The factory skid just isn’t up to the task when the entire weight of the vehicle is sliding across its belly. If a few scrape on the powder coat don’t bother you at all, then you must know that a good hit to the lower a-arm could put a big dent in it. A-Arm skids not only help spread out a blow from a rock and protect them from damage when an arm is forced to slide across a rock, but they also make the bottom of the arm flat and slippery so rocks can’t get stuck up in the arm.

Factory UTV was one of the first in the UTV market to make skid plates for UTVs out of a product called UHMW. UHMW is much better suited to skid plate as compared to typical aluminum, because the material does not stick to rocks, has some amount of give and it will return to normal position after a hit.

The Factory UTV skid plate is made from 3/8″ or 1/2″, it is pre-drilled for oil change and drainage and uses existing and supplied hardware for installation. All mounting locations are recessed so that hardware stays out of harms way.
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