TLC2013
SILVER Star
Nice to see the 200 getting some battle scars. Breaking in those skids!Thanks. I've been enjoying it even if my wife is not.
I did get my ARB skid plates installed. Relatively easy. The only thing I'm not happy about but unavoidable (as far as I know) is that I'll need to take the front (and heaviest one) off whenever I need to swap out the oil filter. Think I can drain the oil without taking the middle skid off, but don't think it'll be very easy to do the filter itself.
Also, got a cheap light bar installed on the Prinsu rack. I like the slim, almost stealth look and figure at $80 I can replace it yearly if need to and I'll replace the truck long before I spend enough on cheap light bars to pay for a Rigid one.
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I have bigger needs now like bumpers. Especially after I tore up my front bumper a bit wheeling on New Year's day. I made the mistake of going out with the STLCA group which is mostly 80's and 100's that have been lifted and running 39" or larger tires. I caught a big rock on the bottom of the front bumper and scratched it pretty good. Honestly, don't even remember doing it and didn't notice it until I washed all the mud off 5 days later. Was quite a shock when the mud came off and I saw it. Also, scratched my passenger side wheels pretty good around the lip. Didn't see those until the mud was gone as well. Nothing earth-shattering but still a good lesson on what rocks can do if you're not paying attention.
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I installed my arb skids a few weeks back and am curious if you encountered the same thing I did during the installation.
I noticed that the 4 spacers that go between the transmission skid bracket and crossmember pushed the bracket back towards the Transfer case Skid to the point that there is barely any space between the bracket and t-case skid.
I ended up using smaller spacers (extra thick washers) to increase the clearance between the transfer case skid and the transmission skid mounting plate.
Would you be able to post up a couple pictures of your T-case skid and the area around where the transmission bracket Connects to the cross member?