VX skid plate kit

[budwrman]

Hi all,

I am new and just got VX. Very interesting vehicle..
I NEED HELP TO GET SKID PLATE KIT ( ENGINE, TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE.)
HARD TO FIND...

THANKS
KEITH

[pbkid]

welcome to the group, give us some more info so we can help you out-

what exactly are you looking for? steel? fiberglass? tube? plate? 1/8 inch? 1/4 inch? Is your VX lifted? does it have a diff drop on it? etc.

[budwrman]

3" lifted, I would like to have it thick 1/4 inch and steel.
I am gonna go camping off road soon.

[tom4bren]

Most members who have the skids got them from Kilby

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?t=21412&highlight=kilby

Not sure if you can still get them but it's worth a shot.

[vt_maverick]

I think the Kilby's are closer to 1/8th inch steel rather than 1/4 inch, but after banging around on them in Moab for a few days I'd bet they will be more than up to whatever you can throw at them.

Pricey but very nice. :thumbup:

[tom4bren]

Pricey but very nice. :thumbup:

Finger squishing nice!!!

[budwrman]

Is there other company make Skid Plate? Kilby can't get hold them. Even email, phone.
No response.

[circmand]

Is there other company make Skid Plate? Kilby can't get hold them. Even email, phone.
No response.

skid plates. They have been known for difficulty of getting a hold of. Keep trying they are a small company

[JoFotoz]

Trooper skid plates work...bolt right on.

I believe 1994 ish model....use search function here to verify.

3 separate plates..cover all the essentials...
....have served me VERY well for multiple Moabs :thumbup:

Try local scrap yards...cost about $70-100 for all three.

Jo


Is there other company make Skid Plate? Kilby can't get hold them. Even email, phone.
No response.

[Triathlete]

For a lot less money you can get the 3 Trooper skid plates. They get the job done...O have bashed on mine and although battered have done their job.
Another option is to visit a good offroad fab shop and have them build you one...you shouldn't have a problem finding a shop in California.

[Triathlete]

Damn you Jo...must of been typing simaltaniously! :)

[JoFotoz]

LOL Billy...


Damn you Jo...must of been typing simaltaniously! :)

My fingers are quicker than yours...
...but I figure you can outrun me :p

Do you remember the right Trooper year/s ??

Jo

[Triathlete]

Typing on phone=slow. There are various years that are all identical. There is a thread on hear that lists the part#.

[JoFotoz]

JUST FYI...


Is there other company make Skid Plate? Kilby can't get hold them. Even email, phone.
No response.

The Trooper plates mentioned ....
....are used by some of the more "aggressive" ( extreme.. :eek:) Moab VX'ers.

Unless you are going to be insanely BRUTAL...

..I bet they'd do you just fine.

Jo

[Triathlete]

Here are part#'s from the bossmans site...though there is a third plate as well...
http://moncha.com/images/Modlinks/SkidPlate/SkidPlate1.html

[JoFotoz]

Quick search says 93-99 Trooper.

And FYI...the "front one" ..at the area nearest the front of the drive shaft...
...has been known to bend and make contact with shaft/flange.

A quick trim with a grinder solves this issue.

Jo

[Riff Raff]

Is there other company make Skid Plate? Kilby can't get hold them. Even email, phone.
No response.


Kilby's changed ownership recenty, there new website is: http://www.kilbystore.com/info.html and they are located in Mesquite, Nevada. For awesome pictures of the Kilby skidplates mounted on a VX, see the photo gallery of "VX-KAT". Keep trying, they are a one-of-a-kind product custom-fit specifically for the VX.

:bgwb:

[Litleleonardo]

Hi im also a new member of this nice club , i started looking for the skid plate kit for a while and had no luck , so i decided to make them ,right now im half way to the project but ill probably have them ready in a couple of weeks , ill keep u informed on my project when im done , and ill upload some pictures of my vehicross whit and whit out the skid plate ,again hi to everyone and will be in contact.

[tom4bren]

Marlin made his own too:

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?t=15921

He offered to sell copies to other members but didn't have many takers. Not sure if he's still willing (or even in the country at the moment).

[JoFotoz]

Hi Litleleonardo...


Hi im also a new member of this nice club , i started looking for the skid plate kit for a while and had no luck , so i decided to make them ,right now im half way to the project but ill probably have them ready in a couple of weeks , ill keep u informed on my project when im done , and ill upload some pictures of my vehicross whit and whit out the skid plate ,again hi to everyone and will be in contact.

....welcome to VX life..great to have another VX in the San Diego area.

Are you in TJ ?...we should meet up ..I'd love to see your skid plate design.

Cheers

jo

[VX KAT]

Kilby's changed ownership recenty, there new website is: http://www.kilbystore.com/info.html and they are located in Mesquite, Nevada. For awesome pictures of the Kilby skidplates mounted on a VX, see the photo gallery of "VX-KAT". Keep trying, they are a one-of-a-kind product custom-fit specifically for the VX.

:bgwb:

The Kilby's have served me VERY well, especially after last week....they took more hits on Top of The World than I've ever had.


