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For those that bash into stuff and lay the rear down on the gas tank a lot- I have a 2000 wrangler and I'm wondering if I should consider upgrading the gas tank skid pronto before Moab? I came down on it pretty hard a few times yesterday but it seems to actually be pretty tough - I read a few posts on this site that talk about Jeep upgrading the gas tank skid to a more HD solution sometime around 1999 or 2000. Is there any way to verify if I have the more HD gas tank skid - and if so should I be fine to beat it up a little more or am I at risk of denting it and damaging the oversize tank I have? (original owner spec'd this jeep to have the
+5gal option so it sounds like it's a little bigger than the stock tanks).
Other than that - it seems that the rear lower control arm mounts and the front bumper are the lowest hanging fruit for me to bash into. When doing shelf ledges taller than the front bumper it's hard to angle in if the trail doesn't have enough width... and when getting the front wheels up onto the ledge it seems the rear LCA frame mounts are the most prone to get hit when trying to wheel up with the rear wheels. Surprisingly the 1/2" dropped T-Case only hit when falling off a line I tried to hit and had a little too much mud. I have a steering box skid that I will be installing pronto... it's way to convenient to place in harms way on shelves and ledges.