I plan on putting on the new TBR products some time in Sept or Oct. BUT I want to be ready. Is there ANY gotchas or things I SHOULD replace while I am doing the swing arm and arms??
How about skid plates? Chain gaurds? Seals???

 

wat skids do you have? i've got the full pro armor now, and thats one thing i'd wrry about if i bought new ones,

 

Stock ones should work on TBR swing arm. Just get rear shock re-valued for the -1

 

did the TBR swingarm come with pivot bushings? if it didn't order some, don't even bother trying to remove the pivots bushings from your old swingarm.
I really like the stock skids - they are very strong, last quite a while, and are only $20 ea. so when they do wear out they are cheap to replace. when your aluminum wears out - and they all do and will - they are quite pricy for a throw away item. I've been meaning to get a set of TBR skids - chormoly angles made to go over the stock plastics, double the protection, and the chromoloy will way outlast aluminum, but I dunno if they're worth the price.

 

hightower, the pro armor swingarm skid goes over the stock ones

 

yeah i know the proarmor is really nice, best aluminum in my opinion. but the part that gives it its strength is also a hangup on high centers and deeply rutted trails - the way its one wide plate that bridges across the two mounts. but if I bought alum for my DS, it'd be the pro-armor, no doubt.