who all has factory skid plates
Not currently, I can take some tomorrow. Do you want pics of all of them?
From pics from the 2000 Dakota manual the 1st Gen and 2nd Gen have the exactly same skid plates. Front diff, transfercase and gas tank. Here is my post on them and the other custom ones I made.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/1st-gen...id-plates.html
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/1st-gen...id-plates.html
They are steel, aluminum would be destroyed. I had alum ones on my atv and even with just a 500lb atv they got some good grooves in them so a truck would prob kill them in a day.
By memory the frame is about the same thickness or slightly thicker. I only made the transmission pan plate and added to the front diff plate to cover the oil pan and front bumper plate. The creases are the factory plates.
Now I might not be able to use the front diff/oil pan plate due to the SAS.
Here is a good pic where most are visible.
Last edited by Crazy4x4RT; Feb 27, 2011 at 11:41 PM.
Here is mine
Front
IMG_0862.jpg
Looking back at the transfer and gas skid
IMG_0863.jpg
Transfer skid
IMG_0864.jpg
Gas skid
IMG_0865.jpg
Its odd how they dont have a tranny skid. I looked at my pan and there was no scratches or dents so thats good. I noticed it sat about 3 inch higher than each crossmember(1 in front and 1 behind the pan) so maybe they thought that since it is between those 2 it wont get hit i dont know.
Front
IMG_0862.jpg
Looking back at the transfer and gas skid
IMG_0863.jpg
Transfer skid
IMG_0864.jpg
Gas skid
IMG_0865.jpg
Its odd how they dont have a tranny skid. I looked at my pan and there was no scratches or dents so thats good. I noticed it sat about 3 inch higher than each crossmember(1 in front and 1 behind the pan) so maybe they thought that since it is between those 2 it wont get hit i dont know.
I have them.. I would say they are partial and are nothing like the factory ones on the Jeep Wrangler.. but they are better than nothing.. thinking about getting some metal and fabbing some.. once i getother things taken care of.



