Trial Master under body protection. What is the best option?

[SMarshall]

Just curious on what peoples opinions are on aftermarket and or Ineos skid protection and what is considered the best.

Thanks

 

[TheDocAUS]

Plenty of options available. Quite a few on the forum using RIVAL.

Best is not the criteria to consider, but what works for you depending on your vehicle usage.

Here is a list from Australia

UNDER-BODY PROTECTION

1. Custom Offroad Bash Plates, look here. Installation tips here;
2. Custom Offroad diff protectors here. Installation Guide here;
3. Custom Offroad Grenadier Trailing Arm Protectors here;
4. EURO FLO Expedition Equipment’s fuel filter guard here. More information and images concerning the guard here;
5. RIVAL Australia under body Armour here (various packages);
6. Agile Offroad armor (Australian agent) here;
7. XLW Parts’ Front Differential Guard here;
8. Almont 4WD from Spain, look here;
9. Rival AU has some here;
10. US options here; and
11. Overseas, SPP offers quite a few options, for a price.

 

[parb]

I have a mix of agile off-road and rival plates.
The parts from agile seem a bit nicer designed but they both seem to do the job well. I bought the rival parts first when they were the only game in town. Mine a are gen 1 parts. I liked agiles gas tank protection better so that's what I went with.

I've seen the owl part with the plasticky sliders. Looks very nice but lots of dollars for what it is IMHO.

Metalcloak has parts too. They have a real good reputation out here on the West Coast of the US.

 

[Nadir5]

I have the Rival set but if I were in the market today I’d be looking at Owl’s.

 

[ColoradoMike]

I have Owl's skid plates and love the so far. Just got back from week of off roading in and around Salida/Buena Vista/Leadville and the skids did their job wonderfully!

 

[HugoB]

I have the Rival set but if I were in the market today I’d be looking at Owl’s.

Why is that?

 

[SMarshall]

Why is that?

I am curious also, I thought the Rival set seemed like good value minus our crappy exchange rate.

 

[HugoB]

Plenty of options available. Quite a few on the forum using RIVAL.

Best is not the criteria to consider, but what works for you depending on your vehicle usage.

Here is a list from Australia

UNDER-BODY PROTECTION

1. Custom Offroad Bash Plates, look here. Installation tips here;
2. Custom Offroad diff protectors here. Installation Guide here;
3. Custom Offroad Grenadier Trailing Arm Protectors here;
4. EURO FLO Expedition Equipment’s fuel filter guard here. More information and images concerning the guard here;
5. RIVAL Australia under body Armour here (various packages);
6. Agile Offroad armor (Australian agent) here;
7. XLW Parts’ Front Differential Guard here;
8. Almont 4WD from Spain, look here;
9. Rival AU has some here;
10. US options here; and
11. Overseas, SPP offers quite a few options, for a price.

Do you happen to know the weight of the OEM protection plates on the Grenadier? I'm curious how many net KGs a full set of the Rival plates adds (the 6 piece set is 46.6 KG).

 

[TheDocAUS]

Do you happen to know the weight of the OEM protection plates on the Grenadier? I'm curious how many net KGs a full set of the Rival plates adds (the 6 piece set is 46.6 KG).

No, but I do know from comments posted they are of light construction. @Logsplitter's rear plate is really beaten up.