Ahh doctor guano, now that is some potently useful input!

What skid plate design would you reccomend, I like to play in the rocks, not hardcore, but don't want to take any chances.

I'd just like to be able to smirk when my friends with toyota's, chev pickups, grand cherokeeos and others ask me if my little VX can keep up with them on the trails. After dropping this thing in a couple nasty mudholes and idleing out as well as seeing pictures of them in moab in stock trim with some pretty good axle articulation, I assumed the VX is as good as any other out there, within reason of course. (Wouldn't brag to an H1 driver)

So tie-rods and rear lower control arms, any other major weak links anyone can think of?