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Kyle Beckman (Kbeckman)
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 01:13 pm: | 
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I'm getting ready to order a bumper from RoverTym for my D2. I'm trying to decide on whether or not to get the skid plate. I'm looking for opinions on the pros/cons of having it or not having it. |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 01:18 pm: |
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I have yet to see the D2 bumper in person but generally the built in skid plate offers more support to the bumper from rotation in most setups. |
Greg Davis (Gregdavis)
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 02:47 pm: |
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The only cons I have heard are the fact that if you are trying to back out of an abstacle, the rear edge of the skid plate can become a severe ledge to have items wedge on, causing you to get stuck. |
pk
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 03:50 pm: |
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Yeah,
They can become land anchors.
To a large extent, skid plates are better on IFS rigs. Full floaters have their benifits reduced by too much armor plating. |
Kyle Beckman (Kbeckman)
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 04:02 pm: |
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It seemed to me that most of the pics that I saw of rigs with aftermarket bumpers, didn't have skid plates. It made me think maybe there was a reason for that. From what your saying, maybe there is.
Kyle |
Axel Haakonsen (Axel)
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 10:23 pm: |
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Well..... I don't know about that...... PK's front end |
Greg Davis (Gregdavis)
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 11:17 pm: |
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You've got to admit though. For a skid to prevent that, just think how low the damn thing would hang!! You'd never be able to back off of anything with a plow like that hanging under the front. |
Kyle
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 11:27 pm: |
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Greg , perhaps you should look at Axs pics closer..... And then consider what he just ran... 
http://www.discoweb.org/wildwest/rubicon/DSC005336.jpg
Kyle |
Kyle
| | Posted on Friday, September 27, 2002 - 11:29 pm: |
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Or Findlay... http://www.discoweb.org/wildwest/rubicon/DSC00030.JPG
Maybe its just the "events" that these occurances take place ??
Kyle |
\Mike... (Mpeters)
| | Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 12:39 am: |
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yeah, no shit... i say run the skid until you know you do not need it to forewarn you of impending doom... i ran the ab-style aluminum "steering guard" under my arb, and i ran the mother-load southdown axle guard as a front-end diff/axle guard.
i finally pulled my 500lbs of under-alls-armour and i'm loving it... but it was there for a reason initially... and it served me well, for the most part, for quite some time on various trails with an evolving truck. when it became a negative, it was removed.
match your gear to your driving style and target environment - and as your driving patterns change, change your gear.
/mp |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 12:54 pm: |
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here hear mike, i had that AB trannie guard and hated it but it think in eeded it too. my range rover will be going pantyless in that area. i wonder , Ax , Have you shed that plate yet?
rd |
Axel Haakonsen (Axel)
| | Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 02:02 pm: |
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Yeah, the belly plate came of just before the Cali trip.
My biggest issue with the AB plate is not that it hangs so low, but the way it mounts. Every time you land on the damn thing your frame gets crushed a bit more where the brackets wrap around the frame. |
cartner
| | Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 09:20 pm: |
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Hey, I LOVE my skid plate, I have an AB aluminum one steering guard, and diff gaurds, and I'll tell you, I've dented the steering guard more than once, and its kept me from losing a lot of $$$ on steering components..last time was going relatively slow through a deep steep mudhole, and somehow grounding out with the nose end..Best 250 bucks I ever spent on the Rover up to now... |
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