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Originally Posted by Taylor20
It's been awhile since skid plates have been discussed. I am looking for opinions and/or experience with thickness and brands.
Keeping it on a budget I am considering Coastal Offroad or BudBuilt. Yes Savage are great skids, but the shipping price is ridiculous in my opinion.
So I am trying to decided between 1/8" or 3/16" skids from both companies. I don't do any serious wheeling but 1-2 times a year right now, and most trails don't have any major rocks to worry about. For that I am leaning towards the 1/8" skids to keep weight down. I figure that if they get bent any I can flatten and reinforce if needed.
What is y'alls thoughts?
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If you’re not doing any serious off-roading I wouldn’t spend the money on aftermarket skid plates. They’re expensive, heavy, and make any maintenance tougher. I have to use a flor jack to remove and install the middle one just to change the oil. I’ve used my Savage skids quite a bit, they’ve held up to the stuff that destroyed my stock skids but I do mostly rock crawling type stuff unless I’m using it to go to Baja.
As far as the Savage logo goes, once you paint them black it’s barely noticeable. I wasn’t a big fan of it either but it’s no big deal now.
And no idea why anyone would powder coat skids that are grinding on stuff. Just my thoughts. Couple cans of spray paint and good to go.
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