Anyone have this skid?

[IdeaMan]

Check out this eBay link for item 7934476640

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7934476640

It's a "Front Suspension Skid Plate" and I can't picture where it goes exactly. Can someone upload a picture or link showing this on their Jeep?

Is it worthwhile to get for an unlifted Jeep?

[IdeaMan]

By the way, this same eBay seller had new factory transfer case skid plates for sale. $39 + $9.95 shipping! I just installed a Tomken transfer case skid or I would have probably got one of these.

[witt]

it protects your front steering... bolts up to the holes right in fron tof the swaybar mounting bolts....
i took mine off....

[IdeaMan]

You have a 4.5 inch lift. Would it be advisable to leave it on had you not been lifted?

[jeepguy97]

Yes. It works best on stock height jeeps. I have one and can send a pic tommorow if you want me to.

[Wiley Coyote]

I have the older version of that on my ’91. They work pretty well and the price is right. I got mine out of a junkyard for $20. They will work with a lift, but you have to do a little bit of fabrication. I have 3” of lift on the front so I just welded a piece of 2” x 1” square tubing over the mounts and drilled the holes all the way through.

[IntrepidXJ]

you can see it at the top:

http://pictures.myxj.net/progress8-28-04/DSC00064.JPG

[IdeaMan]

Cool, so this is basically a front skid plate. How easy is it to install? Do I have to undo the swaybar, steering linkage, or anything or does it just bolt right up?

[karstic]

It should bolt right up.

[sidriptide]

By the way, this same eBay seller had new factory transfer case skid plates for sale. $39 + $9.95 shipping! I just installed a Tomken transfer case skid or I would have probably got one of these.

the factory t/case skid is really not that good.. better than nothing but not better than the tomken skid..

[XJ_ranger]

here is mine at stock height - http://tinypic.com/pod1hannother shot - from the back:
http://tinypic.com/pod53

and here she is at lift height... Doesnt help all so much with a lift, but still protects steering box...
http://tinypic.com/ur6g7

hth

[IdeaMan]

I'd sure like to see a picture of one of these on a 97-2001 since they are a totally different shaped piece and look like they mount completely different from the ones pictured above. Anyone have a pic?

[jeepguy97]

The one for a 97 is no different from the above. I have one on my 97 and it bolts up and mounts exactly the same way. How do I know....mine was on an 88.

[IdeaMan]

Ok, then maybe the picture in the eBay link I provided in the first post is a picture of the wrong one. Take a look at it. I think it looks different from the pictures posted here.

[jeepguy97]

That looks like a Grand Cherokee front skid to me. Wasn't this pic just posted last week asking if this was an XJ skid plate?

[w_howey]

I have one on my 88, and I have bent the side mounts slightly. Now I rub on it just a little at full steering lock. The center bolster keep the surface pretty straight, but the sides just weren't built heavy enough.

[AJ-MJ]

I have one on my 1990 MJ Elimator. I think it is of value since it very heavy gage steel. :wierd: