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Skid plate recommendations

Discussion in 'General 4Runner Talk' started by 21TRDVenture, Nov 8, 2021.

  1. Nov 8, 2021 at 8:21 PM
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    21TRDVenture

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    Hey,
    Looking into a skid plate and see a bunch of people run the “RCI” ones. Any feedback on these or recommendations for better ones?
     
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    Honestly depends on how you plan on wheel’n. I personally went with aluminum RCI engine, trans, and transfer case skids to try and save as much weight as I could. They do their job and have held up fine after a few Moab trips. There are other companies that provide more “coverage” and if I had to do it again, I’d probably still go with RCI or C4 (they didn’t release their skids yet when I was in the market) but you can’t go wrong with most companies.

    C4
    Hefty
    RSG
    LFD
    CBI
    Victory
    Shrockworks
    Budbuilt

    to name a few
     
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    Okay, we have a 2008 Tundra Pre-runner also thats fully caged and fabbed out so I'm not sure I'll be tearing around TOO much in the 4Runner so the RCI being lightweight sounds like itll be perfect but I'll definitely look into some of these others as well. I appreciate the advice!!!
     
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    I like my RCI aluminum skid plate and sliders.
     
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    RCI aluminum skids (front, trans, TC, and gas), RCI steel sliders 20 degree no plates with kickout, Treaty Oak recovery points, LFD stainless crossbars, Greenlane ladder, Toyo Open Country AT III, Bilstein 5100s, OME (front 2” lift) and Eibach (rear 1”lift) coils
    Ditto!
     
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    RCI aluminum skids (front, trans, TC, and gas), RCI steel sliders 20 degree no plates with kickout, Treaty Oak recovery points, LFD stainless crossbars, Greenlane ladder, Toyo Open Country AT III, Bilstein 5100s, OME (front 2” lift) and Eibach (rear 1”lift) coils
    Minor correction. The steel RCI plates are 3/16” and the aluminum ones are 1/4”. A 3/8” plate, especially in steel, would be ridiculously heavy.
     
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    Understood, its not so much for an upgrade than it is replacing damaged hardware (The stock skids are all beat up. bottom side is heavily rusted)



    The stock skids (Per Ironman) are 1mm thick and theirs is 4mm thick. You also get a third plate extending further back from the transfer case. They chose to make steel skids over aluminum as aluminum tends to stick hard on rock where steel slides easier.

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    Yep, you're correct. My bad, I withdraw that comment then.
     
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    Gotcha. Okay, so I was completely wrong in my earlier comment, I was way off on the RCIs. I have them, I should know better, just it's a Monday and my brain is not really functioning properly.

    The only reason why I ended up going with the RCI was because my stock skids were just completely missing when I bought my 4Runner, so I wanted to replace them with something. I found the RCIs on marketplace for good price, so I snagged them. Overkill for what I do, but it is nice peace of mind.

    So that said, the difference in thickness with the Ironman does not seem like an issue, so it does seem like a good option.

    Honestly, those are probably more appropriate for my application than the RCI.
     

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