BudBuilt skids & Hybrid Front Bumper (SSO, Relentless, C4Fab)

[[APOP]]

I have a '16 Trail with BudBuilt skids on order. Should receive them sometime next week. I plan to add one of the hybrid front bumpers (SSO, C4Fab or Relentless). All these three bumpers look decent, and each one has their own pluses and minuses in my book. What I am most interested in is how these bumpers interface with the BudBuilt skids. Does anyone have one of these 3 bumpers and BudBuilt skids on? Could you provide any pictures showing the area where the bumper ends and skid plate starts? I really appreciate any pictures and/or input. Thanks.

 

[sinks88]

this may or may not help

 

[sinks88]

C4 one tucks a bit under TRD skid. C4 FAB IS EXCEPTIONAL....I got to see SS and C4 side by side and there is NO COMPARISON!!!!! Its honestly not even close as far as quality and welds and design. (personal opinion)

 

[3wbdriver]

SSO here. I bought a used set of Bubbuilts in 2015. I was able to use everything but the front filler plate. But the gap is negligible enough I don't worry about it. There is a horizontal plate on the bottom of the SSO that ends about 1" in front of the vertical front plate of the front skid. The gap isn't visible in this picture, but hopefully you can visualize what I am trying to explain.

My bigger issue was in making the fuel tank skid fit under the Shrockwork sliders. I had to have one notch in the skid plate deepened by another 1/2" to get the clearance needed under one of the slider brackets.

 

[[APOP]]

Thank you all who posted.

SSO here. I bought a used set of Bubbuilts in 2015. I was able to use everything but the front filler plate. But the gap is negligible enough I don't worry about it. There is a horizontal plate on the bottom of the SSO that ends about 1" in front of the vertical front plate of the front skid. The gap isn't visible in this picture, but hopefully you can visualize what I am trying to explain.

Nice, those are my skids. Would you be so kind to take another pic from underneath, showing the gap? 1-inch is not bad at all, but right now, with stock bumper, I have a 6-inch gap that rats can use to get up in my engine bay and mate.

My bigger issue was in making the fuel tank skid fit under the Shrockwork sliders. I had to have one notch in the skid plate deepened by another 1/2" to get the clearance needed under one of the slider brackets.

I just finished installing the front, engine, tranny and fuel tank skids from BudBuilt; I'm slowly getting the sliders painted and hope to install them this weekend. Next is front bumper, so trying to figure out what the gap looks like. Also hoping I don't run into any snags like you mentioned with slider/skid conflicts.

 

[3wbdriver]

Thank you all who posted.

Nice, those are my skids. Would you be so kind to take another pic from underneath, showing the gap? 1-inch is not bad at all, but right now, with stock bumper, I have a 6-inch gap that rats can use to get up in my engine bay and mate.

I just finished installing the front, engine, tranny and fuel tank skids from BudBuilt; I'm slowly getting the sliders painted and hope to install them this weekend. Next is front bumper, so trying to figure out what the gap looks like. Also hoping I don't run into any snags like you mentioned with slider/skid conflicts.

It's too late today, but I'll try to get you one of the gap tomorrow. Here are before and after pictures of the notch I had deepened in the gas tank skid. There are spacer plates included to allow for some gap, but on my vehicle they still didn't allow the skid to seat against the frame. Hence having the notch deepened.