NEW during 2006, Downey has developed a full line of 3/16" steel "Army Tank" skid plating as replacement for original equipment front belly plates. Your stock thin sheet metal plates were obviously made with the assumption you would not be going off road. Most decorative aluminum skid plates would also be pulverized if you did go off road. Downey's new formed steel plates were designed to support full vehicle weight being drug over boulders (although no amount of skid plating would withstand high speed collisions with boulders)!! Downey has added additional strength through shaping, formed-in angulation, and with beveled holes in flat surfaces. Some models have additional steel braces between skid plate and frame. All skid plates are silver powder painted.

NOTE - DRAIN PLUG HOLES?
The original skid plate OR Downey's skid plate must be removed to service the engine. Each Downey skid plate fits multiple vehicles with multiple engine choices (4 cyl, V6, V8). Each skid plate would require multiple drain plug holes, which would adversely affect the skid plate's integrity.