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do cast iron covers really hold in a lot of heat? Someone mentioned on a youtube video and has me concerned because I might start pulling a small camper long distances.
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I didn't like the edges of the Rancho and neither Rancho or Dana could tell me if they fit together, so I ordered the MetalCloaks.
 

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I like the idea of the glide plates. I'm curious how they look from far away. I don't want a bunch of "extra stuff" under the jeep. I guess I could always paint them black.
Heres my Rubicon. About a parking spot length away
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Do you have to take that off to change the diff fluid?
No, Rancho provides a hole in the bottom to drain oil. Actually that’s one of the big benefits to these guide plates is it protects the drain plug under the differential. There was a poster who was rock crawling and scraping rocks actually loosened the drain plug and started to leak.
 

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Can anybody confirm that the Rancho skids fit on the Dana covers? I wanted the MC, and much less expensive, but just cant get over the goofy fill hole

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They do fit with a little grinding on the front or the rear, I can't remember which one I had to grind on. I think it was the front.

Also, because the Dana cover flanges are thicker than the stock ones, it throws the u-bolt alignment off slightly. The bolt had to be bent in creative ways to get it to bolt up.

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Those Rancho skids are nice looking. Looks even nicer with Dana covers.
 

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Here is an interesting front differential skid I came across, specs show it to be made of one-third inch thick lightweight steel. Appears to be Israeli made and is $166 including shipping to the United States.
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Added ARB covers front and rear at the weekend

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A few questions on the MC's: Do you paint the inside of the cover, and what kind of paint did you use? And what did you do about the differential gasket?
Painted just the outside. Be sure to clean inside and out with your favorite engine cleaner though. I just used a rattle can of some high temp engine paint. Reused the rubber gasket (rubicon).
 
 



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