BITD Vegas to Reno fun!

[itsmekylep]

Do you recall what similar brands/style offer 18 for our trucks with potentially no fitment issues?

There are 1 or 2 styles for Kmc the Kmc riot fits for sure and a think a few for method. Or you can go big boy money and get a set of innovate’s.

 

[Gassywizard22]

@itsmekylep Couldn’t help but notice your third brake light/cargo light is different? Did you change it? I think all the higher trim models have this light.

 

[itsmekylep]

@itsmekylep Couldn’t help but notice your third brake light/cargo light is different? Did you change it? I think all the higher trim models have this light. View attachment 19222

I’m poor and have the base model.

 

[Gassywizard22]

I’m poor and have the base model.

Dang I figured that would be the same regardless on the RHOs

 

[itsmekylep]

Dang I figured that would be the same regardless on the RHOs

That would be nice. They want people to know you have the base model from the outside

 

[MongoSmash11]

Great pics and looks like a blast.

 

[itsmekylep]

Great pics and looks like a blast.

It was a lot of fun.

 

[ROCKO]

Last weekend I loaded up a backpack and drove 11 hours to Fallon NV to meet my brother for the Best in the Desert, Vegas to Reno race. He volunteers to work a check point with some buddies, and I've been trying to come out for a while. I hung out until about midnight and watched Trophy Trucks, stock-ish class trucks, Dirt bikes, quads, a million SxS's AND one absolute bad ass on a 3-wheeler fly through the desert. It was awesome! There was 2 Raptor R's, a Bronco Raptor, a Ranger Raptor, a ZR2 Silverado, and a ZR2 Colorado in the Stock-ish class. Zero offerings from the Ram brand. Whomp whomp.

The next day we started at check point 11 and ran about 60 miles of the race course. We were on the trail for 2-2.5 hours and the truck performed flawlessly. I had just had the bump stop kit installed from Foutz and they were putting in work. My brother led in his Raptor and ended up getting stuck in a giant silt bed. It took me a few tries with the kinetic rope, but I was able to get it out. I did have to change a flat tire when I was leaving the racecourse but it was just a small screw.

The last photo of the air filter is after following 2 trucks all day through crazy amount of dust. Like can't see 5 feet in front of you, dust. I thought those little flaps in the hood scoop to allow dust and water to pass through were a gimmick, but they obviously work.

Some things I learned:
1. Aired down to 25 psi and that was a game changer
2. if you leave the truck running and pop the hood (compressor runs off the truck battery) the hazards automatically come on
3. When airing back up, the truck will honk when it thinks you are at the correct pressure.....sometimes. It honked 3 of the 4 times
4. You can't turn the TPMS warning off. That would be a nice feature when aired down, but I understand why you can't disable it
5. My last road trip was a strait shot, on a flat highway, for 10 hours and I got 13.7 MPG. This trip, even off-roading in BAJA mode and manually shifting in high RPM's for 2+ hours, I averaged 13.9 MPG lol.
6. Flimsy rear wheel well liners probably wouldn't last long after a few of these trips. The driver side had started to pop out, but it snapped right back in.

Anyway, it was a great time, and I highly encourage you guys and gals to get out and use these trucks as intended at least once!View attachment 17072View attachment 17073View attachment 17074View attachment 17075View attachment 17076View attachment 17077View attachment 17078View attachment 17079

Looks like fun