P1000 This is why you need a good skid plate.

[Superthrill]

And good bracing. Here are pics of how close your rear diff and engine trans components are to the bottom of the frame. Also how open they are with little to no bracing.

Also, the factory cross members are unbelievably thin.

Pic is really an illusion! The edge of the crossmember in that pic is the bottom. Look how close the pan is.

 

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[ToddACimer]

Already bent and braced my oil pan crossmembers. Oil pan 0. - rocks and throttle 1.


Here's the parts I made to beef it up. 3/16" Ruffstuff tube braces stitched into the OEM crossmembers


Pieces cut to length and test fit

Gussets welded and painted. You'll also notice I added another crossmember forward of the sub transmission shifter

Final fit before skid reinstallation

 

[Superthrill]

Sweet. Glad someone tried the pieces from RUFFSTUFF. Trying to get mine done before the Takeover.

 

[ToddACimer]

Sweet. Glad someone tried the pieces from RUFFSTUFF. Trying to get mine done before the Takeover.

I added these same photos to your tube reinforcement thread about a month ago

P1000 - Tube reinforcement