Noob question - skid plates

seolchan · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:20 pm

I just purchased an 06 Liberty Renegade and am a little confused about the skid plates. It obviously did not have a front plate and everything else except the armor over the gas tank appears to be missing. However, there are two things that look like rails over the differential and up by the front, pretty much directly between the two front tires. I am not seeing anything like it in any of the pics I have seen of the factory skid plates so I am not sure if the previous owner modified this or not. I took a pic (very blurry, stupid camera phone) and circled the area I am talking about. Anybody know what this is or if it came from the factory like this or what? I'm a bit confused lol. The pic is hosted on my picasa account at the following link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/seolchan/CarPics#5301326809991840866

seolchan · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:21 pm

Any help would be much appreciated. I am trying to figure out what I need to buy for this and am inexperienced with Jeeps. Thanks!

BMR · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:35 pm

Hard to tell from the pic, but what's circled looks like the t case cross member. The KJ has 4 factory skid plates that are available for it.

You can find them here at partsformyjeep.com, among other places.

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:38 pm

you appear to have the t-case skid and since you have a Rennie Id bet you might have a couple of the others but its really hard to tell from that picture.

the four skids are:
engine/ suspension
transmission
transfer case
gas tank

then if you want to count it there are also rock rails.

LibertyFever · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:10 pm

I thought the Renegade models came with the lightbar and all the skids & tow hooks.
Regardless, from your pics your Renegade is definately bare underneath. I'm going to suggest that you watch for other Liberty's in parking lots and have a peek under them.

The available Mopar skids include the front skid, a transmision skid, a transfer case skid and the gas tank skid. With some research you can find aftermarket skid too.

Myself I bought my skids one at a time as I could afford them in order from front to rear.

If you'd like I can send you the installation instructions for the Mopar skids. Just PM me with an email address.

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:16 pm

LibertyFever wrote:

I thought the Renegade models came with the lightbar and all the skids & tow hooks.

not all, some came with lights on the bumper instead of the light bar, but they dont look as good.

ATXKJ · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:27 pm

Engine
http://site.justforjeeps.com/guide/82209026.pdf

Tranny
http://site.justforjeeps.com/guide/82210003.pdf

Gas tank
http://site.justforjeeps.com/guide/82206122.pdf

(transfer case was mislabeled - will update if I find it)

okay - different site - but still shows the skid
http://www.jeepprojects.com/content.php?article.39

It may have come with some - and someone may have decided not to put them back after an oil change

seolchan · **Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:39 pm

Thanks for all the info! I had to take the pic at work with my iphone and it hates the dark so it came out like crap. I'll take a couple of pics with my point and shoot tomorrow and get them posted up here so hopefully we can make a positive ID on what's there/missing. Once again thanks sooooo much!

seolchan · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:46 pm

OK, I brought a better camera to work. As soon as I go to lunch I'll snap a couple of pictures and get them posted. Thanks for all the help again!

Back-n-Black · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:01 pm

My 03 rene has all the skids stock but the tranny skid. Just for reference.

nosnorb_808 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:53 pm

Same here 03 Renegade everything except transmission skid. Early model Renegades came stock with all skids excluding a transmission skid. Transmission skids came stock on later models I believe 04 & on. Here's were I ordered my transmisson skid from. Great service & hard to beat prices www.jparts.com

seolchan · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:35 pm

Ok, I just uploaded much better pics of the underside of the Jeep in my picasa album, along with some pics of the Jeep itself. They are at the following link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/seolchan/CarPics#

seolchan · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:36 pm

Once again thanks for all the help. I'd never ID all of this myself.

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:43 pm

well the only skid I saw was the gas tank.

Inc · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:46 pm

jsc7002 wrote:

well the only skid I saw was the gas tank.

X2. And my 05 Renny came with all the Mopar skids front to back and the lightbar.

seolchan · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:03 pm

Well crap. More stuff to buy. One more question. In the last pic, there is a plate on the bottom of the car that has some mud on it. What is that?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:31 pm

seolchan wrote:

Well crap. More stuff to buy. One more question. In the last pic, there is a plate on the bottom of the car that has some mud on it. What is that?

I don't see a car in any of those pics,where's the car? I only see a Jeep Liberty.The last pic of the KJ with the mud on it is the front diff cover.

seolchan · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:53 pm

Thanks. And yeah, no car here lol. I'll have to remember that after having sports cars for so long.

MNKK · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:10 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

seolchan wrote:

Well crap. More stuff to buy. One more question. In the last pic, there is a plate on the bottom of the car that has some mud on it. What is that?

I don't see a car in any of those pics,where's the car? I only see a Jeep Liberty.The last pic of the KJ with the mud on it is the front diff cover.

There was a car in the pic that shows his left rear? Is that what he was refering to?

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:16 pm

maybe he could take the skidplates off the car? hehe

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