I added the 5 Mopar skid plates to my 2014 summit diesel today. Four pieces of advice for anyone about to do this:
1. Order of operations is important. Do the transfer case plates after the fuel tank plates (I had the privilege of installing them twice).
2. Most bolts/nuts/clips are already installed holding up "cardboard" plates (these "cardboard" plates are never mentioned in the instructions). This hardware is identical to the hardware supplied with the five steel plates.
3. One of the transfer case plates had a large steel wheel bolted to it. When installed it touched a rubber exhaust damper (?) which caused the jeep to shake at idle. Unbolt this steel wheel and it fits great with the normal smooth idle.
4. One bolt that the instructions says to install for each fuel tank skid plate has no hole/nut to install into. However, a threaded bolt is hanging down in its place. Use two extra nuts (see #2) to hold that end of each fuel tank skid plate.
Would you mind posting the part numbers you ordered from Mopar? In another thread around here someone posted that there is a specific plate for CRD's front axle.
1 x Jeep Grand Cherokee Skid Plates - Fuel Tank (82211999) = $251.94
1 x Jeep Grand Cherokee Skid Plates - Transfer Case (82211994AB) = $80.03
1 x Jeep Grand Cherokee Skid Plates - Front Axle (82211995) = $82.48
Shipping was $120.38
I ordered these about a week before receiving my CRD and the mopar website claimed they fit all models. After taking off the steel wheel everything fit fine.
Folks try this place below, I ordered all 5 skid plates (part numbers 82211999, 82211994AB, 82211995) for my summit back in May and I paid a total of $416 which included the shipping of 117 lbs. They were a fairly easy install but having a floor jack to balance the gas tank plates does help as they are the heaviest.
Would be nice if jeep came out with a steel plate for the transmission instead of that plastic thing they got now and its cardboard from what I hear on the diesel.
I notice you have a 5.7, will they work on a Summit diesel? Also I notice that the fuel tank requires two skid plates; do you have to order two or do they come as a pair?
I guess I must be a man because I've been reading this with great interest despite the fact that I got the diesel because I want to use it to tow my bass boat. I like 4 wheel since a lot of the boat launches in this area are unimproved (dirt, gravel, etc) and you can get stuck without it fair easy. Going back to the diesel I like it because going over the mountains here in the Pacific NW can really kill a gas engine and diesel just tows better in general than gas does in my experience. No interest in going off road whatsoever but here I am reading about skid plates. lol
I'm having my dealer install skid plates for my Diesel Limited JGC. However, he just called and said the front skid plate "doesn't fit" because its a diesel. He said once Mopar releases a diesel-specific front skid plate he will install it for me then. Did you run in to anything like this?
I wouldn't know why the front skid plate would be an issue on Diesel models. After all, there are Diesels with the offroad-package right from the factory that come with this particular skid-plate. I highly doubt there are different front skid-plates and even IF there would be a different one on the Diesels, it must already be available since it's already installed right from the factory.
In australia we have an after market provider who has now manufactured a steel skid plate for this area to replace the cardboard one under the sump area and it fits the diesel
In australia we have an after market provider who has now manufactured a steel skid plate for this area to replace the cardboard one under the sump area and it fits the diesel
My dealer acknowledged today that he screwed and ordered the wrong parts. The right parts are on order now. He was very nice and professional about it, which I was happy to hear since I will have a long relationship with them.
I installed my front skid and tow hooks yesterday with no problems. Need to run the fuel down so I can install the fuel tank and xfer case skids later. Looks to be strait forward on those.
I, too, just finished installing skid plates on my '14 GC overland CRD and the only difference i can see in the transfer case skid plate was there was a steel doughnut i had to remove to clear the sensor strapped to the side of the catalytic converter ( or DEF device? ) install for front plates and transfer case protection was about 1.5 hours
Has anyone fitted the chief skid plate with the 2014 ECB bar?? The website doesn't report it has happened. May have to take a punt and just order it. Will take it down to Prestige Offroad who are fitting the bullbar, they reckon they will MAKE it fit come hell or high water!! Just hoping it is a straight bolt on! :thumbsup:
Just ordered the 3mm skid plate. Having it sent to Prestige and will let you know how it goes fitting it to the WK2 2014!! Spoke to Bill earlier and doesn't sound like it will be an issue. He also mentioned the final bit of underbody protection is nearly complete and ready for release, once that is done I'll be ready to deploy the Jeep to Iraq!!
After reading this and other threads on the topic, I decided to go ahead and buy the full ORATII Skid Plate package for my '14 Summit CRD.
I found all three parts numbers available on Amazon and they were all PRIME so 2-day shipping. But they were much more expensive than MoparOnlineParts.com...except when you factor in shipping.
Then I noticed that MoparOnlineParts.com was having a Black Friday - Cyber Monday promotion for free shipping on any order over $99.
That makes my order total $436.26 (tax free)! If you're in the market now would be a good time to pull the trigger. Just say'n.
Fuel Tank (82211999)
Transfer Case (82211994AB)
Front Axle (82211995)
I just put them on my Summit last weekend. I ordered from my local dealer and gave him the chance to beat the lowest internet price I could find. I found a dealer that would ship them all to me for $445.00. My local dealer sold them to me for $425.00 and I had them the day after he ordered them.
I just installed all three skid plates last weekend on my Summit Ecodiesel. I ordered the parts through the local dealership and he checked my VIN against the part numbers and the three that I received were the three listed by the individual who started this thread. All three plates went on smooth with no problems at all. I followed the great advice of the member who started this thread and I had all three done in an hour. I found the diesel plate listed on the Mopar International site.
Thanks! Firsthand reported success is good enough for me.
I admit remaining curious what the actual difference is; since OP mentioned removing a part in order to make it fit, I wondered if this also might be a possibility.
I also ordered the 3 kits through my local dealer, and did remove a plastic panel used for sound deadening (it was not a skid plate as was debated somewhere). I just saw it on a shelf in my garage; if you really want a pic of it I can do that tonight. Everything fit as designed with no installation problems.
I had all three kits (5 plates) installed yesterday. There was no distinction made between diesel or gas drive trains for any of the part numbers. They all bolted into place using the hardware attaching the particleboard "splash guards" that came from the factory. The only factory "plate" that stayed in was the soft piece over the transmission which didn't have an OEM steel counterpart.
One note to confirm is that the harmonic balancer disk (doughnut) bolted to the plate covering the transaxle needs to be removed on diesel applications as it rests on the Y-pipe hanger and will cause vibration if left affixed. This was mentioned elsewhere in this thread.
Finally, if your having them installed by professionals, don't worry about running down your fuel to empty. I was at about 3/4 full and they had no problem. This will likely not be the case if your doing it in your back yard on jack stands.
So I installed the skid plates, wasn't sure if I was imagining something or not regarding the idle being slightly rougher some of the time, had no idea that metal donut was hitting on something, DOH!!!!
Oh well, time to get the nugget up on ramps again!