Kilby Gas Tank Skid Plate
Posted: October 26th, 2011, 10:04 amJust finished painting and installing a Kilby Gas Tank skid plate on my LJ. Thanks to chuckanut105 for the help! 
So far I am very happy with the result! The skid is made out of 3 pieces of 3/16" steel, laser cut, formed and welded together. This thing is a beast at 60lbs! It completely replaces the stock skid plate and has a few design changes from stock that give you: 1" more ground clearance, 3/4" more diff cover clearance, 3/4" more driver side shock clearance and more room for the track bar to cycle. Most gas tank skids on the market for TJ/LJ's just cover your stock skid causing you to loose ground clearance.
The install was very straight forward and easy. It took us about 3 hours....with BSing, dinner (thanks to Sara!) and beers. The instructions are very clear and easy to understand. It uses all of the factory mounting bolts and hardware making it a very straight forward install. I would highly recommend 2 people for this install due to the weight and awkwardness of having to drop the entire gas tank out of the Jeep. I was going to post a How To on this but due to installing it at night and the instructions being spot on I cant tell you anything you wont get from reading them.
[color=#80FF00]Kilby Gas Tank Skid MSRP $285.00 from Kilby direct
Installation Notes:
Fits 1997-2002 TJ & 2005-2006 LJ models without a body lift.
2003 -2004 TJ & 2004 LJ models require either a 1” body lift or Kilby ½” spacer kit for installation.
100% bolt-on installation.
Note: 2005-‘06 TJ spacer requirement(s) have not yet been determined.[/color] [color=#FF0000]No spacers were required on my install.[/color]
I will update this on how well it works or not after the Halloween run to Calico. I will also post pictures of how it looks from Calico.
So far I am very happy with the result! The skid is made out of 3 pieces of 3/16" steel, laser cut, formed and welded together. This thing is a beast at 60lbs! It completely replaces the stock skid plate and has a few design changes from stock that give you: 1" more ground clearance, 3/4" more diff cover clearance, 3/4" more driver side shock clearance and more room for the track bar to cycle. Most gas tank skids on the market for TJ/LJ's just cover your stock skid causing you to loose ground clearance.
The install was very straight forward and easy. It took us about 3 hours....with BSing, dinner (thanks to Sara!) and beers. The instructions are very clear and easy to understand. It uses all of the factory mounting bolts and hardware making it a very straight forward install. I would highly recommend 2 people for this install due to the weight and awkwardness of having to drop the entire gas tank out of the Jeep. I was going to post a How To on this but due to installing it at night and the instructions being spot on I cant tell you anything you wont get from reading them.
[color=#80FF00]Kilby Gas Tank Skid MSRP $285.00 from Kilby direct
Installation Notes:
Fits 1997-2002 TJ & 2005-2006 LJ models without a body lift.
2003 -2004 TJ & 2004 LJ models require either a 1” body lift or Kilby ½” spacer kit for installation.
100% bolt-on installation.
Note: 2005-‘06 TJ spacer requirement(s) have not yet been determined.[/color] [color=#FF0000]No spacers were required on my install.[/color]
I will update this on how well it works or not after the Halloween run to Calico. I will also post pictures of how it looks from Calico.
