Barnes or Rough Country belly up skid plate?

yea the other one that was somewhat close in price was the UCF ultra high clearance skid. I did like it as much if not better. it had the cross member for the nuts to sink into but not painted.
 
Yep! My painting project starts this Thursday when my UCF gets here! Figuring on priming and then hitting it with some black engine enamel paint. It'll be pretty to I start dragging it across rocks and such, but will touch up easily with a rattle can.
 
May just start a thread to detail the UCF "Extra" install on my Rubi. Figure someone else might want to try and take a less painful route to TT theirs. I'm nothing if not optimistic!
Please do!
 
tworley that is indeed savvy. To power wash mud caked-up in there would be a challenge I think. a couple of slotted holes on the lowest plain would help.
 
tworley that is indeed savvy. To power wash mud caked-up in there would be a challenge I think. a couple of slotted holes on the lowest plain would help.

I try not to play in the mud. FWIW, in the last two and half years there hasnt been a lot accumulating up above the plate. Ive dropped it a couple times each year working on various things and it may be covered in dust with a couple splashes but Ive never had an issue cleaning it
 
Well I am impressed with the rough country belly up skid plate.!! It's 1/4" thick. Just a little shorter than the stock skid. When you drain the transfer case it won't get on the skid. It's heavy duty in my book.
All the holes matched up perfectly and it comes with all the hardware needed (and then some). It pushed the trans back up so the 4wd lever matches up perfectly with the stock alignment bracket, so shifting 4x4 is much smoother. 20180902_112934.jpg20180902_112921.jpg20180902_112902.jpg20180902_130033.jpg20180902_114951.jpg
 
Well I am impressed with the rough country belly up skid plate.!! It's 1/4" thick. Just a little shorter than the stock skid. When you drain the transfer case it won't get on the skid. It's heavy duty in my book.
All the holes matched up perfectly and it comes with all the hardware needed (and then some). It pushed the trans back up so the 4wd lever matches up perfectly with the stock alignment bracket, so shifting 4x4 is much smoother. View attachment 53902View attachment 53903View attachment 53904View attachment 53905View attachment 53906

I will need to modify my exhaust pipe by the track bar and fuel tank skid. Its not in that grove thats built into the gas tank skid, so it will need to be lowered a little over an inch.
 
Well I am impressed with the rough country belly up skid plate.!! It's 1/4" thick. Just a little shorter than the stock skid. When you drain the transfer case it won't get on the skid. It's heavy duty in my book.
All the holes matched up perfectly and it comes with all the hardware needed (and then some). It pushed the trans back up so the 4wd lever matches up perfectly with the stock alignment bracket, so shifting 4x4 is much smoother.

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Hello buddy, any updates with the RC skid plate? would you recommend it? I was looking between the RC and Barnes (for the price TBH) and the RC looks a lot less mess to do, did you paint it before installing or did you trust in RC paint process? any rust or issues with the RC skid or is pretty much take the OEM off and put the new one in? (I already have all the required mods for a tummy tuck, MML, BL, Rear upper CAs, DC driveshaft etc..) thanks!
 
Hello buddy, any updates with the RC skid plate? would you recommend it? I was looking between the RC and Barnes (for the price TBH) and the RC looks a lot less mess to do, did you paint it before installing or did you trust in RC paint process? any rust or issues with the RC skid or is pretty much take the OEM off and put the new one in? (I already have all the required mods for a tummy tuck, MML, BL, Rear upper CAs, DC driveshaft etc..) thanks!

Yes it’s pretty much just bolt in other that installing the transmission bracket in the proper direction.
Now, if your wanting the skid to be perfectly level with the bottom of the frame you will have to get a flat skid plate.
But the RC did raise it up a good bit.
Later I installed a long oil pan skid and attached it to the RC SKID and all I had to do was drill 2 holes in the transmission skid.
 
Yes it’s pretty much just bolt in other that installing the transmission bracket in the proper direction.
Now, if your wanting the skid to be perfectly level with the bottom of the frame you will have to get a flat skid plate.
But the RC did raise it up a good bit.
Later I installed a long oil pan skid and attached it to the RC SKID and all I had to do was drill 2 holes in the transmission skid.

I'm looking in gaining some clearance, not to go full flat... so I think RC will do for me, for what I saw it is around 2 inches of clearance so that's fine for me... I have a 06 so I already have a kind of OEM oil pan skid plate, so I think I will just bolt on that oil skid palte to the new RC Transer Case skid plate and that will be it....
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I'm looking in gaining some clearance, not to go full flat... so I think RC will do for me, for what I saw it is around 2 inches of clearance so that's fine for me... I have a 06 so I already have a kind of OEM oil pan skid plate, so I think I will just bolt on that oil skid palte to the new RC Transer Case skid plate and that will be it....
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Oh and I did not paint it again. Other than the rock rash I’ve put on it trail riding. And I did repaint that along the way with bed liner spray on
 
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