Opinions on ARB skid plates?

[RevN3]

Woo Hoo! Bonus time at work! Time to throw some money at the truck! I'm thinking I need to upgrade my armor. Metaltech4x4 is local(ish) to me so I can save on shipping. I was looking at this skid plate set from ARB though and I wanted to know if anyone was running it and what they thought of it. Thank you!

https://www.metaltech4x4.com/arb-skid-plates-toyota-tacoma-2005-up/

 

[Berserker__taco]

I've been eyeing the same set. Heard nothing but good things about those skids. And it's not a bad price for a full kit.

 

[RevN3]

Looking around it looks like the 3mm thickness isn't up to par. It looks like for $20 more I can get 3/16th thick steel from RCI shipped...

https://rcimetalworks.com/product/0...ute_pa_material=3-16-steel-black-powdercoated

Their "full" skid package only seems to cover the front, transmission and transfer-case though.

 

[RevN3]

Hmmm...the source of the 3mm thickness not being thick enough came from TW, and thus it is wrong. Should be fine for my needs...but now I'm thinking I need a Jackery battery and Cell booster more...too many things!

 

[midnight20pro]

I went with the CBI skid package and I forget where I got the gas tank skid. Maybe Rago. Don't know about the ARB tho