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Still running a stock cover on your 4x4? We are too, on a lot of our trucks. Aftermarket covers are expensive and seem to be one of the last things you buy. Well, if you're still running around with stock covers, then check out BDS's new line of diff guards for Dana axles. The guards' tight clearance design keeps them out of the way of everything else, and they come with buttonhead fasteners for easy attachment. You don't even have to pull off the cover to install one. Information: BDS Suspension, 517.279.2135, www.bds-suspension.com
DEI now has some 12-volt accent lights to hold your license plate. The beauty of the bolts are that they not only hold the plate, but also give you the lighting you need to keep your 4x4 legal on the highways by lighting up your tags. The kits are 100 percent bolt-on (heck, they are the bolts!) and come with everything you need. Information: Design Engineering Inc., 800.264.9472, www.designengineering.com
CST has new ball joints for prerunners and lifted trucks. The CST Pro-joints have a durable design made from high-strength materials, and can reach extreme angles while utilizing a sealed design to make them superior to uniballs. They use a standard Moog bolt pattern and are made for late-model Chevys and Dodges with A-arm front ends. Information: California Super Trucks, 951.328.9902, www.cstsuspension.com
Sick of your old-school glass headlights? Want a little more light, while getting rid of your sealed-beam design? Roundeyes has new DOT-approved headlight conversions to replace 7-inch round or 7.25-inch rectangular headlights. The housings hold H4 60/55-watt bulbs and feature unbreakable clear polycarbonate lenses. They plug directly into your factory wiring harnesses. Information: Roundeyes, www.roundeyes.com
Dana 30 axlehousings can bend pretty easily. That's why Rusty's Off-Road came up with a super-cheap weld-on axletubing brace to prevent your front end from bending itself. Whether you're duning or rockcrawling, this 3/16-inch plate will hold onto your axletube, pumpkin, and upper control-arm mounts to keep things still so you don't pretzel your axle. Information: Rusty's Off-Road, 256.442.0607, www.rustysoffroad.com
Odyssey, maker of the AGM (absorbent glass mat) sealed-cell batteries, now has Group 34 sized batteries to fit so many of your off-road vehicle needs. It produces 1,500 cranking amps, and 880 cold-cranking amps, while having a reserve capacity of 135 minutes. It can be cycled over 400 times while still keeping over 80 percent of its cranking potential. The battery comes standard with top brass terminals and can be ordered with sidemounts (PC1500DT) or without (PC1500). Information: Enersys, www.odysseyfactory.com