I am trying to decide which to buy the Blue Ox BX88255 KarGard II Deflector or theSmart Solutions, Inc. 00002 Rock Solid 96" x 20" Back Guard for Mot
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I installed the Rock Solid Guard and have made two trips with it. I also use a bra on front of my vehicle. Between the two, I have not seen any damage. I have no experience with Blue Ox, so cannot comment on it. Looks like it would work as well.
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I have a 2008 Itasca Navion 24H class C. I bought the Rock Solid 96x20. Used a 6 foot long by 2 inch angle iron to mount it to the bump stops. Had to trim a few inches off the bottom and use longer bolts on the bump stops. Mounted the Rock Solid to the angle iron with 4 1/4" bolts.
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I installed the Smart Solutions because it was easy to customize for my HR Motorhome. It's very easy to mount on the frame and easy to cut to the right length for both width and height off the ground.
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I have the Smart Solutions Guard. I mounted it to the front bottom of the 4 inch bumper. I didn't have to worry about notching out for a hitch. I mounted this using C-clamps to hold the angle iron while drilling, but is difficult doing this by yourself, so two people would be better. The guard has a slight tendency to slope back after going down the road. Once I had to dry camp and I was assigned a grass pad on a slope, which put the guard almost to a horizontal position, so I had to manually bend the rubber guard pieces back to a vertical position when I got ready to leave. As after thought I would have looked at the type with the strings of plastic hanging that you see on coaches. I have the Smart Solutions Guard. I mounted it to the front bottom of the 4 inch bumper. I didn't have to worry about notching out for a hitch. I mounted this using C-clamps to hold the angle iron while drilling, but is difficult doing this by yourself, so two people would be better. The guard has a slight tendency to slope back after going down the road. Once I had to dry camp and I was assigned a grass pad on a slope, which put the guard almost to a horizontal position, so I had to manually bend the rubber guard pieces back to a vertical position when I got ready to leave. As after... » Read More I have the Smart Solutions Guard. I mounted it to the front bottom of the 4 inch bumper. I didn't have to worry about notching out for a hitch. I mounted this using C-clamps to hold the angle iron while drilling, but is difficult doing this by yourself, so two people would be better. The guard has a slight tendency to slope back after going down the road. Once I had to dry camp and I was assigned a grass pad on a slope, which put the guard almost to a horizontal position, so I had to manually bend the rubber guard pieces back to a vertical position when I got ready to leave. As after thought I would have looked at the type with the strings of plastic hanging that you see on coaches. « Show Less
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I purchased the Smart Solutions guard. I installed it myself with no problems. Works great and is NOT cheaply made. I would buy this product again.
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Just returned from 5700 mile trip out west. The Rock Solid did great. Not one nick on our new CRV. Doesn't come with the mount angle iron. Got them from Home Depot.
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From what I have learned from other RV owners the Smart Solutions Rock Solid 96" is preferred. First is the price difference and second the Rock Guard is easily permanently installed and I don't have to think about it further. I was able to install it under our motorhome equal distant between the rear tires and the back bumper 3" off the ground. I connected it to the frame with simple angle iron and it provides great protection. Papabob.
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Amazon sells flip up cover by butler creek and come in a wide choice of dia sizes, and styles for both the eye and front, im not currently near my ar or I would of put my calipers on it and gave you a good measurement of each. Ive been thinking about getting a set myself.
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Not sure how the Blue Ox removable mounts are shaped. The Smittybilt 87450 was bought to fit a Smittybilt bumper. I found a lightly used Blue Ox tow bar before I actually towed with the 87450. I bought some adaptors to make the Blue Ox work with the Smittybilt bumper and I couldn't be happier. Sorry I can't be more help.
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I bought 62447-8B. It's fantastic. The other one looks smaller. 62447-8B also works on my dash as well as inside my house and at work in a warehouse environment.
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The scraper bar was a great purchase. The bar is thicker than the stock bar. For the Ariens Compact 24, 2 of the blower shute mount holes had to be widened slightly.
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I goy 2000 tj, installed 2" spacerlift, and 31" tires, the stabilizer is better than stock, also important to get alignment done, I get all my rides done at firestone, its one of the last shops that offers life warranty on alignment
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Their web site has a lot more info. But they do have "Optional 3-sided deflector - #60200 for $81.90", and "Optional Rain cover - #77003 for $26.22". But don't know about an edge guard. So I would say no.
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If that's what you need, I would get the Commuter. The Defender is bulkier.
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I strongly suggest that you go with a Tonno Pro 42-502 TonnoFold. I have one and it was very easy to install and I can open and close it in seconds. Looks great as well!
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With the 2.5 inch it won't look too bad as long as you have the factory 265s, but any smaller would look stupid, but if you want the best look go with a set of 285s
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I have the BakFlip HD and am very happy with it. Looks great. They do have many models. The biggest difference is aluminum or fiber plastic. The aluminum is a little less money, but may dent. You can look at the Bak web site videos, they describe the differences (also on youtube). I might have gone with the fiber plastic cover if I had watched their videos first. Install was very easy - perfect fit and I installed myself in about half an hour. Great shipping from Amazon.
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What I did was go to the www.monroe.com website and enter your vehicle information. It will give you the part numbers the fit your car / truck. I would only use the products highlighted in yellow, which are premium. Enter the number that it gives you into Amazon. I can't think of any car / tuck that would use the same front and rear shocks / struts. I have used both the Reflex and the Sensa-trac and the Sensa-trac was by far more smoother. Sticking these Sensa-Trac's in the rear of my 99 Mercury Mountaineer really helped with the ride. I think it was because the helper spring not only helps with towing weight, but it kept the suspension from using the overload spring. The overload leaf spring gives that rough bounce back in the suspension.
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My recommendation would be for a Parking Armor 4.8 Edition (48" inches wide). However, if you want to be 100% certain I would recommend measuring the interior width of your trunk. We recommend measuring the interior width of your trunk to make sure the Parking Armor will lay flat when not in use.
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Your best bet is to call the manufacturer and have all of your safe details with you, make model year, and give them a buz and see. One of mine it was good to go the other not even close. Just look them up on google. Love mine by the way.
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The scraper bar was a great purchase.The bar is thicker than the stock bar.For the Ariens Compact 24, 2 of the blower shute mount holes had to be widened slightly.
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I have an '02 classic V-Star 650, the measurement of my pre existing four bolt back rest brackets was about 9 inches 1/8th, this rack fit perfectly and still looks great, deff a great buy and can handle some weight, i bought this rack more for touring than just a chrome addition, I'd recommend this rack to anyone.
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With the sissy bar I would go with the biggest available. My 2000 Shadow Sabre with hard bags and NC Low Boy Shield fits perfect (tight).