If for some reason you don't have your factory transmission skid plate, I would recommend an aftermarket one.
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If for some reason you don't have your factory transmission skid plate, I would recommend an aftermarket one.
sunnysideup
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I recently won an ebay bid on a Synergy cross member/skid plate combo... heavy and all welded together as one peice. It is solid! you do have to tap four holes into the frame... but it all fits nice now. I made a "scoop" on the front of it to angle up at the front toward the body... because I did not buy the whole collection of plates they make. It fits tight! I chopped the stock transfer case skid down(about 1/3 of it cut off)and drilled it to bolt up to the synergy plate on the back side...leaving the rear mount for the stock tranny skid. They are all flush with the gas tank skid now, which might be 1/2 higher then stock location. I made my own skid- years ago for the oil pan. The synergy one is a good product, if you want to buy the whole set you could avoid any custom stuff...and you would have a lot of money involved.
groundman1245@yahoo.com
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Okay so I have had two sets of skid plates over the years. Both on newer model 2008 and a 2013. First set was made of steel very heavy made my spring sag after a few years. Then I went to artec aluminum full skid plates. You don't have to buy the crossmember but if you're planning on doing any serious rock crawling I would buy the crossmember that comes with the kit. They make to one for long arm and one for short arm. Very nice set up bolts on completely slick on the bottom. And it won't make your Springs sag after a few years because there aluminum quarter inch thick. About $1,600.
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Here's a thought, just use the factory skids that came on your Jeep from the factory. Costs ZERO extra, adds ZERO weight, doesn't trap in heat and makes it a hell of a lot easier to service your Jeep. But then, that's just me.
I went the 200.00 cheap route and bought the Smitty trans skid, it also covers the oil pan. It's a tank! Very heavy 3/8 steel so plan on the added weight. I'm still running all the stock skids with it, nothing else needed in my opinion. You can spend tons on all kinds of protection and there will still be lots of places that get scraped up.
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fiend
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WJCO
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Did you mean 3/16" ? 3/8" is double that. Most aftermarket skids are 3/16" .
wardawg
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sunnysideup
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This is the synergy HD plate and cross member welded as one piece!
zimm
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Rockhard is good. Although I dented it so bad on a rock I had to drop it and sledge hammer it flat again. It was hitting on the exhaust cross over and making a terrible rattle.
As for the fuel tank. I'm running stock, but 2 club members of mine bent their tanks so bad the senders went bad and had to replace everything. So, I don't subscribe to Eddie's "stock fuel skid is good enough" theory.
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As for the fuel tank. I'm running stock, but 2 club members of mine bent their tanks so bad the senders went bad and had to replace everything. So, I don't subscribe to Eddie's "stock fuel skid is good enough" theory.
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Probably but the pumpkin will probably make contact with it at a full flex. Well, depending on how much stuff you have.
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Andy5160
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Moby's factory gas tank skid plate after more than 10 years of mall crawlin. I suppose if I were more of a badass, I'd need an aftermarket skid for it too.
T case plate looks new!
LOL!! Good eye. We had been running without a t-case skid for a long time but decided to put one on before showing Moby off at SEMA. You know, to make him look nice for the show :crazyeyes: