i've found a pretty killer deal on a pair of Rusty's skid plates.....
its the Tranny Skid Plate and the Gas Tank Skid Plate...

anyone have any experience with them to share positive/negative??
also any pics of them mounted would be cool

 

they're horrible things to be avoided at all costs.

where are they and I will dispose of them

 

I would say any kind of plateing will help a plastic fuel tank. Get them.

 

there comes a point where metal is metal no matter whos sticker is put on it,
a skid plate is one of them, they do just as good as any other brand who makes a 3/16 skid plate they all grind on rocks the same.
let me know where they are if you dont want them i dont have time to build a set

 

yea, i was just curious cuz i've heard bad things about different distributors Fab work and having never gotten a fab part from rustys; just checking my bases....

i'm getting the skid's regardless only cuz of how cheap they are... too good to pass up lol

$100 for the both of em.... like new they're too the point where the paint is barely coming off from use

 

wow jump on it asap that's a hell of a price

 

From what I hear about Rusty's parts I'd think you'd do better to just bolt a cookie sheet on your front end.

 

I have the engine / trans and transfer case skids, the engine trans is decent, Not a big fan of how the front part mounts but I can deal with it and I have not mounted the transfercase skid, yet bit it mounts with 2 7/16 bolts and 2 3/8 self tapping screws (not sure how that will hold up) but I will look at it before I mount it, did not get the hardware with the skids, they came with my XJ, brand new in the back. For free or real cheap I would jump on them I dont think I wouldorder them new or anything else from Rusty's, I have read some terrible reviews and from the skids I have they are priced cheap on the Rusty's site for a reason.

 

Maybe you should speak from your own experience before regurgitating what you hear from other people.

All 3 Rusty's skids:



Closer view; the HD crossmember is what holds them together.


I've had Rusty's 3 skids on my XJ for over 3 years now & they have saved my XJ's *** many times. I have dropped the Jeep on rocks with just them holding the XJ up. By now they're gouged and scraped, but they still hold up & their shape has not changed. Mounting is secure too, but I did manage to lose 3 mounting bolts off the t'fercase skid a couple years ago. But that was the fault of the person that mounted the skid.Granted, I would have liked some more rigidity to the t'fercase skid, but if it didn't flex a tiny bit, the recoil would have to go somewhere and I don't want to speculate on where that would be.

The oil change hole in the engine skid is too small. You'll want to cut that wider.

 

For $100 I would def. get them I mean any type of skid plates can't hurt.

 

My jeep is held together by rustys parts, I love them and would never not recomend them. Not everyone can afford to pay twice as much for the pretty rubicon express sticker

 

your an idiot, 3/16 steel is 3/16 steel, its not weak just because of what sticker is put on it when your yuppie buddy bought one

 

i have to ask.... to 95cherokee...... if you think rustys skid plates are that bad, you should put up some pics of the skid plates you haveon your 95 cherokee now so i can compare..... or even better yet... so i know what the good ones are

 

well it looks like i will have some pics of them this sunday and then in 2 weeks they will be at my doorstep.....
(found them on CL way up in the U.P. In Larium and since i'm more than 500 miles away my GF whose at NMU is picking them up for me and delivering them to me when she comes home for a visit)

 

i wish my gf would do that. actual id be a little skeptic of her metting people on cl