Pretty quick delivery - but UPS destroyed the box (and chipped the powdercoat ) There was no instructions or hardware... not unusual for Rusty's
Anyone know what bolt size/thread/pitch/length I need to install the skid (and hitch)?

The skid plate is well made and pretty beefy and over 70 pounds. All 3/16" plate steel...

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2002 Salsa Liberty
Rusty's 2.5 spring lift
Rusty's RockRails and Diff Guards
Skid Row belly skidplate
235/85/R16 (32") Maxxis BigHorns
ARB rear locker
Detours BackBone Front Recovery Point and Winch Mount
Superwinch EP9000

I take it you don't have a rear hitch? If you have the rear tow hook it will need to come off if I remember right.The bolts needed are M12x1.75 bolts that are 40mm long and a metric hardness of 10.9.

I knew I could count on someone here for a quick reply! I figured they were M12 - just didn't know the pitch (1.75). I have a hitch I bought from LOST member Ratmloud a while a go that I'll be installing at the same time. I guess I'll have to remove the factory rear tow hook. If anyone needs one PM me.

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2002 Salsa Liberty
Rusty's 2.5 spring lift
Rusty's RockRails and Diff Guards
Skid Row belly skidplate
235/85/R16 (32") Maxxis BigHorns
ARB rear locker
Detours BackBone Front Recovery Point and Winch Mount
Superwinch EP9000

Just incase you didnt know, the hitch and the skid use the same bolts.

If that hitch came with bolts then youve already got them.

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LOST KJ'S
Where are you going???
Current Jeep: 2004 Jeep Liberty
-Atlantic Blue
-Air Ride Rear Suspension ; OME/Rustys Lift ; Powertrax Locker ; Moog Lower Ball-Joints ; 245/70/16 Yokohama Geolander A/T-S's on MOABS ; Flowmaster 50 SUV
Lost #007082
http://www.cardomain.com/id/jeepjeepster

Checkout this link to some Mopar skidplate installation instructions. The Rusty's skidplate can't be that much different from the Mopar one.

http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=10813&highlight=roof+rack

id like to hear some feed back on how this skid fit and how it holds up on the trail. ill be looking to get one when i get my taxes back this year(and a few other goodies ).

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cactus green 03 sport 3.7
Rusty's coil lift w/ Rancho RSX shocks & 3 ring clevis
custom skids and rock rails ; Surco roof rack w/ hi lift mounted
pioneer cd/aux with Zune mounted on dash; uniden cb with 4' K40 antenna
xeon lights; grill inserts; black wheels; 245/75/16s MTRs
#1281 http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2967585/1

It is built like a tank!!!! I came down on it hard at Tellico last October. It scratched the paint on the left rear side and dented the corner. The factory Mopar skid would have been toast if I had it instead -- would have dented into the gas tank I am sure.

The only other positive/negative I have is that it is not as 'form-fitting' as some other fuel skids for the KJ (it looks a little wider and deeper than some) and I wonder if I will have probs when I change the diff cover for the 8.25.

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Colin
LOST#85291
"Blue Bunny"
04 KJ Sport 3.7L AT 4x4
Steel IFS/DL&DTT/4.10s/Tow Pkg/Mopar-Rusty's-Skid Row skids&sliders/OME struts&springs/Rancho shocks/Terraflex bumpstops/Landy FRH/Gen Steel/Grabber AT2s/Spidertrax/Rockcrusher/Hella/Smittybilt XRC8/Bulldog wiring/NAPA brakes/JBA UCAs&spacers/Deka Intimidator