U-Bolt Skid Plates... deal or dud?

[BG_TX]

Has anyone used them or currently running them?

 

[cruiser88]

Just installed my lift today and was thinking the same.

 

[Godwin]

From SOR - dud. Torque up good and they'll bend.

 

[REKCUT]

If you are going to go over big rocks then they are great. I have the ubolt plates from SOR and I cant tell you the number of times I have hit that plate and slid over rocks. If you dont have them you will bend and destroy the ends of the ubolts. The other option that I wish I had done was the u-bolt flip kit. It would give you much better clearance.

 

[nuclearlemon]

From SOR - dud. Torque up good and they'll bend.

x2 on the sor ones. my shocks ripped the stud right out of both of the front ones, i've bent them...they're crap

 

[Godwin]

x2 on the sor ones. my shocks ripped the stud right out of both of the front ones, i've bent them...they're crap

I had trouble keeping the shock stud tight on either the front or rear plates. I scrapped 'em a long time ago.

 

[BG_TX]

Guess they 'look' more functional than they really are... thanks for the feedback!

 

[MDH33]

I'm running the Downey Ubolt skids. Work great and they are pretty beefy. I did have to enlarge the holes slightly to fit a socket into the underside to tighten them on. They work a whole lot better at sliding over rocks that the stock Ubolt plates.

If I were doing it over, I would go with the Man-a-fre Ubolt flip kit.

 

[Mace]

I have a set on my old 40. Been on there for 20 odd years now.

Seem to work fine. Perhaps they redesigned them..

 

[cruiser88]

I have a set on my old 40. Been on there for 20 odd years now.

Seem to work fine. Perhaps they redesigned them..

Yea but you must actually take it wheeling.

 

[Mace]

the 72 does not do much more than logging roads