[Bill_Dunnigan]

ok, here's my deal, i love offroading!!!!!, but my ground clearance sucks right now because i haven't gotten my tires yet (hopfully next week), anyways i went down a pretty nasty trail yesterday and bent my skid plate up, just a littlebit though, and not near the tranny. so whats the best way to bend it back? and paint it!!!

[19OlllllllO41]

a BFH.....Big F****** Hammer

[ErinMac]

Ship your jeep to me...I don't think your ready!

ok..seriously though - you going to rebend and repaint the underside of your jeep after every trail ride? If it means so much, junk the stock skid and get a tummy tuck (very $$ but worth the trade out!).

[Jerry All-Bran]

Y

should see mine, mine is so bent and mangled...rocks and ran over a dock side thinger where the ships tie their bow/stern lines to when they dock Note the picture, x4 i'd say now

[Bill_Dunnigan]

why would you ever leave it like that!!!!
granted, i'm balls to the wall all the time, but at least i clean up after my mistakes

[stogie25]

I don't know about repainting every time I go out, but once at the beginning of spring, and once in fall at the least. Since I do the 4WD Parts TruckFest I detail my Jeep before the show as well.

[PackMan]

Originally Posted by Akula47

Y

should see mine, mine is so bent and mangled...rocks and ran over a dock side thinger where the ships tie their bow/stern lines to when they dock Note the picture, x4 i'd say now

The shovel is only half your problem.

I hope you've replaced that oil pan and put a Medic or Skid Row engine skid under there.

And get some farm implements, that vegetation around teh frame looks ready for harvest.

[Kentuckyarms]

I also had a problem with the "Shovel" getting banged up. I bought a Skid Row engine skid which bolts to the front edge of the transfer case skid. It will help out tremendously!

[ni0h]

I did mine pretty good. In order to straighten it, I placed it on the curb, drove up on it with my minivan, and bounced that corner on it until it moved back flat. I had to get back on again after driving off and bend it a bit past flat, because of the flexback. Now I have Medic from right behind the front axle to behind the TC(took 1" BL/MML), and 2.5" more clearance. Now it's 3.5 since I've stuffed 33s in there. Mild rub at full stuff makes me think about an inch or so of BB.

Summary: the best mod was the tummy tuck.

[Poor Boy]

Originally Posted by Akula47

[rocks and ran over a dock side thinger where the ships tie their bow/stern lines to when they dock Note the picture, x4 i'd say now

what the *?!! where you doing when you ran over a mooring bit?!?

[Jerry All-Bran]

Originally Posted by Sait

why would you ever leave it like that!!!!
granted, i'm balls to the wall all the time, but at least i clean up after my mistakes

Why would I do anything about it? Works fine, the shovel is mangled, but so what...but uhh...i can possibly send you a medal if you wish?

Originally Posted by Packman

The shovel is only half your problem.

I hope you've replaced that oil pan and put a Medic or Skid Row engine skid under there.

And get some farm implements, that vegetation around teh frame looks ready for harvest.

I came close to destroying my whole oil assembly, the poy which spins so the oil is sucked up to the cylinders was about a cm away from being just as a ravaged as the oil pan....as for skids...not there yet...i invested into lift, tires, and recovery...figure i can get away with cautious wheeling...for a while...but on somewhat positve note, all my damage came from on paved roads, never on the trail...and even though it might not seem like it, my rig takes a good beating on the trail....

Originally Posted by TJDegenerate

what the *?!! where you doing when you ran over a mooring bit?!?

mooring bit! that's the word....yea, definitely one of my ******* moments...

my bad for hijacking a tad....