My 97 came with it from the factory. I was planning to take it off last year around Halloween. The day before I planned to do it, a neighbor kid came around the corner too fast in his Triumph Spitfire and drove smack into/under my parked Jeep. Luckily my wife had last driven it and had parked it in neutral with the e-brake off, so when he hit it, it rolled backwards a bit into the curb. The bottom of my bumper got a small dent and the front skid had a yellow stripe added to it and took the brunt of the impact. His car was totaled, and so was his forehead. So, bottom line, even though it might do little on the trail, it may save you some damage in an accident!
B.