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Figure I should throw this up on the board. I will be straight up I'm was on the fence about buying this setup. Absolutely happy with the quality, fit and finish.

Boxes arrived in fair condition for traveling lest than 10 miles. With offensive 4 letter words on it.

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Started the install and I already new I was going to have issues. As bracket bolts to the V6 transmission protection and I have a 4 Banger.


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Next issue was this bracket. Should come welded in place, one hand to hold it and one to impact it on is a pain. Ohh it need a little tap tap to go together.

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So 3 hours total and all done. Missing 2 bolts on the engine skid as Metalcloak needs 8 and my factory skid less bronco only had 6 from the factory. Also missing one more nut and bolt combo but I stole one from my spare bolt drawer.

I like the transition at the rear lower arm mount.

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In your first post you mentioned that it’s made to fit to the 6 cyl , and you have a 4 cyl. How did u get around that?
 
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One of the brackets is specifically designed to bolt to the V6 cross member support (those low hanging bars everyone complains about hitting). I used it as a giant nut till I figure out a way to mount it.
 

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Are you 7MT or 10AT? If auto, does it look like the airflow to the transmission cooler will be ok?
 
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Are you 7MT or 10AT? If auto, does it look like the airflow to the transmission cooler will be ok?
10 speed auto

Kit doesn't come with a bash plate, so factory plastic is in place and no changes to airflow.

This was one of my reservation about buying this setup, most other setup come with a bash plate. I will most likely go with RC hidden winch mount, as I have a 12,000 harbor freight winch in the garage from my last jeep.
 

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MC comes highly rated in the off road community, And they are local to me so I thought about going this route.

It does suck to lose some ground clearance, but pretty much all skids of any type provide some clearance between themselves and what they're trying to protect, so it's always going to be lower.

I just want to be able to drag my Bronco/Jeep over anything without worrying about hurting it.

I don't recall, but isn't this the one that you need to remove a skid plate to change your oil?
 
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MC comes highly rated and they off road community, And they are local to me so I thought about going this route.

It does suck to lose some ground clearance, but pretty much all skids if any type provide some clearance between themselves and what they're trying to protect, so it's always going to be lower.

I just want to be able to drag my Bronco/Jeep over anything without worrying about hurting it.

I don't recall, but isn't this the one that you need to remove a skid plate to change your oil?
I'm local to if you want to take a look.

Yes, you will need to drop the skid plates to change the oil. 15mm socket and impact I had the factory plastic off and new differential skids on in a minute? No complaints on oil pan access after installing I'm not worried. I even had a filter and oil ready to go, but it ended up becoming a sticker paper weight.

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Mine are on the FedEx truck for delivery today. So I’m going to be tackling this tomorrow.
 
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Mine are on the FedEx truck for delivery today. So I’m going to be tackling this tomorrow.
Best suggestion is lay it all out and figure out the bag of hardware.

I emailed them with some suggested changes to the instructions......
They need better pictures and pictures showing what hardware goes where. It's like a puzzle, you need to assemble everything like the diagram based off part numbers. I had to start over as I ended up with the wrong bolts.
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