<< I think if the guy wants to use his 400EX to tote stuff around, more power to him. >>



I agree. YELLOW7, other than performance, there is no &quot;must&quot; to have. Although there is some stuff you might want to &quot;consider&quot;, such as: front bumpers, skid plates (mainly rear swingarm), shock covers, front frame guards, side frame guards, brush guard, nerf bars, etc. BUT, over half of the things I listed is not necessary. The only things I would have on mine would be a front bumper, rear swingarm skid plates, and MABY nerf bars(if I was going to be jumping alot). For this coming X-Mas is a DG Alloy front bumper waiting for Santa to put it safe and sound under the tree [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] DG is the best way to go for bumpers, nerfs, guards, etc. Hope this helps...