The skid plate arrived in good condition and well packaged. This thing is beefy and provides a good sense of serious protection. I was shocked to see how low the radiator is on the Transit, mine was even dented and I didn’t know it. The access panels built into the plate are genius and hopefully provide access to all the necessary locations.
Installation isn’t bad at all, did it myself. I could have used the provided hardware to install it without any special tools, but I decided to use rivnuts in existing holes in the frame, instead of drilling new holes for the supplied bolts. The rivnuts significantly reduced the complexity of installation.
Yea it’s expensive, but worth not punching a hole in the radiator deep in the desert where I frequent. I worked recommend this to everyone.