Bundy Hill KJ run, August 15th

[jeeper4life]

lmao yes it is!! ask yellowcoyote!! she had to reassure me several times that i was ok

yep its what their there for, lord knows I have used them on the YJ before...

 

[JeepOwner07]

okay those aren't expensive i could probably do that no problem and i already have rails! might give me a reason to keep them haha

 

[JeepOwner07]

is the front suspension and engine skid the same, does it cover the engine as well, i dont see one listed at justforjeeps.com

 

[JeepINgeek]

http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45531&highlight=skids

front to rear.. ENgine, ******, Xfer Case, Gastank.

In my opinion.. dont get the mopar gas skid.. was way flimsy and probably is only good for puncture protection.

Boiler offers a pre-engine skid that i have. It seems great for keeping mud and crap from entering the engine bay before the engine skid.. and keeping the engine skid from being a shovel

 

[Marlon_JB2]

( there is one section i wont do again until i have rails on) but i gurantee you that you WILL use your skids on a majority of this trip..

You won't do it again? What about me? LOL

I cracked stuff!

JO07, you just MIGHT want to keep those rails on. IMO they also look cool, so yeah.

 

[JeepINgeek]

lol you knwo the spot marlon!

ya id love to hit that again when i have rails.. i think that was one of the most UNIQUE spots there..

 

[yellocoyote]

lmao yes it is!! ask yellowcoyote!! she had to reassure me several times that i was ok

It's one of those sounds that freaks you out a lot in the beginning, but you kinda forget about later... like now, I hear them hit and say 'that's normal'... lol3.gif


Front suspension skid/engine skid are indeed one in the same.

You can use the newer transmission skid on older KJ's... they require a hole to be drilled into the transmission crossmember to mount correctly. It's easy to do. Also, someone said that the trans skid may come into contact with the exhaust... but the mopar skid I had before my upgrade already had that area 'beaten' down so that the skid didn't touch the exhaust.

 

[yodejt02]

Front engine skid for an 05 and up will fit older KJs, BUT 05's and up have a different mounting point on the engine skid in the rear so a hole will need to be drilled in the skid. (I am using an 03 skid on my 06)

Transmission skid should fit with no modifications.

Transfer case skid from new to old or other way around WILL NOT FIT (I had a skid for an 03 I was going to use but the whole size and mounting points are way different between the unibody mount point and the crossmember.

Gas tank skid will fit no mods needed

 

[rockymountain]

I have noticed that a number of those skids on jparts.com are for an 05 and up, willl they work for an o4 at all? What am I in for rocky with my 04 that causes them to be a pain with the transmission skid?

*edit* oh ya, I have a flag you can have rocky, its just a old bike flag on a stick...like what you get at walmart. even still has some badlands mud on it heh.

cool I'll take it. I went to walmart out here NE and they didn't have them. I looked all over the bike section. WTF!

 

[JeepINgeek]

i must have bought the last one rocky and thanks yode for the clarification

 

[rockymountain]

i must have bought the last one rocky and thanks yode for the clarification

you BASSTURD!! JK
What size wingnut did you get? I guess I could take one of the nuts off and size it, but I'm feelin lazy.

 

[JeepINgeek]

uhh... i cant remember lol i bought two.. pm me your cell we can get together after work and meet at a hardware store lol.

 

[jeeper4life]

Just ordered my tow hooks and a front suspension skid plate. The wife said I have to wait to order the ****** skid to make sure we have enough money for everything else, which is cool I still have time to get it ordered and put on also. I'm getting exicted heh

 

[rockymountain]

Just ordered my ****** skid. Got it at http://www.dealershipaccessories.com/

57.73 shipped.

Cheapest I could find. Just a bit cheaper than jparts. I'm gonna try to do a write-up for installation on my 04 since there seems to be a need for one. I'm not promising anything tho.

 

[avalanchejf9]

Is there ever going to be something down in South Florida!?!?

 

[ThunderbirdJunkie]

We don't live there so we don't know

 

[JeepINgeek]

awesome rocky.. avalanche get ahold of the florida boys and see what they have planned

 

[Marlon_JB2]

awesome rocky.. avalanche get ahold of the florida boys and see what they have planned

Yeah um, gonna be kinda hard to find Florida people all the way up here in the Midwest?

August 15, I'm kinda, like, there.

 

[JeepINgeek]

awesome marlon!

Going to bring us some DC swag? Seeing youre the boards DC rep?

 

[Marlon_JB2]

awesome marlon!

Going to bring us some DC swag? Seeing youre the boards DC rep?

What is "DC"?