Aftermarket skid plate reviews

Boztec rear differential skids

http://www.boztec.us.com/reardiffskidplate.html

photos from boztec web site

 

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Updated. Thanks guys.

 

Submit your reviews and pics. Im going to complete whats missing sunday by searching the site.

 

My Relentless aluminum 1/4" IFS skid showed up yesterday. Seems rather beefy but lightweight- 30 lbs!





Got it on discount at the black Friday sale. Usually goes for 329.00. Chose this over the 3/16" steel because I wanted a lightweight skid- I didn't want to put extra weight on, and I don't plan to do gnarly rock crawling. Now to figure out what color to paint it, then get it installed on the truck!

 

Added photos. I still have work to do on LCA, rear diff, and gas tank skids. Please keep posting reviews. Thanks

 

I chose the BudBuilts because they cover the LCA's, which AllPro does not. And a nice smooth surface from front to back

 

Thanks for the review. I will add tomorrow.

 

Added. Even though it hates on my all pro skids. I'm getting BAMF LCA skids so no worries. Keep the reviews comming guys.

 

OK here I go.

I have a ATO for the front. The fit is perfect, I like how much wider it is over some of the others and I would recommend the 1/4" thickness for anybody that is wheeling around rocks as mine does have a small dent and I try not to beat on it.
My transmission and transfer case are by Relentless. I ordered these because I didn't want to reroute my exhaust. I knew going in that they may not fit the ATO so if anybody else is going to mate these I would recommend that you order one (either the IFS or Transmission) of the skids without the holes where the two skids mount (I forgot and had to work on making the holes match up and now they are a little big). Also I used a piece of 2"x2'x1/4" as a filler between them as they were just a bit too short. Overall I am very happy with the trans skid protection and the way it mounts.
The last one is the transfer case skid and this one by far this is the one that I had the most problems with. Keep in mind this is one Relentless skid to another but when I first got it and tried to install it I noticed that it was never going to be able to mount because the rear most relief for the exhaust was not nearly deep enough coming out the back of the skid. So I took it down and cut it down an inch to see if it fit. I was able to install it then but it still was touching the pipe so I took it down to cut away even more. After that I installed it and started my truck only the hear it rattle like crazy. Looking around more I realized that the relief for the exhaust hanger was not deep enough and was touching. So I took it off, cut it down and reinstalled. BTW the access to the bolts on this skid are terrible so each time removing and installing it is a total pain in the ass. At this point MOST of the noise was gone but I did have some rattling at some RPM's so a week later down it comes again. I had to drill some holes to where the exhaust has worn the paint off of it in the exhaust drop down area. Hoping and praying I am done at this point and yea no noises. Yuppie!
In my opinion I should not pay the money and then have to modify something in 3 different places to make it fit a stock vehicle. Like I said I knew that matching up 2 different brands could be a pain but to be honest my one disappointment was the fitment of the transfer case skid and all the mods that had to be done to make that particular one fit.
So my summary is like this. Ultimately I am happy with of all of them. They are all VERY beefy and offer great protection. This after about 1.5 years of ownership. I couldn't imagine wheeling without them.

Hope this helps someone.

 

Perfect.

 

Nice review rob

 

Thanks Bud!

 

Nick, your doing a great job putting the reviews in on the products! Keep up the good work. +1 for you.

 

Thanks. I think this will be cool when its all done. Just need some more reviews and I need to put in time getting some pics of LCA, rear diff, and gas tank skids.

 

Really? Someone gave the thread 1 star after all the work I've been putting in. Not cool.

 

That sucks.

 

Maybe it was an accident, sometimes i rate threads by accident on my phone because of fat thumbs. It is threads like this that make TW a great forum, i know it is going to help me decide on what skids i want when i am ready to buy. I vote sticky!

 

I dont really understand a negative vote on a thread with good info. Especially one still under construction. The one star votes belong to the threads that say "whats the best way to get a 3 inch lift" and "will my truck fit 285s without cutting" Because the info is already out there.

 

True that. I'm going to vote 5 stars right now to help bring the average up.