I hate skid plates, they get in the way and take away clearence. They dont do a whole lot either aluminium is not very strong, and steel is heavy. Not to mention half of them dont have any holes to vent the air properly, or enough room to change oil. I had one for a few month. Got tired of it and was going to take it off the next weekend. Had a real bad rainstorm and was taking a friend to the bar for his bday. There was a fun stretch of backroad we always take. Started to rain so hard I could hardly see, and a decent size rock fell from a ledge and was on the road. I hit it, messed up my front lip, mangled my skid plate and still dented the pan and fucked up my oil pump/pickup. I had to replace everything a skid plate was supposed to protect. What a waste...