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Budbuilt diff skid.....
https://www.budbuilt.com/index.php?p...art&Itemid=170
Anyone running this? opinions on it? Can't seem to find many of you using it that have other Budbuilt skids and I am trying to decide if I should include it with my purchase of the front skid and belly pan soon.
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07-19-2013, 09:58 PM
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https://www.budbuilt.com/index.php?p...art&Itemid=170
Anyone running this? opinions on it? Can't seem to find many of you using it that have other Budbuilt skids and I am trying to decide if I should include it with my purchase of the front skid and belly pan soon.
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I've had my eye on this for a while. My budbuilt skids are tough so I can only assume this one would be too but I've never seen it so I cant say for sure. You should get it and then show me once I'm back in FoCo 
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Butch looking skid.
I went with a Sky Mfg Toyota Ring Gear Guard - Sky's Off-road Design It's a weld on. It covers the thin/soft rear cover. The bottom of the Toyota diff is pretty strong.
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I've had my eye on this for a while. My budbuilt skids are tough so I can only assume this one would be too but I've never seen it so I cant say for sure. You should get it and then show me once I'm back in FoCo |
I think I just might!
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Ya I like that too and might consider it just kinda wanted to avoid welding on the diff not that I find anything wrong with it just preference I guess. Although I was wondering if you have any idea if this would interfere with your gas tank skid? No worries if you don't know I still plan to pick both up and will let you know how they work out together.
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I feel like that would interfere with the stock gas tank skid. Maybe not though.
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I was coming in here to say this ;)
Welding is always more involved, but I feel it pays better dividends
in regards to maintenance, clearance, budget, and badass-ery.
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Bud makes excellent products. I have the pleasure of being 45 min from his shop when I go home.
I've got both his skids, and they are amazing.
Go for it. You won't be disappointed.
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I feel like that would interfere with the stock gas tank skid. Maybe not though.
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Ya I like that too and might consider it just kinda wanted to avoid welding on the diff not that I find anything wrong with it just preference I guess. Although I was wondering if you have any idea if this would interfere with your gas tank skid? No worries if you don't know I still plan to pick both up and will let you know how they work out together.
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Sorry, I don't have that answer. My skid is tighter to the gas tank than the stock one. But it's a touch longer so I could relocate the inside rear away from the driveshaft flange. Please let me know if you try them together.
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Any protection is better than no protection.
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Can anyone else chime in on the Bud Build Rear Diff skid...
Im curious if you have sway bars, wheel it often, and if it makes contact with anything... 
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Toyota Ring Gear Guard ? Sky Manufacturing
? ^ you have this one?
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I was coming in here to say this ;)
Welding is always more involved, but I feel it pays better dividends
in regards to maintenance, clearance, budget, and badass-ery.
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If cutting / grinding is required, the price point still aint bad compared to a powdercoated budbuilt skid
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Bud makes excellent products. I have the pleasure of being 45 min from his shop when I go home.
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Do you have the rear diff skid? Do you wheel often? Does it make contact with anything? Are you running sway bars? (sorry)
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Originally Posted by Bijan
Can anyone else chime in on the Bud Build Rear Diff skid...
Im curious if you have sway bars, wheel it often, and if it makes contact with anything... |
I've had it for a few years now and wheeled the dickens out of it.
I have a rear sway bar on. And a gas tank skid.
It does not contact anything flexing, drains water well, doesn't budge taking a hit. The forward edge of it is also sloped aggressively. When making contact it has acted like a ramp sliding the diff up and over rather than getting stuck like the bare diff would.
I think you'll dig it. Only real negative is you lose about 1/4 inch in ground clearance (it does fit VERY tight to the bottom of the diff) but the protection it has more than compensated for that.
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