WHEN NEW 12/09:
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSC_08441.jpg

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSC_0865.jpg

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSC_0849.jpg

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSC_0857.jpg

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSC_0872.jpg



NOVEMBER 2011:
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSC_2325.JPG

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSC_2316.JPG

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSC_2321.JPG


AFTER LAST WEEK IN MOAB:
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSCN1383.JPG

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/KILBYS_AFTER_MOAB.jpg

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSCN1382.JPG

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSCN1381.JPG

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSCN1378.JPG

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSCN1379.JPG

[Riff Raff]

Kudo's to you VX-KAT. As usual, your pictures are very enlightening and in crystal clear detail that need no further explaination. The Kilby belly-pan skidplates are simply total undercarriage armor-plate from front-to-back, and any attempt to further improve upon its original design is futile. The Kilby's maintain maximum ground clearance, ease of routine maintenance accessability (oil changes), and are capable of supporting the entire weight (2 Tons) of the VX on a single boulder as a fulcrum without any damage to sensitive components. No other belly-pan skidplate for the VX can even come close to the Kilby's. They are simply the best and have no peer, regardless of cost or price. 'Nuff said.

:bgwb:

[BigSwede]

Quick search says 93-99 Trooper.

And FYI...the "front one" ..at the area nearest the front of the drive shaft...
...has been known to bend and make contact with shaft/flange.

A quick trim with a grinder solves this issue.

Jo

The "front" one is pretty worthless IMO, too thin to do much, and easily gets pushed up into the front driveshaft, making a truly glorious noise. I didn't even have mine on for the trip to Moab, that's how important I think it is. The transfer case and catalytic converter skids are much thicker and do a decent job, but being supported on 3 corners the way they are they can't hold up to serious bashing, as proven in my RS Trooper.

The Kilbys are in a whole 'nother league, as seen above.

[budwrman]

Thanks a lot for all yours tips....
keith

[VX KAT]

Think a nut or something is missing here?
It's right next to the muffler, which I had installed a few months ago.
Is that a bracket for the muffler?

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/KILBY_SKIDS-MISSING_NUT.jpg

[JoFotoz]

Hey Sue...


Think a nut or something is missing here?
It's right next to the muffler, which I had installed a few months ago.
Is that a bracket for the muffler?

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/KILBY_SKIDS-MISSING_NUT.jpg

...two nuts missing.

Thats part of the OEM muffler /"in" pipe hanger.
Its bolted to the frame too..right were your annotation says "may be missing"
Above the plate the bolts go through is a rubber hanger isolator

If its not being used now...I wouldnt worry about it...
....but a couple of nuts will keep it in place.

Jo

[circmand]

with washers are clearly missing there

[JoFotoz]

Spoken like the deservedly proud "father" of the Kilbys that you are!!


Kudo's to you VX-KAT. As usual, your pictures are very enlightening and in crystal clear detail that need no further explaination. The Kilby belly-pan skidplates are simply total undercarriage armor-plate from front-to-back, and any attempt to further improve upon its original design is futile. The Kilby's maintain maximum ground clearance, ease of routine maintenance accessability (oil changes), and are capable of supporting the entire weight (2 Tons) of the VX on a single boulder as a fulcrum without any damage to sensitive components. No other belly-pan skidplate for the VX can even come close to the Kilby's. They are simply the best and have no peer, regardless of cost or price. 'Nuff said.

:bgwb:


BUT...

Sues example is atypical in that she is not lifted...
.... and therefore gets pulled/strapped over many obstacles.

In her case...its a GREAT application.

However...

I cant recall any serious damage to "non Kilby plated" lifted VX's....

.......that run bare...or with the Trooper plates.


As for "any attempt to further improve upon its original design is futile"
..

We shall see....:cool:


Jo

[VX KAT]

Hey Sue...



..two nuts missing.


....but a couple of nuts will keep it in place.

Jo

huh...:_thinking...I didn't realize Tom4Bren was missing too.
and after we find him, all will be in place. :_thinking


I know, I know, I just keep handing you material...:slap:






Sues example is atypical in that she is not lifted...
.... and therefore gets pulled/strapped over many obstacles.

In her case...its a GREAT application.

However...

I cant recall any serious damage to "non Kilby plated" lifted VX's....

.......that run bare...or with the Trooper plates.

Jo

True dat, with me being stock (plus about 1" for the 285/60s), the skids are going to take a LOT more hits....:_thinking ...but apparently I haven't been trying hard enough....given what they looked like in November...:_thinking
I did TOTW 2 years ago and obviously didn't hit that much....or maybe I was just a way better driver...or maybe the trail has drastically deteriorated....that's my vote.




p.s. thanks Jo and Dave for the nut info...

[JoFotoz]

All the familiar trails I did this year...


or maybe the trail has drastically deteriorated....that's my vote.


.....were harder/more intense than in previous years.
(except maybe Kane Creek...)

Many commented on the deteriation of the trails.

I like it....

....they offer new challenges.


Jo

[VXR]

I did TOTW 2 years ago and obviously didn't hit that much

I also did it stock with only this:

http://moncha.com/images/Modlinks/SkidPlate/SkidPlate1.html

[EVO]

Found this on Ebay but I'm not sure this will fit a Vehicross? New Warn Skid Plate Powdercoated black BMW 745i Isuzu Trooper Dodge Viper http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Warn-Skid-Plate-Powdercoated-black-BMW-745i-Isuzu-Trooper-Dodge-Viper-65447-/121056382085?pt=M

[Triathlete]

That is just a diff skid...covers the rear "pumpkin" Whether it will fit...??????
More than likely it is for a d44 not our 12 bolt.