what a deal!

[JHarris1385]

$5 BUCKS. I was quoted $35 a piece.

[etlsport]

GAHHHHHH BURGLEFLICKEL!


apparently the frame of the trooper wasnt quite straight... i took the vx for its first drive w/ skid plates when i hit the go pedal hard my vx went BRRRAAAAAARRRRRARRRRRRRRRRGGKATHUNKAAHAAHHRRAAHAAA AAA.... if i kept rpms down it was okay.. i was right next to a pep boys so thought what the heck went in and explained the problem to the guy.. he says well i think its your transmission... i tried to explain to him the tranny is fine we argued over it a bit.. went for a drive w/ him in it and couldnt recreate the problem... but he told me that my transmission is goin because it revs too high only goes to 4500-5000 rpms in power mode if i get on it hard.. which its done for the last 19 months and 17k miles.. so i asked if we could put it up on his lift to look and check transmission fluid.. he said i wasnt allowed to look with him.. so i said screw it and drove the vx home... got it up on my jack out in the rain .... what do i see.. a nice shiney chunk missing from my skid plate... im guessing its what ldub and triathlete were talking about crushing the plate... what did you do to fix it? i was in there with a pipe and couldnt move it.. so im thinking angle grinder to take a small section out around the plate

[Ldub]

As I said earlier, relief cutting will work just fine...until you run it up on a big hard thing, then the cut you made allows it to collapse even further.

Look at what it's actually protecting & decide if it's worth the effort.

[Triathlete]

Just take a lagre adjustable wrench, clamp it on the leading edge where it rubs and gently persuade it downwards to the desired clearance...works like a charm!

[BigSwede]

The exhaust pipe crossover skid plate is fairly worthless IMHO...it isn't strong enough to take a good hit without getting forced up into the front U-joint etc. The other Trooper skids are thicker steel for some reason, and do a much better job.

Once I had my passenger side exhaust re-routed around the back of the transfer case, I took that crossover skid off for good.

[rowhard]

Just wondering, what size fastners held these plates in place in case I happen across a 92/93 trooper on the side of the road,.. I mean in a junk yard if you remember

[Triathlete]

If you do a search, I posted a how to for the skid plates and it has the info you seek. I don't remember it off the top of my head.