{"product_id":"2005-nissan-frontier-xterra-pathfinder-skid-plate-set","title":"2005+ Nissan Frontier Xterra Pathfinder Skid Plate Set","description":"\u003cp style='font-family: Roboto, \"Odoo Unicode Support Noto\", sans-serif;'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"\u003eImportant Note: \u003c\/span\u003eDirect fit for 2005-2015 Xterra's only - Frontier and Pathfinder versions coming soon. At this time, the front 3 skid plates of this set will fit the Frontier and Pathfinder, however skid plates 4 and 5 will require modification. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a welded skid plate set for the 2nd generation (2005-2015) Nissan Xterra. Just add the paint or coating of your choice and bolt them on. This 5-piece set mounts using all factory mounting points (no drilling required) and provides excellent protection of the radiator, front differential, engine oil pan, steering rack, transmission, transfer case and gas tank. Nothing under your Nissan is left unprotected. To maximize ground clearance, we use a front plate that tucks in as close to the frame as possible, providing the best approach angle of any skid plate set on the market. We've added tons of sheet metal bends at the highest impact area as well as multiple welded ribs that run the length of the skid set. \u003cspan style=\"text-align: inherit;\"\u003eThe photos show a pre-welding mock up. However on your skid plate set, all seams between bent flanges will be welded shut for additional strength. \u003c\/span\u003eThese features make these skid plates drastically stronger than other skid plates on the market which are simply bent into shape with little to no reinforcements and inadequate mounts. Ensure that your vehicle's expensive drivetrain components are protected from the sheer force of its own weight!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='font-family: Roboto, \"Odoo Unicode Support Noto\", sans-serif;'\u003eWhen designing this skid plate set, we set out to strike the optimum balance of protection, ground clearance and weight. While this skid plate set provides total protection of the engine, drivetrain and gas tank components, it at the same time avoids covering any areas that are unnecessary. This minimizes the size of the low-points that the skid plates create as well as keeps the weight as low as possible. In fact, this entire set weighs 149lbs in 3\/16″ steel or 51lbs in 3\/16″ aluminum, which helps preserve your vehicles payload capacity and fuel economy. This is especially noteworthy when you consider the amount of reinforcements we’ve used in the high impact areas of this skid plate set. We also give you the option to mix and match - should you want steel at the highest impact areas and aluminum in the less critical locations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='font-family: Roboto, \"Odoo Unicode Support Noto\", sans-serif;'\u003eStarting at the front edge of the engine skid plate, we mount this plate to our front bumper (optional) \u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e main frame rails using 6 mounting points. While this is totally overkill, it ensures impact forces are distributed evenly over your Nissan's frame and gives extra mounting options in case some of your factory mounting points are rusted or otherwise damaged.  Moving to the front bottom edge of the engine skid, this is by far the area that sees the hardest and most frequent impacts on the trail. To account for this, we integrated 6 CNC-bends into this skid and mounted it against a large surface area of the vehicle’s frame. This makes this area of the skid plate nearly indestructible and will distribute those hard trail impacts over as large of a section of the vehicle’s frame as possible. At the rear edge of the engine skid plate, we use 2 more large thru-bolts and a nut plate to mount it to the front differential crossmember.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='font-family: Roboto, \"Odoo Unicode Support Noto\", sans-serif;'\u003eFor the rear skid plates, we use large vertical ribs that span the length between each frame crossmember. These ribs fit tightly between the frame crossmembers, eliminating any weak points where the skid plate will bend under a hard impact. The fitment and size of these reinforcing ribs makes this skid plate extremely stiff with minimal weight gain over a simple flat skid plate. While the bolt heads on the bottom of this skid plate are exposed, all of these mounting points use long thru-bolts that thread into nuts placed on the topside of each frame crossmember. This means that any damaged bolt heads can still be easily removed via the nuts on top, which are very well protected and out of harms way. We prefer this solution over bolt protection rings welded to the bottom side of the skid plate like some other skid plate sets use. These protection rings increase the size of the low hang-up points and often end up getting smooshed against the bolt heads anyways in the event of hard trail impacts! These skid plates are offset to the driver side to reduce their footprint under the vehicle, minimizing additional weight and unnecessary ground clearance losses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='font-family: Roboto, \"Odoo Unicode Support Noto\", sans-serif;'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bolder;\"\u003e• NO WELDING REQUIRED – This skid plate set ships already welded and left as bare, unpainted metal - ready for the color of your choice. Simply add paint\/powdercoat and bolt them up to your Nissan using the included hardware.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•The photos show a pre-welding mock up. However on your skid plate set, all seams between bent flanges will be welded shut for additional strength \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='font-family: Roboto, \"Odoo Unicode Support Noto\", sans-serif;'\u003e\u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003eDirect fit for 2005-2015 Xterra's only - Frontier and Pathfinder versions coming soon. At this time, the front 3 skid plates of this set will fit the Frontier and Pathfinder, however skid plates 4 and 5 will require modification. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: inherit;\"\u003e•Complete 5-piece set that provides excellent protection of the radiator, front differential, engine oil pan, steering rack, transmission, transfer case and gas tank\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='font-family: Roboto, \"Odoo Unicode Support Noto\", sans-serif;'\u003e•Coastal Offroad Tree Logo Cut into front skid plate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='font-family: Roboto, \"Odoo Unicode Support Noto\", sans-serif;'\u003e•Heavy duty 3\/16″ plate steel construction for maximum offroad strength and durability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='font-family: Roboto, \"Odoo Unicode Support Noto\", sans-serif;'\u003e•Engine oil drainage hole allows for oil changes without removing the skid plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='font-family: Roboto, \"Odoo Unicode Support Noto\", sans-serif;'\u003e•Optional 3\/16″ 5052 aluminum construction for a lightweight yet very durable overlanding setup (98lb weight savings)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='font-family: Roboto, \"Odoo Unicode Support Noto\", sans-serif;'\u003e• Maximum ground clearance and approach angle – all skid plates are optimized to provide as much ground clearance as possible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='font-family: Roboto, \"Odoo Unicode Support Noto\", sans-serif;'\u003e• All skid plates bolt directly to frame using  factory mounting points – no drilling required\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coastal Offroad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54264245256476,"sku":"CO13077","price":1222.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0957\/8659\/8684\/files\/image_1920_6bd3c4de-77c5-4878-a46e-8b99b4a3e750.jpg?v=1783516722","url":"https:\/\/shop-ca.dev-everfruitdigital.com\/products\/2005-nissan-frontier-xterra-pathfinder-skid-plate-set","provider":"Coastal Offroad","version":"1.0","type":"link"}