yeah I just got it :P 20v lithum impact and prying a little with a flathead, managed to get the threads to bite lol. must be messed up threads on the captured nut because the bolt looks great, but I gotta get two more of the thick washers, previous owner must have lost two and then used ZIP TIES as washers... I don't see a fancy aluminum gas tank skid on this one though

do all the 4wd's have 3 skids or is that just the Z's?

 

Its hit or miss on which trucks came with skids and also which skids the trucks that got them actually got as well. Me gas tank skid is metal and huge lol!

 

you got a photo of it by chance? the Z I took the 3 aluminum plates off of has a steel one over the tank, but it's on an extended cab S10 so I'm not sure it'll even work on the 4dr blazer :/

 

The front skid plate is different from a Z to non Z. A non Z front skid won't work on a Z. Might be able to get away with it the other way with drilling some new holes.

 

yeah the more I read the more I'm beginning to pick that up I haven't even tried mounting mine yet, but I have all 3 pieces so we'll see what fits and what doesn't lol

 

I just picked up a carbon skid plate from a Z today and put it on my 4 door. Because the Z sits at a steeper angle, they made up for this in the skid plate. I still mounted mine, but I will need to get some spacers for the bottom, or find a way to bend that bottom up and so it's flush and mountable. The bottom part of the plate is about 2 or 3 inches from flush with the original plate's bottom mounts.

I'm really not concerned about the bottom plate or the clearance, city/suburb driving and such.

 

that is good to know, I know a guy who is parting out a full size.

 

I tried to bolt my 3 pieces of ZR2 aluminum skids up today... not a one of them bolted up under my non Z 4x4... so yeah that sucks... I mean the front one would mount up like Badco's, but I sort of like my extra 3" of ground clearance :P

 

Damn... Well at least you can sell them now, and hopefully for a profit!! I may remove my oil filter cover, but for now I dont have a reason to.

But I could have sworn I saw oil pan skid holes on mine? Do the holes not match up with the plate?