my underbody splash guards get riped up so i riped mine out... should i bother geting another one... is it important? will my alternator suffer damage if i don't get one

i don't have a lift yet, im still low to the ground. i see alot of pix of jeeps that dont have one but there all lifted... i do splash around in alot of water

thx for any help

 

when i bought mine -it did not have them on it

 

if your play in the water alot then maybe you should put something there. I ripped mine off cause they were in the way when I needed to work on it. But I havint had any problems. I play in the water to but I don't just bellyflop in and cover my whole engine in water.

 

I ditched mine. The only time I blew out an altenator was when I was headlights deep into watery mud.. That splash shield wouldnt have helped at all.

 

yea I agree with matt he's got a point there

 

mine got ripped off in the woods playing with the jeep 2 years ago before i even made a payment

 

haha thats funny im trying to install my tow hooks on the front and its always in the way so i ripped it out, engine gets cooloer air faster haha

 

I was wondering if i could ditch mine well i know what im doing tomorrow

 

unless your planning on entering some mud bogs just rip it off it wont do you that much good

 

i will agree..they are pain when i was workin on mine!!!!..i wanted to take mine out..but i thought it served a purpose...looks like i will be rippin mine out as well! not that it doesnt serve a purpose..but i for what i do...no purpose

 

I would rip it out, but find another way to shield the alternator if you're ever going to be splashing in deep mud. I just had to replace my alt yesterday because I took my splash shield out.

 

I've been waiting for this thread. I have mine rigged up with gorilla tape right now. So it's okay to just take this thing off? I'll pretty much only be in trouble if I got driving into water.

That doesn't mean if I splash through a puddle in the road I'm going to destroy my alternator right?

 

No, a puddle won't hurt it. Deep water on the other hand will render your alternator useless.

 

Roger, I imagine that the little splash guard wouldn't help in deep water anyways. Extra weight is coming off today and going to the dumpster. Good thing I didn't spill money to buy a new one.

 

X 10 on this one. The thing keeps cool air from coming in but, doesn't keep the water from coming so I ditched mine.