If you HAD to choose, what skid armor should be purchased first?

Besides you mentioning that you got the skid trio for $570 shipped , this is my favorite:

 

If you’re set on having a complete set of skids. I’d start from the front back. Maybe sell your stocker?

 

Gas tank skid is pretty useless, if you bash your gas tank, you have other issues.
Rear Diff skid, semi-uselss for mild to moderate offroading. I've anchored my truck a few times on it and never felt a need to get a skid but it does have a ton of rock rash on it.
IFS Skid, probably one of the most important as it will see the most contact and most designs require the IFS for the transmissions skid.
Transmission Skid and Transfer Case Skid, equally important given what they are protecting especially if you turtle on some rocks.

 

Take a trip down to SF and get BAMF

http://www.bayareametalfab.com

 

I would not refer to an exhaust reroute as a big modification.

 

Good thing I said it then

 

Thank you, this is the kind of info I was hoping for.

 

Then why do you ask on a forum of which many people have given informative and polite information. You’re a waste of time for me. Good luck pick whichever you want money man!

 

Never told you once how to live your life. Yet when someone posts something you like which has a piece of info others have mentioned you accept that. I don’t get you. Either way I’m done here on this thread. Good luck picking whatever you want.

 

Would just buy the matching set ifs, trans, transfer. Be easier. The oem off-road skids are trash. Hit mine once and had to take them off because they got pushed up and mangled and were squeaking like crazy. If not do the trans and transfer case. Don’t want to drop on a rock. But don’t think you’re doing that type of wheeling if you’re ok with the oem tin

 

K, thanks for your time, it's fine that you're not understanding my inquiry.

 

I understand what your saying. I'm just getting at when you crunch, buckle, break the shit out of the flimsy factory skid what else is gonna get messed up? A nice solid 3/16" or 1/4" front skid plate is cheap insurance IMO. Not sure what type of wheeling you do so it may not really be important to you. I personally have a bad habit of breaking things.

 

Exhaust re-route thread here

 

Your advice was for me not to go wheeling... Not the kind of advice I asked for, so it was unnecessary to say. That's what I was getting at.

 

Cut back on the Taco Bell runs and one wouldn’t need as much skid armor...

 

lololol thank you for that

 

So to put down what most everyone is basically saying.. I shouldn't bother "wasting" my money right now on other skids till I can knock out the front/transmission/transfer case skids together as the other skids for other areas aren't vital enough and in some cases probably unnecessary for me to even spend the money on..

 

I think something was lost in translation.

From what I've read:

• A majority of people here are encouraging you to start with the front skid as opposed to the mid or rear skid.
  
• In the long run it saves you money to buy all three packaged together (bundle savings and shipping cost savings).

Skid plates are highly recommended and in the grand scheme of things very inexpensive as opposed to engine, transmission or transfer case damage from the trail. No one wants to see you fail. Ask a question on an open internet forum and you will get opinions from everyone.

Maybe it'd be beneficially to add a poll to the thread with your question:

If you HAD to choose, what skid armor should be purchased first?

1. Front skid
2. Mid skid
3. Rear skid
4. Gas tank skid
5. Rear diff skid

 

I see your a regular guest

 

The front skid on the Tacoma is garbage. I was out in Death Valley last weekend, tire dropped into a rut and literally tacoed my front skid plate on a rock. Wasn't a very big drop, or a big rock. Nothing extreme at all. Had to bend it back up with a mallet.

So ya, my vote is to get the front skid first, or the package.

I saw you mentioned you ordered rocksliders, IMHO the skids are more important than rocksliders.