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New gas tank skid plate... can you say aluminum?

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#1 ·
I just found these two pics of the newly announced and very cool aluminum skidplate from Savvy Off Road that I'll be installing within the next week or two. It'll be replacing my 11 year old tired and thoroughly abused steel Tomken skidplate and not a moment too soon. I can't wait. :drool:
 

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#574 ·
I'm going to the Rubicon next week.
What Gerald, you get to go on these extended trips how often, like once a month? You just came back from where last month, Moab? Sheesh, I need to send my wife to your wife's School of Multiple Wheeling Trip Tolerance! :D :2thumbsup:
 
#581 ·
Long time ago one of my buddy and I were talking about dinner. I don't remember how we arrived at it but the jist was I ate Chinese food for dinner every night. He loved Chinese food. But was mad at me because what ever I ate was made by mom who is Chinese. Whether it is hamburgers or fried chicken. To this day we still laugh about it! :D

It is all good! Good laugh for the day! Tam is a trouble maker! You have to keep your eyes on her!
 
#582 ·
Just placed my order for this baby....the first skid on the list of armor for the jeep:2thumbsup:
 
#595 ·
Just got this baby in the mail today, cant wait to get it installed...
 
#596 ·
Landed back home at the airport today and picked up my baby from 4WP, and found the new tank skid all installed and looking pretty. I'm headed to Port A tomorrow afternoon and Saturday. I'll try to get some good pics for y'all.

I'm still debating whether I want to put the SAVVY sticker on the tank, on the windshield next to the other stickers, or what.
 
#598 ·
Yeah, I'll probably do that. It looks almost too plain without it.

By the way, I do have one problem: for whatever reason, the tail pipe is much closer to the tank with this skid on, compared to the stock skid. When I take off, sometimes it will rattle up against the skid. Am I the only one with this problem? How do I fix it?
 
#604 ·
Hey...guess what? I was going through some stuff, and I found a black one, too. Apparently I got both and didn't know it. So I put it on. Looks fantastic in that position. It just looks...right, somehow.

Anyway, the point is that I guess don't worry about sending them along. And if you've sent them already, then...maybe I'll put them on the corners when I order them :)
 
#606 ·
Got the tank...no stickers, wanna send some my way Gerald?
 
#614 ·
Blaine or the other savvy guy (sorry forgot your name)

I have a unique question. I recently installed an Alpine M500 amp under my rear seat. In doing so we drilled through the floor board and am using a 3/8" long phillips head screw to secure the amp under the rear seat. We calculated, then re calculated that it would in fact not hit the fuel tank and rupture it. And it didn't, all is well. But I'm wondering. If I get your fuel tank tuck, will I be in jeapordy of hitting those screws?
 
#618 ·
There was a picture in one of these Savvy tank skid threads that had a picture of the tank wiring harness pigtail that showed how the red clip worked to disconnect the skid. That's the only thing I still have connecting the tank and the Jeep and can't figure out how to pull it off without running the risk of breaking something be it due to my inadequacies or the crud tainting the connector. Can anybody help me out with this thing?
 
#619 ·
The red latch on the connector needs to slide towards the fat part of the red latch. The small end will almost be covered. Once the red latch is slid over you then need to depress the tab on the black connector and pull off. It usually is easier if you push the connector in while depressing the tab then pull apart.

HTH,

Gerald
 
#626 ·
Not too many people are talking about how much smaller this skid is compared to the steel skids the competition sells. I recently did a transmission swap where I lost 1" of rear driveshaft. This means I had to rotate the pinion up ~4.5 degrees to compensate. I have a RELA lift and one of the rear bolts on the trackbar mount was ~1/8" from the steel skid I pulled off- before I rotated the pinion. I wasn't looking forward to having to deal with the clearance issues. My lower arms are as short as they can go, so I was going to have to pull the steel skid and start cutting it.

Well this morning I got a chance to pull the springs and check the clearance of the trackbar mount bolt against the Savvy skid I just installed now that I have the pinion rotated higher. I was extremely surprised to see I have ~1/2" of clearance. When I installed the Savvy skid I had pushed it all the way against the back of the receiver on my bumper, but looking at the elongated holes on the skid, I could gain another ~1/2" if I removed the bumper on the back of my TJ. Very nice. I also noticed the increased clearance between the Crane diff cover and the bottom of the skid. The rounded edges really make a difference.

Most of the talk has been about the weight savings over the steel skids the Savvy skid offers. I will admit my TJ is *ss heavy and losing 30lbs behind the rear axle is a good thing, but if that was the only benefit this skid had to offer I wouldn't have bought it. I am very impressed how Blaine and Gerald has been able to take a product being copied from one manufacturer to another for ~8 years now and completely re-invent it. It is obvious a lot of thought has gone into the design of this skid. :thumbsup:
 
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