I got my Ricochet skid plates on today. Took about 2 hours to install and the instructions were not that great. I ran into a few problems, first problem was the first clamp bolt on the rear plate seemed to be severely misaligned. The torx bolt was cocked sideways so bad i thought i was going to have to egg the hole out to get it to sit flat. But i left it alone until i got the rest of the skids on and noticed that it was not sitting flat against the frame. I stuck a car jack under it and flattened it out and the bolt lined up pretty well after that.
Second problem was the front bash plate bolts they gave me were too short so i am going to have to go to a hardware store and buy longer bolts.
Third problem was that the rear A arm skid clamps closest to the wheel did not want to go in because the alignment was so far off from the clamp. After some adjusting the plate and taking it off and putting it back on a few times i stuck my head in the wheel well to look down from the top and i seen the problem. Ricochet provides clamps for a 1" tube. This works fine on the inner tube but the outer tube has a bit of reinforcement welded to it which makes the tube too large for the clamp they give you. I just stuck it in a vice and spread it open a tad and it it worked fine.
This is the bolts that were too short and i don't have any bolts to replace them with yet.
And this shows how well it protects the 4wd and locker shift actuators. After busting the shift actuator on my Vinson i decided skids were worth it and will save me from having to replace it later.