NorthBayRP: thanks for the offer and Ill take you up on it when its time. Im aware the bumpers will be gapped like a red headed stepchilds teeth, and have lomg term ideas of replacing the bumpers so Im pretty sure I can live with it for awhile.

Huey: My ultimate goal is to do some rock crawling trails. Really Id like to be better capable to do runs like that wheelchair run we went on awhile back. (taking hte kids out) I didnt like being the reason we all had to turn back at the root steps, on the way to that lake, after Dean popped the beads on his tires. Thinking in the long term with the $$ i had available, I chose this route:

done:
tires (bfg at kos 165/75/16)
pml(paid for just not installed)
2" bl(paid for just not installed)
sliders(paid for just not installed)

plan in order:
hi lift jack
under armor by shrock
front bumper or rear bumper w/ spare carrier
and heres as far as I got..

not sure what the best next step is or if this is even the best way to go. I just knew I didnt want to deal with re-adjusting my sliders at a later date when I knew in the future i was going to want 33s or bigger.

any thoughts? seriously if my head is up my ass, tell me.

PS Thanks for the linky, IM reading it now...