Skid Plate Thickness

[Woodrow]

I'm doing this all because I'm putting in a body lift actually. As for cutting it, I have seen that where someone notches it and the welds in an arc above the driveshaft. Maybe I'll look into it more. Biggest annoyance with that is obviously that you have to slide it down the front driveshaft whenever you want to take it off, although I can't say there are many times where I've taken off the skid plate in general so maybe not as annoying as it might initially seem. Thanks for the info about the UCF skid though, when I read your first post it sounded perfect since there's so much room, now I know there's not as much as I was thinking.

If you don’t have time/funds to do the tuck you ultimately plan, don’t get a new skid now, notch the stock one. I did that way back when for front driveshaft contact. It was an effective solution:

 

[Rickyd]

If you don’t have time/funds to do the tuck you ultimately plan, don’t get a new skid now, notch the stock one. I did that way back when for front driveshaft contact. It was an effective solution:
https://wranglertjforum.com/attachments/85fdf0ec-14c8-4c21-a396-86bbde000d86-webp.257098/

I think that's the most rust I've ever seen on your tj!

 

[Woodrow]

I think that's the most rust I've ever seen on your tj!

Its pretty rust free now. That front drive shaft and stock T-case shifter linkage are long gone. The rear of the frame had some scale too so I just cut off the back half

 

[That'll Buff]

If you don’t have time/funds to do the tuck you ultimately plan, don’t get a new skid now, notch the stock one. I did that way back when for front driveshaft contact. It was an effective solution:
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Wish I would've seen a picture like this sooner so I wouldn't even have thought about buying a new skid. For some reason whenever I had looked into this before all I saw was the arc one guy did which just seemed odd. Thanks for that Woodrow!