Skid plates are not a thing a Defender 90.We need more information on the vehicle you were driving. A skid plate will be a good investment. A lot of my friends who are in off-road adventures have installed suspension lift kits to make room for all-terrain/mud tires.
Skid plates are not a thing a Defender 90.
You can get them. If you are running into rocks and stuff during a P&P or doing a lot of overlanidng where it is rocky.
as an example....
https://www.4x4works.co.uk/models/1990-2016/
I personally run a HD steering guard, with diff guards and a GL fuel tank guard. Rock sliders on the sides.
All the guards have been hit at some point at various off road sites.
Cheers
Also wouldn't bother with diff guards unless rock crawling.I'd get 2 diff guards and a steering guard. Then I'd get some decent recovery points, probbably jate rings front and back.
Doesn't take a big rock to damage the diffs. or steering. From experience. Certainly not rock crawling either.Also wouldn't bother with diff guards unless rock crawling.
Steering yes. Diffs no.Doesn't take a big rock to damage the diffs. or steering. From experience. Certainly not rock crawling either.
There's no reason not to have them, they're cheap, easy to fit and remove and add negalible weight. Competing or not, they make sense.Steering yes. Diffs no.
Have been doing trials events (competing, setting up, running) for 24 years and been around competing Land Rovers since 1987. Personally never known or heard of anyone damaging a diff casing doing this.
I’m sure there are exceptions. But it really can’t be common. By and large most of the vehicles I’ve scrutineered over the past 10 years also have not had diff guards fitted. None of the serious competition vehicles at any rate.
Maybe. Each to their own really. But buying a pair is money you could spend on something better.There's no reason not to have them, they're cheap, easy to fit and remove and add negalible weight. Competing or not, they make sense.
Steering guard/rock sliders are not the same thing.
Depends in the design. The QT styles ones that go right round the diff seem a bit over engineered and do reduce the ground clearance. The ones I had and sold to BoB fitted straight on the difference front, the area likely to fail when struck. You could drop the oil with them inside and they had drain plugs but they could trap crud. They were easy enough to take off and clean though.Maybe. Each to their own really. But buying a pair is money you could spend on something better.
Cheap ones can be a pain to fit and are prone to coming off if they get hit/caught. And the design of them often means they hold mud and crud and help rot the diff casing. Can also make changing the diff oil harder.
Also worth considering they will also reduce clearance and they are already the lowest point on the vehicle. In deep tramlines it can be enough to leave you beached.
Meant not the same as underbody skids....I never said they were the same thing.
Cheers
Do you mean ones like this:Depends in the design. The QT styles ones that go right round the diff seem a bit over engineered and do reduce the ground clearance. The ones I had and sold to BoB fitted straight on the difference front, the area likely to fail when struck. You could drop the oil with them inside and they had drain plugs but they could trap crud. They were easy enough to take off and clean though.