bhulty20

Just wondering what you guys think is the MOST important skid plate for the xj's. Maybe like the top 3 skids? And if its going to be easy to fab up my own?

any input helps, thanks!!

MasterShakeXJ

tcase, gas tank, and maybe tranny. i need to get some, but i want get a gas tank that will fit up with my reese hitch, and i dont have the money to buy a bumper for recovery. and having an 01 part of the exhaust hangs lower so an engine skid wont really work.

xjjeepthing

Rock rails, t-Case, Gas Tank, Diff Covers

bhulty20

thanks guys! me and my uncle are making some rock rails for sure this spring, Sounds like the next most important would be the t case skid? right? then probably a gas tank skid? thanks

MasterShakeXJ

i always put rockers lower on the list simply because if you come down on a rock with your tcase or your gas tank, your up the creek and it's gonna screw up your whole day, whereas is you come down on your rocker panel its just body damage, you can still drive it home. thats just always been my logic about that. theres much more vital parts than your rockers i think.

bhulty20

Thats true!! thank you! haha so most vital areas? t case and gas tank?

BTW any one know if this will fit on my 99?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=120368637071

93XJLI

I hit my rock sliders more than anything else.

bhulty20

i thought those would be much needed! any places to get good skid plate but within a smaller budget?

crashzx6r

rustysoffroad.com makes nice skids....i have a nice 212 miller mig welder and my boss lets me have scrap so i make my own stuff but the prices on rustys arent that bad,,,,someone will chim in with others just research best prices. you want thick stuff not just little sheetmetal stufff.

bhulty20

whats a good thickness if me and my uncle end up making them? .25 inch? 3/8?

ill check out rustys right now, thanks!!

MasterShakeXJ

get the warn tcase skid, its like 80$. the rusty's tcase skid only works with a tcase drop. that should fit, a friend of mine has one of those on his '00. skid row makes a good skid also i think. look for a belly up or full engine skid if you can. as far as sliders, AJ's offroad armor ftw.

crashzx6r

you donot have to have a t case drop for the rustys i just helped put one on my friends xj...they have options

crashzx6r

but now that you said that i forgot warn does sell a good t case skid for cheap...its a god one too ive heard good things about it.....

Desertfox1023

I was lucky and my my XJ came with the stock skid plates - Engine, T-Case, and Gas tank. The Gas tank skids helps a lot!!! I have a lot of marks on the bottom of it. The Engine skid really never hitsw anything but it does help keep things like mud and rocks flying up into the engine bay. The T-case skids has notmarks on it on my XJ but I have hit the cross member a couple of times. I've made sure not to hit the rocker panels as I don't have rock rails yet but it would help if I had some. I say go to the J/Y and rob an XJ of it's stock skids...

bhulty20

does it matter what year i take the factory skids off at the jy?