So the Base model doesn't have the external power outlets of the Trialmaster but is the wiring in place? Can I undo the external plastic panel to access the wiring?
Not on mine.
My guess is if you took a poll, the top 2 features people would tell you to make sure you get would be the diff locks and the aux wiring - you have to get those from the factory. You either get it with the factory config, or you miss out - aftermarket mods to get those capabilities would cost way more than the factory options. But you don’t need the Trialmaster to get those - I did a base config and added them (and spent more than the Trialmaster or Fieldmaster, just because I loaded it up)
you mean you already had the pre-wiring installed and they still charged for lighting prep, or you didn’t, and the prep cost you as much as the full rack? If you had the aux power option, the “prep” for lighting involves sticking 3 cable management clips in the airline rail, screwing the bar to the rack, and plugging it in. Like 10 minutes - max. Were you using the dealer-installed LED bar? I suppose if not, they might have had to put on a new connector terminal.Also, part of the cost for my full Rhino rack was broken out as "roof lighting prep". This was on the final dealer invoice. Totaling the costs equalled the factory roof rack cost but I never asked what that was.
The Austrian Ineos test driver said in a video back in 2022??(Budapest drive I think) that there were 3 items that everyone should order and that you can't fit them later.
I had to look at my invoice and it wasn’t the roof rack cost but the cost of the high load auxiliary wiring. The invoice had a separate $495 line item for “Light Bar Provision” and the high load wiring cost was reduced by that same amount. No change in cost but the dealer told me it’s done this way when a roof rack is ordered.
