Reviews for Rubicon Express REA1011 Oil Pan Skid Plate for 12-18 Jeep Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited JK

Quality build and protection at a reasonable price

It was about 35°wheni installed it in my garage, maybe cold shrunk the metal but I had no trouble other that one bellhousing bolt was just a tad off so I loosely installed the other bolts, whacked the skid plate with my deadblow and the bolt went in. The skid plate looks like a solid piece that will handle what I put my jeep throygh.

All right. Mine is 2016 manual JK.
First, if it bolts on direct for you, yeah, you are a lottery winner.
Removed material to stress relieve fit in front left bolt holes. Pan would not sit flush without serious contact in this position.
Removed material at drain plug area. A little over 1/4 of an inch for clearance. I couldn't fit a piece of paper in that area. I wanted zero contact with the pan for energy absorption if necessary.
Last, I removed the transmission cast formations. This cleaned up the trailing fit, but still needed a 1/4 inch of removal from the pan to achieve a true stress free, no contact fit for alignment of the trans bolts.
Once do e in those three areas, fit was solid, all hardware torqued to spec without deformation and the pan is rock solid.
Over all impressed with the fit, regardless of the modification I had to make. I didn't expect a cookie cutter part and never have with aftermarket parts.
RE makes excellent equipment. This is no exception.

Easy install good product

This will fit the manual transmission JK's (mine is a '16 JK Sport S) with a little modification. You will have to take an angle grinder (or similar) and shave down about a quarter of an inch of the trailing edge (mostly in the middle because it will interfere with the housing, preventing the rear 2 bolts from lining up). After that it is a tight fit but does not touch the oil pan. Beefy skid and as always, Quadratec shipping is fast.

Nice product, but I haven't installed yet because no one seems to know what the torque settings are☹️And since you are dealing with oil pan bolts.....that info would be nice to have.....

You can get it to work with manual transmission if you grind down the plate a little bit and then paint the parts you cut! Wish I took a picture of the fitted plate before I mounted it

I was pleasantly surprised with this product. I expected to have to fab it to fit like smitty products I've had, but everything lined up perfectly. Felt great and solid, seems like it will take a real beating. I was hesitant at first but with the quality that's been expressed in this plate I would not hesitate to buy further Rubicon Express Products.

Great product, super simple install on 2014 Auto, unfortunately i had to remove due to having my axle Trussed (artec D30 truss) if you have a truss this item will not work you'll bottom out (up travel) on any minor bumps. If you don't have a truss i would highly recommend

Holes did not line up, a little push and pull took care of it.