Long arm kit and skid plate

[fsj-earl]

I just installed a long arm upgrade kit and now I cannot install my Rusty's engine / tranny skid plate since it mounts on the frame brackets for the factory upper control arms. Does anybody have a solution set for this problem? Thanks in advance!

 

[sunburned]

No way anyone can help you without more info and pictures.

What longarm kit? Did you cut off the UCA brackets? I'd say an engine skid isn't necessary, a trans/transfer case skid is more important on an XJ.

Sounds like you'll have to rig something up to make it work. That's normally the solution to most problems on here haha.

 

[fsj-earl]

Rough Country long arm kit, Rusty's Skid plate. Yes, I cut off the UCA mounts. I would REALLY lik to keep this skid plate considering the goughes and dings in it, it has very obviosuly safe my oil pan, tranny pan and such on more than one occasion. What kind of pictures would be helpful?

 

[Lowrange2]

You cut off the factory UCA brackets? Surely you mean you cut off the lower control arms? I'm not sure why you'd cut off the uppers.

Weld new mounting tabs on. Done.

 

[sunburned]

http://www.rustysoffroad.com/jeep-s...lates/rustys-skids-xj-engine-tranny-skid.html

This bolts to the lower control arm mounts, not the uppers. The ones you cut off are the LCAs. Note their website says it won't work with their long arm kit or many others, specifically for that reason.

If you want to make it fit, you need to change the way it mounts to the fram and weld on some new attachment points.

 

[fsj-earl]

Yes, LCA mounts. Not the uppers. Long weekend, not fully coherent..... Yea, looks like I need to weld on some new tabs or fabricate some kind of bracket. The bracket that comes with the skid plate is really thick and beefy, I don't have the equipment to bend or manipulate that thickness of metal. Need to do some more looking, planning, and trial and error.