NYTOP Catalytic Converter Shield

[Bluegill]

Ughhh I hate both designs

I see a silver skid plate and I want it painted black.

 

[SROak]

I see a silver skid plate and I want it painted black.

You just dated yersef there, Bluegill...

 

[Bluegill]

You just dated yersef there, Bluegill...

I saw the Stones decades ago and Mick was already old!

 

[cilles]

I installed this to replace the rear skip plate on my 2025 Overtrail. It is 0.25" thick (plus some welded on reinforcing bars) instead of the 0.16" thickness of the OEM part, and more importantly covers the catalytic converters. I was interested in doing this for two reasons. One is to discourage theft of the converters, and the other is to prevent vegetation I am driving over from possibly being set on fire from the hot converters. The plate was well engineered and had all the fasteners I needed plus spares. The unit was packed like it was fine china. I needed some kind of jack to support it in order to do the installation myself.

Does it also cover the center dif? That’s the part I’m concerned about. Though you make a good point on the weeds getting near the cats or exhaust.

 

[YellowLab]

I talked to a local metal shop - they can make flanges to attach to the existing skid plate to achieve the same effect for less than 1/2 the cost. I like the NYTOP - but at the end of the day this is not rocket science.