Ok.. I had this made right befor the pre- big bear run. It was a tough deciding wether to us aluminum or steel. But with the amount of rocks I like to hit I went with steel. 1/4" steel that is. As you see in the pics of the lift and here the front diff now sits about an inch below the front cross members. So that needed to be protected bad. So we boxed it to keep as much ground clearance as possible. These pics are after the run. It held up great and took alot of hits at the boxed diff. I know I would have ripped open a diff cover seal with out it. And yes it need to be painted. I was just thinking plain rattle can black.

Looks nice, i'm sure that gave you some peace of mind when wheeling. I like the clearance and adding the drop in the skid to keep as much clearance as possible.

Take some more pics from furhter back. Flat black would look good. Maybe Yellow <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />

Angelo

Hey DC, remember me, we ran Cleghorn a few years ago. We went the wrong way and I got tons of scratches, remember?

That skid plate looks cool.

My Monty is laid up right now, the crank bolt broke off and I just got the broken half out, now I am trying to figure out if I can just put it back together or not...

Hey DC, after looking at your pics, where did you get the front lift? Do they make any for 89 swb? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />

I guess you've been missing out on this thread that's been going on for about 3 month now. heres the link.

5" lift kit for monteros