bbolander

good to know that the aftermarket one solved the problem, think i'll take that route. was it the poison spyder skid?

bbolander

here's some pictures. you can see the damage to the boot and skid, not bad, and the distance from the boot to the stock skid. looks like i need another 1/4" or 1/2" clearance. this happened when i was in an anza borrego mud hills ravine going over a mogul with the back on a steep off camber coming off the drivers side wall and the front dropping. i did many more moguls that maxed out the travel that weren't off camber and didn't hear anything in the back, they were ok. so i think the body of the jeep shifted a little to the passenger side due to the off camber situation. i checked my rear track bar alignment and the axle is about 1/4" to the drivers side. the mopar 2" lift does come with a rear track bar bracket for the axle to correct for the lift. no adjustable rear track bar though.





i'm going to try the poison spyder skid and see if it helps.

bo9roadking

Let us know if the poison spyder skid works better and how much clearance you get. I know the poison spyder skid is much more stout.

kgw350

I think mine was the rugged ridge i bought it a while ago i will get some pictures later so everyone can see the clearance difference. Also have to drill a hole to hold the evap to the skid i have zip ties for now.

bbolander

here's my post on the poison spyder install and the measurement comparisons with the stock 2012 evap skid. i think it will fix the problem.

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...96#post2699096

bo9roadking

Looks like the PS skid should do the trick. Thanks for posting your install pics.

MileHiJKGuy

I pulled the factory evap skid today and drilled a few new holes 1-7/8" over to the center. Used this number since that is the spacing on the pair of factory holes in the front. I am now using one factory hole and the new one I drilled at the front and the single new hole in the rear. The lines all connected back up but it is very tight, anyone else doing this may only want to move the hole over 1-1/2" for the single dole in the rear. I am just tired of the drive line connecting the evap skid and this buys a lot of space. I will look into an aftermarket skid if I beat this on up with any trail damage, but I have not damaged the evap skid across anything yet (except for the drive shaft), I have run a bunch of trails in Colorado and Moab.

bbolander

i'm still glad i have the psc skid, but that's a good idea. i can imagine how tight the connecting tubes are at the back.

BlueLespaul2006

I was wondering the same thing. I looked under my 2 door and it seems that the DS boot is about 2-3" away. But I never realized how short the rear DS is on the 2 door.