[Wrench]

Originally Posted by Ebag333;3681235I

really like the IPOR. I disagree however that it buys you any ground clearance that matters. The T-Case hangs way lower than the cross member, and you're measuring your extra clearance in quarter inches.

In 99.9999999% of all situations, if that extra clearance was going to make the difference, you were likely hosed anyway.

Since my skid plate is tucked up so tightly against the t-case (maybe even too close), it has at least as much if not more clearance as the IPOR does under the t-case.

As I said before, if I didn't go my own route and if Slee's new one wasn't available, IPOR's would have been my choice easily. IPOR's plate is a great product, just a bit too pricey for me, and didn't quite fit my needs/wants.

Your replacing a box piece of steel with a flat plate. Of course you gaining ground clearance. You just wrapped a piece of steel around that box cross member. You lost a lot of ground clearance doing that. Measure your clearance. You will see it is low. I will measure mine.