I have a 2012 JK Rubicon and when I lifted I opted to go with the AFE y-pipe exhaust conversion instead of the Tera flex exhaust spacers.
So yesterday while installing the EVO Protek Skid system we ran into a huge snag...the transmission skid plate hits the exhaust pipe!
With the AFE Y-pipe conversion it pushes the exhaust crossover from infront of the crossmember to behind crossmember( this provides clearance for front drive shaft travel with a 4 inch lift) which has the passenegr side exhaust running along side the transmission pan and then crossing over behind the transmission before joining up with the driver side exhaust. The skid hits the exhaust pipe preventing it from being bolted on. The rest of the skid system went on smoothly.
Luck for me my brother has a shop full of techs and engineers who are going to modify the transmission skid this week to let me bolt on this skid so I wont have an exposed tranny pan.
BTW... I absolutely love EVO's skid plates, they are really well made and look amazing. But they cant account for all the mods we do to our jeeps, but still a bit frustrating lol.
I'll post some pics when Im done.
BTKillerr

 

I ran into the same issue with the y-pipe. Didn't keep the stock exhaust pipe, so had to have some work done to the AFE Y-pipe to clear the skid. Had the guy put a little dog-leg into the pipe to make clearance. Had to notch the gas tank skid as well to make room for the new routing of the pipe. Added additional thermal tape around the pipe and on the gas tank since the pipe is running a little closer to it now. Not the prettiest weld job, but it works.



and installed...



I feel much better about being protected under there now.

 

They look heavy duty...but the steel plate that extends forward of the crossmember WILL bend up into the exhaust. It not only happened on my Jeep but my brothers as well.

The overhanging piece is almost unsupported, and acts like a cantilever system. It's attached to the driver side control arm mount, but hangs freely forward and has no close mount on the passenger side. That is the area that will bend easily.

 

Could a couple gussets be welded on to reinforce it?

 

I've heard that before. Someone else mentioned the exact same thing and used that same word... "cantilever" to describe the issue. It may have been one of your posts or something.

I actually wasn't planning on going with the EVO crossmember skid. Since I kept the AFE pipe, my exhaust pipe now runs directly behind the crossmember vice in front of it and is fairly protected. Now that I've got the transmission skid, everything seems to be pretty well protected except for the exhaust loop, which I'll probably just eliminate if I ever crush it. I've already beat on my stock crossmember pretty good and it seems to be holding up. If I ever destroy it I'll replace the crossmember with a beefier unit like the Artec or PSC offering.