Up-Armored WK2

Protection is important…

Quite often, factory installed skid plates are less than sufficient for heavy off road use. Thankfully, Jeep outfitted the WK2 Grand Cherokee with a brace usable skid plates. With not a lot of lift options over a couple inches available for the fully-independent Grand, some good skid plates are a necessity. If your WK2 comes equipped with an Off Road Adventure package, you will get the very good skid package. Trailhawks also come with sill protection- a tubeless rock rail. There are additional skid plates that can be added if you plan on hard trail use, but start with the MOPAR package first, and add additional plates needed in your application.

There are a few additional skids I would definitely recommend. 1. Sump protection plate which will help protect the engine oil pan and other low hanging items. 2. Lower front guard for radiator protection. 3. Rock rails. Sadly, the MOPAR rock rails with tubes are no longer available. A couple aftermarket manufacturers provide additional skid plates, but I always recommend Chief Products out of Australia for their superior quality. Thankfully, Chief does have inventory to ship here in the US, but there is a high demand for their WK2 accessories, and they sell out fast. It’s a good idea to pre-order if the option is available.

Currently, the Trail Wolf is equipped with the full MOPAR plate package as well as the MOPAR tubular rock rails. This Grand did not originally come equipped with any of the plates being a Laredo X. All of the MOPAR skids were installed by PRO CDJR prior to delivery. The Chief lower front guard and sump protection plate have since been added and proven to be necessary. The only piece of armor still on the list is a Chief rear guard with extensions to protect the mufflers the rear fascia. The 2017 trip to a couple black rated BLM trails did some damage to my unprotected mufflers. It was mostly cosmetic damage, but was a reality check none the less.