If you could only get 1...

Quicksilversurf917 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:26 pm

If you could only get 1 skid for youre KJ what would it be...currently I can afford 1 skid and tryin to figure out which one would be most important? Or should I get rock rails before skids?

Thanks!

Boiler · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:52 pm

If you're going the mopar route, you can probably buy all of the skids for the price of a set of rock rails. I think if money was very tight I'd work through buying the four mopar skids and then save for rock rails.

As for which is the most important, I wouldn't say. I'd probably get transfer case last as it is moderately protected by the crossmember, but transmission, engine, and gas tank are all hanging out in the wind.

Quicksilversurf917 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:12 pm

ok sounds like a good idea.

you PM'ed me?

lol

Budke · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:16 pm

I'd go with the front engine/suspension skid.
Thats what you end up hitting first and the hardest usually. Well, thats usually what happens in my case.

When I got my KJ the front skid had barely a scratch on it and now its all scuffed up and missing a lot of paint so I know it has been used a lot.

And you don't want to slam hard on your front diff and crack it, now do you?
lol

Boiler · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:50 pm

well I wrote up a long PM about me reselling the skids I don't even have yet and figured you didn't want to wait months so I deleted it... :roll:

STINGN · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:01 pm

idk, if you got a lift, the front shouldnt be TOO bad, but if you can squeeze it, get the mopar tranny and front...dont wanna mess up that oil pan

Quicksilversurf917 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:03 pm

oh ur talkin about the new skids that you are making currently?

Quicksilversurf917 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:05 pm

yes I have a lift

callaway · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:31 pm

check out jparts.com - they usually have the cheapest prices for mopar skids.

Boiler · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:36 pm

Quicksilversurf917 wrote:

oh ur talkin about the new skids that you are making currently?

Nope. I know those are beyond your price range if you're saving for one mopar skid at a time.

I'm buying mopar skids of a guy to use for reference. Once I'm done with my designs I'm going to resell them for the same price hopefully. As long as I get the skids off his jeep soon (stinkin nutserts spinning & round bolts) I'll probably need a couple / three months with them.

I do have a gas tank skid that is like my aluminum one but made of 10 gage steel that I used for a preliminary fit prototype. I'd sell it for $125 just to cover some of its cost. I would rate it about as strong as a Kilby or a rusty's, far superior to the mopar. Shipping to you would probably run about 50-75 dollars though, but that is a wild guess...

If you're interested I'll take some pictures of it and get an accurate shipping quote. Just give me your zip code.

jeepskate · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:07 pm

If I could only afford one, I'd get the engine skid. And then I'd stick to pavement until I got the others. :lol:

phluffhead · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:32 pm

although that engine skid acts as a scoop in mud

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:36 pm

phluffhead wrote:

although that engine skid acts as a scoop in mud

Thats why you make your own skid in front of it! :wink:

no more scoop!!! :lol:

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:25 pm

What it protects..............

Front skid(AKA engine skid)--front diff--cost of new diff is $1400+
Transmission skid--back part of oil pan and the trans pan--cost of new engine is $5000+,new trans is $3000+
Transfer case skid--t-case and costs $500-$1200
Gas tank skid--Gas tank and a new one costs $650+

As you can see they are all equally important.

tan's2002kjlimited · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:51 pm

I have all 4 Mopar skids and my wife Doesn't want me to go offroad at all. :evil:

Quicksilversurf917 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:38 pm

wellll......care to sell? or nah?

djui5 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:38 am **Posts:** 536

Personally I'd get the t-case skid. It seems to be the most open to damage.

durangotang · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:51 am

Tranny skid... most expensive parts per square inch... :lol:

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:57 pm

I think TJ added it up for you. Be smart save your $$ and get them all . Remember the one you dont put on is the part you will hit and break. Murphy's Law

Libertad · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:51 am

I'd just save up and buy all 4 Mopar skids. I was able to buy them from my local dealer here in BC for just over $300CAD. Worth every penny

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