Skid plates worth the money?

There’s already a quintetties of bros on here! You just joined us
Those other d-bags @boardude and @831Tun have em too. Only the cool kids rock NFab full frontals

 

I’m not afraid to be the small guy in the bunch

 

Just be sure to carry a siphon so you can take from the rest!

 

Lol I'll be proud to be a part of the breakfast club

 

I'm right there with ya buddy

 

Post your full frontal below once you do. Might help with lighting ideas too!

https://www.tundras.com/threads/n-fab-bumper-bs-thread.22161/

 

If you want the skids for general protection (ie. that rare accident where you bump on some rocks), go aluminum.
If you want to actually use the skids for crawling over big rocks on Jeep trails, go steel.

I'm running 3/16" stainless steel skids from BudBuilt and I beat on my skids. Aluminum skids will dent easier, gouge easier, and are harder to repair. More importantly, aluminum skids don't let your truck slide off of rocks as easy as steel. There's a reason why no one makes aluminum rock sliders for the very same reasons.

 

You be keepin the Rex busy..................

 

Well said!^^^^^^. My stock cheap ass metal wanna be skid plate is all fracked up. Not hard to do actually with that POS. RCI skids are high on my to do list before hunting season. Hoping for a RCI July 4th sale.

 

Lol that's next on the list. Anyone done the light bars behind the grille on a 2018 yet?

 

Job security

 

I ran 1/2” plastic on the front of my 1st gen Taco. It was a special slippery plastic for stuff like saw and router guides. Slicker than snake snot! And you could get a bit of curve bent to it as you bolt it on. You’re right about the aluminum, as it slides over shit, it’s gouging and makes it a bit more difficult.

 

Ordered a steel RCI skid myself... figure the extra weight isn't a big deal and the extra durability is nice

 

I have the same CAT protection skids. How was the compatibility with the RCI skids?

 

This RCI 38 gal skid is about 1 month old. you can see they added welded protection blocks for the non-recessed locations. pics aren't great, but you get the idea. I could imagine touching them up with a grinder to round over the welded bosses just a bit.

 

My thoughts exactly. Took delivery of my ‘21 on Saturday and ordered the RCI skid yesterday. Having to remove the underside splash guard each time I do an oil change on our ‘19 Avalon XSE drives my crazy......I said no-way to that with the truck.

 

The RCI is for 4 wheel drive only?

 

Yep!!!