Do I Have a Particulate Filter?

[Snox801]

The rival kit includes engine skid (26lbs) + evap skid (14 lbs), but does not include the floorboard skids.
Each floor board skid is larger than the engine skid.
If the rival kit included the 2 floorboard skids, it would weigh at least 90 lbs.

My truck already has an engine skid, so buying the rival kit would be a waste of money. On the other hand, the JC off-road kit would give me all the parts that I need, and none of the parts that I don’t need.

And 80 lbs for adequate skid plate coverage is not “nuts”. It’s completely rational. It’s no different than ditching the flimsy stock tires and adding some beefy off-road all terrains or mud tires, for added puncture and cut resistance, where the set of 4 is also going to add an extra 80 lbs.

I guess it’s what you are going for. But let’s not act like aluminum is gonna be heavier for same applications. That’s simply not true but in your case it makes complete sense since you have the engine skid already. I may end up with that same setup eventually cause I’m sure at some point with where I take this it’s gonna a bite me.

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[Phimosis]

I guess it’s what you are going for. But let’s not act like aluminum is gonna be heavier for same applications. That’s simply not true but in your case it makes complete sense since you have the engine skid already. I may end up with that same setup eventually cause I’m sure at some point with where I take this it’s gonna a bite me.

I didn’t say that aluminum is heavier than steel. The kits include different pieces.

A complete rival kit in aluminum with engine skid + evap skid + 2 floor skids would be around 90 lbs.

Aluminum evap skid + 2 aluminum floor skids would be 64 ish lbs.

The steel JR kit with evap skid and 2 floor skids is 80 lbs. But, if the JR kit also includes a steel engine skid, it would be around 114 lbs.

 

[Rivers90]

I just can't decide if I should get both or just one or the other. I'm talking about the rock sliders or the giant skid plates that protect the floorboards. If you watch that installation video, they will show you that it already comes from Ford with a second metal skid plate, hiding behind the fuzzy cardboard, for the evap but it covers just the evap. I think the big skid plates would offer better protection for the fuel tank and fuel/brake lines. The rock sliders are an option because if you're doing it right, the only thing that ever bottoms up will be the rock sliders anyway.

The fuzzy cardboard rips easily. I see the skid plates replacing this as a good upgrade. My fuzzy cardboard is torn already.

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