also seen way more worst possible outcomes than anyone should ever have to. The rule is to be smart and considerate so that legislation doesn’t have to artificially impose limitations. On straight clear highways in the west 80 is responsible and reasonable unless conditions impose caution.

Responsible and reasonable is all one can ask for.
I’m just trying to encourage people to remember that a speed limit is just that, an upper limit and that responsible and reasonable means driving at whatever speed is necessary to be safe and keep other road users safe UP TO said limit and that there is a clearly proven relationship between increased driving velocity and probability of severe injury and/or death in the event of an accident.
Please don’t be defended all and feel free to make your own choices as you see fit but don’t pretend that 60 and 90 mph have the same consequences for both you and other road users because the science just doesn’t support that idea.
I’ll try and refrain from using legal terminology like felony in the future and stick to what I’m qualified to comment on which is risk of death and injury .

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