My 90 Laredo did. It was just a large piece of maybe 1/8" plastic that wrapped the tank underneath the straps. Splash shield at best.Nutstrips like a towhitch would. And the skid is steel, there is no plastic gas tank skid for an XJ.
My 96 is plastic.
Now as I understand it the 97+ ones are metal...
Not sure though. Yet.
I was just as confused as you guys about this till a while ago. MOPAR calls the plastic sheet a "fuel tank shield" while they call the actual skid a skid.My 90 Laredo did. It was just a large piece of maybe 1/8" plastic that wrapped the tank underneath the straps. Splash shield at best.
Found a gas tank skid on a 96 XJ ... Will it fit my 2001 XJ?
Wouldn't it have been better to just go with a steel skid with drain holes?? Like really, how much more would that skid be over that plastic POS? Maybe $200 at most? I don't understand car companies sometimes.I was just as confused as you guys about this till a while ago. MOPAR calls the plastic sheet a "fuel tank shield" while they call the actual skid a skid.
The only utilities I've found in having the pre-97 shield in place:
* good for collecting road grime and salt and water and holding it against the tank, accelerating rust
* good for bouncing back out and hiding the fact that your gas tank is badly caved in from offroading, making you wonder why you can't get as much into the tank anymore even though it looks fine
* good for dumping the aforementioned road grime in your face when you replace the tank
Profit at any cost, I can understand skids being an option a lot more than I can understand the way they used the bare minimum wire size on the blower motor and headlight harnesses, and the cheapest possible blower switch.Wouldn't it have been better to just go with a steel skid with drain holes?? Like really, how much more would that skid be over that plastic POS? Maybe $200 at most? I don't understand car companies sometimes.