Which gas tank skid did you choose?

I haven’t even got the steel bumper yet! Lol

 

The plastic skid won't stop extremely hard hits but if you just slide over something it does fine enough. The driveshaft rotates, doesn't take much of a dent to get out of balance, can fly apart, and hangs lower. To me it's more important. I really need to swap out the aluminum rear driveshaft on my Tundra for something better.

 

I remember swapping out the heavy 2 piece drive shaft on my Mustang to a 1 piece aluminum. Made a huge difference in power.

 

I’m considering buying the skid plate package from RCI, I have hit my undercarriage a few good times and left a few pretty gnarly dents in my stock plate and a random part of the frame that hangs down.. I think it’s a jack point.. I don’t have a lift just bigger tires on stock rims.. I figure I should protect my undercarriage before I get into the slippery slope of lifting and putting on bigger tires? I drive in heavy downpours a lot and want all electrical and stuff underneath at least covered.. I’m in a rural area lots of gnarly off roading. Dirt, desert mud and huge puddles.. my Tacoma has gotten me through the shit literally multiple times.. just want to give my self some peace of mind.. am I thinking clearly? Steel skid plat package is going to cost me 1200.. 600 shipping.. hmmm

 

Just ordered the BAMF one he will be releasing soon. 25% off right now for BF sale. That thing will be bullet proof

 

This one looks interesting. I'm definitely trying to save lbs when possible and this material is tough. I think there may be some benefit to the skid being able to flex over a hit, seeing as the tank it's attached to is soft as well. With lower points further forward and how you're usually moving on trail, I don't see most rocks puncturing in that spot on the rig. Unless you somehow drop the rear of your rig down on a rock shaped like an ice pick.

 

Mobtown has a great sale going on right now.
Picked up a steel fuel tank skid for $175. Shipped.
4-6 week build time.

 

Like others have said, you can get a BAMF three piece set for about $800 shipped, everything is 25% off until 12/2. He uses 1/4” steel, the heaviest on the market which no other company is using. A set is 250lbs or so.


https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/bamf-ifs-skids.386695/

 

1/4" steel is an overkill for most people that daily drive their truck. Those skids eat up a fifth of your payload capacity. A lift will be required because they will drag the front of your truck down. Most companies don't make them anymore because the market doesn't demand them. I would guess if he offered 3/16" those would be most of the sales, he already caved from the language of the post and offers aluminum.

 

3/16”. Steel will get the job honestly it’s an overkill for most of you weekend warriors, but for the extra $ I can’t justify aluminum. Living in the Mojave Desert, I do a lot of rocks and steel trumps aluminum with rocks.

 

We build skids for wheelers that crawl, 1/4" is necessary we don't market them for light offroading they are the strongest and proven without fail on the hardest trails in the country and we would like to keep it that way. We won't make 3/16th as it has not held up well to the west coast style wheeling we see in our area. The Aluminium option was added for that reason a light weight alternative for people that don't crawl in the rocks.

 

If I had a buggy I'd want 1/4" steel but my Tacoma is a mid truck I daily drive. Relentless aluminum skids have kept everything I've put them through from damaging more important parts of the front end. They are thrashed but I don't want a skid that will outlast my truck, I want one that will take the brunt of the force and let my truck keep going, I treat them as consumable components. Maybe if I wheeled Dusy or the Rubicon I'd feel differently but right now I feel I will do less total damage to my truck keeping it light than by building a tank.

 

And that's why we build these for the people that are wheeling hard.

 

And I'm not saying you are wrong for offering them. I just think Jimmy Third Gen that thinks he needs everything mentioned on TW on his new Pro and gets 1/4" skids, sliders, front and rear steel bumpers, a bedrack and an RTT is going to bend a spindle hitting a speedbump at 15mph in the KOA. You and I both know that the vast majority of Tacoma drivers are not "wheeling hard". Quite a few get the mod bug, kit out their trucks and then when it actually gets time to throw their truck at rocks realize they aren't comfortable doing it in a rig they have $50k+ in and either put it up for sale or just sit in freeway traffic with a rig that looks like it's about to embark on a trip to Tierra del Fuego.

Blindly recommending 1/4" skids to a dude whose truck has never touched dirt is inappropriate. I have never seen you do it but lots of members that "read a thread" and are now experts like to do it.

 

I'll test them here on the East Coast sissy trails!