Mopar Skids...

GoodAScoolwhip · **Posted:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:55 pm

New liberty, no skids, looking to add these mopar skids. The first one I am going to order is the transmission skid:

http://jparts.com/product_info.php?products_id=1472&osCsid=8bce52c138fd0c9545dcd0257ac3e9f1

It says here that the "front(engine)plate must also be installed." But i dont see an engine skid on their site. Are the referring to the front suspension skid? http://jparts.com/product_info.php?products_id=185&osCsid=8bce52c138fd0c9545dcd0257ac3e9f1

kskj · **Posted:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:24 pm

There are only 4 skids so that one has to be the front skid.

GoodAScoolwhip · **Posted:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:20 pm

cool thanks. Does anyone have an opinion on a diff cover versus a diff skid? What are the pros and cons of each? I'm pretty sure I'm gonna just go with a diff skid. But does anyone else have an opinion between one, the other, or both?

kskj · **Posted:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:47 pm

I don't think I have seen a diff skid, are you talking about the front or rear? On the front, the front skid protects it. And I have only seen rear diff covers.

GoodAScoolwhip · **Posted:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:04 pm

Oops, sorry about that :lol:

kskj · **Posted:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:40 pm

No problem it never hurts to ask. :lol:

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:44 pm

Oh the stories I could tell.....

kskj · **Posted:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:23 pm

ekj · **Joined:** Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:55 pm **Posts:** 100

JL Rockies wrote:

Oh the stories I could tell.....

Do share. They helped me stay away from MOPAR skids.

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:02 am

Do you mean to tell me that you haven't read my story about how my MOPAR skid folded along a dirt road in MOAB causing all of my engine oil to bleed out leaving me stranded on the side of a mountain during a blizzard for hours while friends went into town to get me more oil and a replacement filter?

Let me tell you that its no fun being stranded on the side of a mountain during a blizzard while your friends drive into MOAB to buy a filter and oil to replace what bled out when your MOPAR skid folded along a dirt road is not where you want to be.

Cheap is expensive.

jhblackwell · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:42 am

JL Rockies wrote:

Let me tell you that its no fun being stranded on the side of a mountain during a blizzard while your friends drive into MOAB to buy a filter and oil to replace what bled out when your MOPAR skid folded along a dirt road is not where you want to be.Cheap is expensive.

I gotta ask. Why didn't you ride into town with your friends?

Just curious.

Boiler · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:22 pm

Thanks for your story. Apparently it has sold at least one of my gas tank skids.

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:36 pm

I had to stay behind and try to clean up the mess and make sure my tranny pan was still holding fluid. I was also trying to straighten out the remains of the skid since I needed to put SOMETHING back on for the return trip. There were a lot of ledges between me and base camp.

Boiler, if you make a better product then people should buy it.

Cheap is expensive.

candpliberty · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:38 pm

GoodAScoolwhip wrote:

cool thanks. Does anyone have an opinion on a diff cover versus a diff skid? What are the pros and cons of each? I'm pretty sure I'm gonna just go with a diff skid. But does anyone else have an opinion between one, the other, or both?

This is the only diff skid I found. Sort of funky but it might save your rear end.

http://www.turbocity.com/product_info.php?cPath=17_33&products_id=129&osCsid=f475073710bc478da1d3df2d6c37d431

chefdab · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:31 pm

Rusty's also sells diff skids. http://rustysoffroad.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=rustys&Category_Code=DIF That's where I got the one I had on the Liberty. When I got the Wrangler, I opted for Rockcrusher covers instead.

Boiler · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:25 pm

Never know what kind of clearance issues add on skids might have with your diff.

I'd opt for a beefed up cover. Riddler, rock crusher, I believe there is some green one...

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:27 pm

You can not put a aftermarket diff cover on the front D30A in the KJ.

Ms5490renegade · **Posted:** Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:13 am

my mopar skids held up fine. my rock rails, not so much

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