Strongest skid plates

[salXK]

Just took a look I have the transmission bar not a skid plate. I’ll add that to my list to get by fall. Thanks for all the great advice.


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[notnalc68]

Yeah the stock 2012+ auto transmission line is hanging out in the breeze.

I bent my rock hard to the point it was hitting the cross over pipe. I put it out on the sidewalk and 2lb sledge hammered it back to flat pretty easily. Wear hearing protection, and check your 6 for little old ladies walking their dogs (whoops).

I think that’s what I would do, if I were the OP...and maybe pick better lines.


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[toyotire]

I have found the taller the tires the less skids are needed. Run stock tires on little sluice and you bang stuff up more than running 37's. On 3.6's it would take a freakish rock to damage the oil pan but any old stick to snag the tranny lines.

 

[wayoflife]

I have found the taller the tires the less skids are needed.

That's probably because you're running the same old trails that you always run. The whole point of bigger tires is to play on bigger rocks.

 

[2nd.gunman]

After 2 seasons of wheeling my Rockhard engine skid is crushed enough that it should be replaced soon. I do like the skid but I need to find something a little stronger. Is there anything out there a little thicker or more resistant to bowing in?


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Where’s the pictures?


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[rockwell]

I have found the taller the tires the less skids are needed. Run stock tires on little sluice and you bang stuff up more than running 37's. On 3.6's it would take a freakish rock to damage the oil pan but any old stick to snag the tranny lines.

Or freakish stumps. This is what led me to a skid to begin with. They are harder to spot and are silent, you can at least hear what’s going on with rocks. I get the ‘choose better lines’ bit but a lot of our trails are on a few acres land and maybe 1/2 mile long so if you are always choosing the better lines you’d be home by lunch. All my other skids are factory, beat to shít and holding up great, but those stumps are silent killers and the skids help from them slide over the cross member.


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[DWiggles]

Adding to the thread, I too believe in the factory skids. My jeep is a manual, so I opted only for the oil pan skid for piece of mind.

But my jeep has never been offroad... :cheesy: :crazyeyes:

 

[TrailHunter]

Well my Rubi has been stock height for a year and I love my Rockhard trans/oil Skid.... and thats all I have to say about that.

 

[Overland_stormtrooper]

I opted for the Rancho oil pan skid other than that my 16 is stock underneath ... only added the oil pan skid as I wanted the piece of mind it affords ...

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[fiend]

Or freakish stumps. This is what led me to a skid to begin with. They are harder to spot and are silent, you can at least hear what’s going on with rocks. I get the ‘choose better lines’ bit but a lot of our trails are on a few acres land and maybe 1/2 mile long so if you are always choosing the better lines you’d be home by lunch. All my other skids are factory, beat to shít and holding up great, but those stumps are silent killers and the skids help from them slide over the cross member. View attachment 303706


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I thought you said you had a Rockhard skid.

 

[rockwell]

I thought you said you had a Rockhard skid.

I do. That was what prompted me to get the Rockhard. Now my Rockhard is caving in. I’m just going to take it off, straiten it out and pick better lines as suggested.


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[wjtstudios]

I think a lot depends on your terrain. I agree with everyone that the rubi skid plates are sufficient for rocks, but in the woods, I’ve see a number of Jeeps getting knocked out by large sticks and logs getting up into the trans and linkage. As the tires roll over them they can kick up and cause all kinds of havoc. The rock hard and other skids keep those critical areas protected.


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[Clearskies]

That's probably because you're running the same old trails that you always run. The whole point of bigger tires is to play on bigger rocks.

That's What I'm talking about!!!:rock::rock:

 

[Jkzinger]

I opted for the Rancho oil pan skid other than that my 16 is stock underneath ... only added the oil pan skid as I wanted the piece of mind it affords ...

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I did this back in 2010 also and lo and behold there are no marks on the oil skid!


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[Overland_stormtrooper]

I did this back in 2010 also and lo and behold there are no marks on the oil skid!


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An I hope it never takes a hit .. being my dd and the fact I am solo more often than not an have done some more remote runs I didnt want to chance a blown out oil pan ...

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[Good2Go]

The only musical instrument I know how to play is the engine/transmission skid plate on my Jeep. I can make it ring like a bell. (Well, actually more like an out of tune KLAANGG!).


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