front "crossmember" ??
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front "crossmember" ??
ok so I know kilby is making two "skid plates" for the front of the JK that extend down beneath the front bumper, one for stock and one for those who want to remove the stock crossmember that hangs down below the frame rails. so my question is this what is that crossmember for ? is it just held in place by "straps" as it looks in the pics? what dose it do is it there to just hold that stock piece under the bumper in place?? I obviously don't have my JK yet but I'm going to be building my own bumpers (and stuff) so I'm trying to get a little heads up for the design/planing part of the bumpers. I just don't know if I totaly like most of the bumpers that I have seen made yet because they are all too "fat" looking for me I like my stuff all " high and tight ".....here are a couple pics from the gallery of what I'm talking about.
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Danny
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Yeah, that's about all it's being held up by and if I didn't know any better, the only purpose it really serves is to be a place for the plastic air dam to attach to. On the Rubicons, I suppose it offers a bit of protection to the swaybar disconnect motor too.
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anyone have any pics of the rubi sway bar disco ? how far dose it hang below the actual sway bar ?
by the looks of how that crossmember is attached it's not going to protect very much...
by the looks of how that crossmember is attached it's not going to protect very much...
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