brockeverly
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That is kind of my thought now, sadly, I bought them a few days ago. Maybe it is the angle, but that mid skid looks pretty close to what a stock skid would have looked IMO.
ARB Skid Plates
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That is kind of my thought now, sadly, I bought them a few days ago. Maybe it is the angle, but that mid skid looks pretty close to what a stock skid would have looked IMO.
adio3x
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I checked my bb gas tank skid and there is an indent from where I hit that same stump. It's barely noticeable but there is damage.
brockeverly
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Did the skids come with their own mounting hardware or is a trip to Home Depot in order?
Jeremy556
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They come with, and reuse hardware
zidaro
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Did a bit of wheeling yesterday, drove up on 2 stumps.....oops.
well,
thats an epic fail!
aftermarket skids should hold up to a stump, unless you hit it at 20+mph :lookout:
STX4Runner
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Yeah, how fast were you going and how hard did you hit the stump? I'd have to think it was a pretty hard hit to bend like that. Also, from your pictures it looks like the front and mid and the mid and t case skids bolt together basically in mid air between the crossmembers with no structural support. How solid do these joints feel? I still may be interested in these skids as I don't want 200 lbs of weight under my vehicle and I don't plan on bashing them too hard. Besides, it looks like you could just pound the dent out.
Michigander
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He dented his 3/16" BB fuel tank skid. I won't expect a lighter, thinner material skid to take a hit and stay straight if that same hit dented a hefty skid as well.
If it was hit at speed, by the time the stump made it to the gas tank, the truck was probably slowed down considerably compared to the hit the ARB mid skid took.
The ARB is a different level of protection than the Budbuilt or Shrockworks skids.
The user needs to pick which design and material works for his intended use.
I wouldn't call the ARB a failure. The truck's vital equipment was not damaged, to me the skid did what it was supposed to do.
Take it off, bend it back, rock on.
Good to see people out using their equipment.
Intruder
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Exactly. The BBs are more of a rock-crawler's skid and the ARBs seem to be an expedition-type skid. Decide which you want to do and choose accordingly. Choice is always a good thing to have.
adio3x
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It could've happened to anyone, but I was to first to go. It was a super steep hill about 200 yards up this hill, ontop of that it was raining. At the top it flattens out for a few feet then goes down hill, so all you see is sky the whole way up and then it drops back down. Long story short, I was the first to go, made it up fine in 4lo, came back down kinda fast and rocked that stump going like 8mph.
As I said earlier I chose the ARBs to save some weight, cause I'm gearing my build more towards an expo rig rather than a rock crawler. They'll do fine on some mediocre trails, you just have to be extra careful. They'll take abuse, I bottomed out on a few sections and it didn't even phase them. Those damn stumps :flamethrwoer2:
My suggestion is go with the ARBs if you're going to do some mild wheeling every once in awhile. I had the BBs before, too heavy IMO, they are awesome if you plan on running harder trails. I've ran the harder trails out here, its just not my cup of tea.
As I said earlier I chose the ARBs to save some weight, cause I'm gearing my build more towards an expo rig rather than a rock crawler. They'll do fine on some mediocre trails, you just have to be extra careful. They'll take abuse, I bottomed out on a few sections and it didn't even phase them. Those damn stumps :flamethrwoer2:
My suggestion is go with the ARBs if you're going to do some mild wheeling every once in awhile. I had the BBs before, too heavy IMO, they are awesome if you plan on running harder trails. I've ran the harder trails out here, its just not my cup of tea.
What is the weight on the BB's Andrew? I was told by Shrokworks that their full set is 169Lbs. they figured the OEM skids at about 40Lbs. so the 120Lbs difference is about the weight of the rear passengers that I never have
I'm more expedition/overlanding oriented on mine as well, but i'm not sure if the weight is that much more to be concerned about it. Did you see any significant mileage differences between your BB's and the ARB's?
Okki
brockeverly
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What is the weight on the BB's Andrew? I was told by Shrokworks that their full set is 169Lbs. they figured the OEM skids at about 40Lbs. so the 120Lbs difference is about the weight of the rear passengers that I never have
I'm more expedition/overlanding oriented on mine as well, but i'm not sure if the weight is that much more to be concerned about it. Did you see any significant mileage differences between your BB's and the ARB's?
Okki
My package from ARB weighs 57# so I would take 3# or so out for packaging, so 55# for the ARB skids.
adio3x
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What is the weight on the BB's Andrew? I was told by Shrokworks that their full set is 169Lbs. they figured the OEM skids at about 40Lbs. so the 120Lbs difference is about the weight of the rear passengers that I never have
I'm more expedition/overlanding oriented on mine as well, but i'm not sure if the weight is that much more to be concerned about it. Did you see any significant mileage differences between your BB's and the ARB's?
Okki
Not exactly sure on the weight(I would say around the same as sw), but installing them was a pain in the a**. Almost got my skull smashed by the front skid. I've gained about 1.5 mpg since taking them off, also with the shrockworks front bumper, its a bit easier to go into turns now. Before, you could feel the weight, now not so much.
harper7
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But that's just equal to the front 3 of the BB's and doesn't include the fuel tank skid which is by far the biggest/heaviest of the BB's at almost 80 lbs if I recall. So we're talking 45-50 lbs weight savings at most. I've drank more then 45 lbs of beer in a day before.lol
You gained 1.5mpg by removing around 50 lbs of low weight between the axles and your sure other factors didn't come into play in the mpg gain?
ColoradoFrosty
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The thing with weight, and people keep saying forget about the weight... but things add up.
And I am just pulling numbers out of my a$$ here... but:
- 120 lbs for skids
- 80 lbs for wench
- 150 lbs front bumper
- 120 lbs rear bumper
- 50 lbs Gobi rack
- 10 lbs lights
- 15 lbs compressor
- 25 lbs extra battery
- 20 lbs of recovery gear
- 200 lbs of a weeks worth of camping gear
- 45 lbs of beer
- blah blah blah...
Each has to evaluate the benefits/drawbacks on a mod, or even what we carry in our rigs.
Me, it's a bit difficult and there are always tradeoffs, but I am trying to hit my sweet spot with function/looks/weight/performance/protection.
I think the ARB Skids and Asfir skids are good alternatives hitting between the marginal OEM skids and the burly BuBuild/Shrockworks.
Everyone has their own sweet spot they are trying to hit...
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mrvandelay
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80lb wench? You should feed her more!
huntsonora
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You beat me to it:lol:
ColoradoFrosty
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RyanC
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Coming from the other direction - I recently mounted my BB skids and noticed a negligible impact to my mileage. I haven't put on a ton of miles yet so still evaluating the impact but I would guess that it is less than .5 mpg.
