Easiest skidplates for oil changes?

unsub1 · 2018-04-21T05:12:02+00:00

I've searched and searched this forum and others but I'm curious to hear if any skidplate owners are particularly happy with their oil change situation. Sounds like some of the aluminum skid oil change panels can get destroyed pretty easily. I don't have my heart set on any particular brand but I'm tired of having to turn around on NM and CO dirt roads when things get a little hairy. I'm not rock crawling and am only a little bit discouraged by overall weight but this ease of oil change issue and oil-change-panel durability is fairly important to me. Want to avoid the dealers as much as possible. FYI: I'm looking closely at RCI, BudBuilt, Shrockworks, etc. Thanks!

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Start date Apr 21, 2018

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Apr 26, 2018

DesertCanyons said:
You mean removing the spin-off filter?

Look for a thread on the canister or metal canister option here from a couple of weeks ago. One guy showed us the Baxter spin-off filter in place of the Toyota canister. He swore it was easy to change the filter and the Fram filter fit above his RCI skid plate.

Cool, I'll check it out. If I still had a real garage with a sealed floor and higher ceiling I'd not be too worried about this stuff but it is what it is. This should be a big help.