After some recent outings to Ormeau over the last month or so I have roughed up the belly of my JK pretty bad. I already have a decent lift installed and will be going taller tyres later on. From my experience and damage I see 3 areas need some attention. BTW I have a unlimited CRD on 33' MT MTZs. Any opinions would be good.
Pic1-You can see how bad I have bent my bolt on crossmember, its like that the entire length. Decent solution here would be to replace the cross member along with a decent skid plate. I have seen
poly performance replaces the crossmember with its transmission skid, but they say it's not compatiable with the diesel models
(due to the exhaust I think) , maybe it's possible to fabricate something up similiar and cheaper.
Pic2- You can see how bent the left rear lower control arm bracket is bent. The other side has been hit just as bad. The best solution I think are the
Offroad Evolution rockstar skids for extra clearence. You might loose some down travel but gain it the other way plus it get your shock up higher out of the way. I have seen someone on AJOR install these...You have to cut and grind things off to do this as well.Any opinions.
Pic3- F^&ing fuel tank. Just wish it was tucked up higher. The depressions in the fuel tank are about 20mm all at the front of the tank. The mid section and rear of tank is okay wth some scraps only. I could not justify buying an bash plate that cover the entire tank cause 1. The weight 2. The cost.
Would think a bash plate that covers the 1st 1/3 of tank would be great. Maybe welding on 5mm plate to the stock tank on the first 1/3 of tank would be good. Any thoughts?