Talons Garage New Powerboost Skid Plate

[Mcbutter]

Wanted to start off and mention this isn't any sponsorship or paid advertising. I reached out to Talons Garage after seeing their coming soon for the new skid plate made directly for the powerboost trucks and they asked for anyone to contact them as they needed beta testers. I reached out and was accepted to help out. Got a discount and free shipping for helping out, which I was ready to pay full and the shipping so high five to them.

As of right now they sell a skid plate for all models, the only difference when attaching to a powerboost truck is you need to buy adapters to make it work. You can see on their site pictures of how they are attached and also see its not much metal there. The new one now goes from cross member to cross member for full coverage.

After unpacking it you can feel how sturdy it is, built to take some hits and keep the rest of the truck unharmed. One thing that's a noticeable difference from the older skid plate is this new one curves up further on the sides. Where you mount on the front side of the truck the holes are now open on one side making it a lot easier to slide in with the two factory bolts lossened rather than removing them completely to place back. The other two longer bolts for the rear side fit right up into the cross member, one hole is blocked off with some heat shielding that you just poke through for it to fit. I worked off some jack stands but using a lift would make it a lot easier, which is a no brainer. .

I'm really happy with the coverage and protection now, mainly got it for keeping the thieves off my catalytic converters but road debris and other things won't fly up into that area now. After talking with Talons Garage they mentioned they are very close to releasing the new powerboost skid plate. If you want it for off-road, catalytic coverage, or just protection in general I highly recommend getting one once its available.

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[Beercity]

Thanks for the review, did you get a weight on the parts before the install? Just curious.

 

[Mcbutter]

Thanks for the review, did you get a weight on the parts before the install? Just curious.

Thank you. I didn't weigh it beforehand but looking at the shipping info it was labeled as 40lbs. Don't see any info on their page for weight either.

 

[Kodiak]

Thanks for reviewing this. This is one of the items I have listed to get as soon as my truck comes in. I spoke with the gentleman there early in the year and asked about a one piece and he said he was considering it. I have been watching it ever since and did see he posted it as "Coming Soon".

Did you see any bugs in it or things that you may have done differently. If it is 40 lbs that is a small price to pay for the weight to keep that cat protected. A wonderful visual deterent saying "Move on to the next guys truck".

 

[Mcbutter]

Thanks for reviewing this. This is one of the items I have listed to get as soon as my truck comes in. I spoke with the gentleman there early in the year and asked about a one piece and he said he was considering it. I have been watching it ever since and did see he posted it as "Coming Soon".

Did you see any bugs in it or things that you may have done differently. If it is 40 lbs that is a small price to pay for the weight to keep that cat protected. A wonderful visual deterent saying "Move on to the next guys truck".

I had installed it without getting the instructions. At first I thought maybe that was part of the plan testing it out, but I asked and they emailed them to me. After I got them I looked it over and saw they removed the front felt weather guard where as I kept it on mine. If you get the front skid plate it would take the spot of the front felt weather guard. Other than that it was straight forward. Having some small hands to get the nut started on top of the cross member helps. The wife helped me out on that, thankfully. No pun intended there .

Just hope if someone does go and try it they don't get mad seeing the plate and bust a window out or something else.

 

[SuperRaptor]

Window < Catalytic converter

I'm not clear though is this just the new version of their skid plate and NOT the PB specific plate they are releasing soon?

 

[Mcbutter]

Window < Catalytic converter

I'm not clear though is this just the new version of their skid plate and NOT the PB specific plate they are releasing soon?

This is the one for powerboost trucks thats releasing soon. I have a 22 powerboost. I'm not sure if it fits non-powerboost trucks though.

 

[SuperRaptor]

This is the one for powerboost trucks thats releasing soon. I have a 22 powerboost. I'm not sure if it fits non-powerboost trucks though.

Gotcha so this is the new one coming out. I'd talked with them about doing the same as you but they must have already told a couple people yes for beta testing.

 

[Kodiak]

Cat theft is mostly a crime of opportunity. Now they do go out with all intentions to steal one/some but they will not want to spend a lot of time trying to figure out what and where to cut. One look under the truck, see it is an issue and go look at someone else's truck.

FYI I do not know what it adds to the work needed to change the oil but I got one of these to make it easier with the plate. It may not matter but this device looks wonderful whether I would need it or not. Good luck with the plate and especially the truck!

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[SuperRaptor]

Cat theft is mostly a crime of opportunity. Now they do go out with all intentions to steal one/some but they will not want to spend a lot of time trying to figure out what and where to cut. One look under the truck, see it is an issue and go look at someone else's truck.

FYI I do not know what it adds to the work needed to change the oil but I got one of these to make it easier with the plate. It may not matter but this device looks wonderful whether I would need it or not. Good luck with the plate and especially the truck!

ValvoMax Oil Drain System

Here is Seattle it's gotten SO bad. Even with low cars and especially Priuses (Pria? Idk plural of Prius)

 

[Mcbutter]

Cat theft is mostly a crime of opportunity. Now they do go out with all intentions to steal one/some but they will not want to spend a lot of time trying to figure out what and where to cut. One look under the truck, see it is an issue and go look at someone else's truck.

FYI I do not know what it adds to the work needed to change the oil but I got one of these to make it easier with the plate. It may not matter but this device looks wonderful whether I would need it or not. Good luck with the plate and especially the truck!

ValvoMax Oil Drain System

I haven't seen this before, I'm definitely going to try it out. Too many times I've got something clogged in the drain hole on the collector and not be quick enough to remove.

 

[Kodiak]

I haven't seen this before, I'm definitely going to try it out. Too many times I've got something clogged in the drain hole on the collector and not be quick enough to remove.

It looks slower but that is fine with me. I also got the replacement part with the long hose and it is 3 feet long. I'll cut it to the exact size I need.

 

[SuperRaptor]

Cat theft is mostly a crime of opportunity. Now they do go out with all intentions to steal one/some but they will not want to spend a lot of time trying to figure out what and where to cut. One look under the truck, see it is an issue and go look at someone else's truck.

FYI I do not know what it adds to the work needed to change the oil but I got one of these to make it easier with the plate. It may not matter but this device looks wonderful whether I would need it or not. Good luck with the plate and especially the truck!

ValvoMax Oil Drain System

Which one did you buy? It said not compatible with the newer style fords but I haven't crawled underneath to do my oil change yet on my PB and seen which one we have.

 

[Kodiak]

Which one did you buy? It said not compatible with the newer style fords but I haven't crawled underneath to do my oil change yet on my PB and seen which one we have.

I got the M12 - 1.75 thread. I saw this in another thread too that mentioned this size. Now I do not have my truck yet as it has been getting bumped lately, but this is what was listed for it. YMMV.

 

[FrankThompson]

I have mine in the bed of my truck waiting to install. Between storms and other last minute life obligations, I've not had a chance to install mine. I plan to try again this weekend. Looks like you don't have it raised that much so I'm hoping I can get away without lifting it at all (fingers crossed).

One thing I will mention. They have other skid plates that cover other parts, but they don't work with this version of hte cat cover. I'm considering getting more and Talon's Garage let me know that they are working on other skit plats to work with this one.

BTW, when I got mine it already had some battle damage. No fault to Talon's Garage, this was all on UPS:

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