4xGuard Belly Guard

4xGuard
Belly Guard
Step by Step Installation
mounted on a 2007 WK - CRD
by
Chirpz
The Box arrives.... not too heavy
Lots of packing inside. Don't overlook the “tab nut.” I almost threw mine
away because it was hidden among the packing.
Here are the contents. Two plates, one hardware bag, one instruction sheet
and a loose tab nut (clever device). Cool 4xGuard sticker was missing.
Jack up the car securely. You will have to wrestle around under there.
Make yourself a set of these cool jack blocks. Just drive up on them.
I used 2x8x8' Pressure treated. (2 required)
One 8' board
makes one
block.
Cut two each
26”
24”
22”
20”
Nail together
one of each
staggered in
the front, even
in the back.
Drive up on
them.
I have a factory installed engine skid plate and a transfer case skid plate. If
you don't have these things may be slightly different.
Transfer
case skid
plate
Remove these two nuts
Another view of the
two nuts.
Cheesy
Cover
Remove two nuts that hold the back end of the front engine skid plate.
One on each side.
Another view of skid plate nut. There is one on each side.
Loosen two nuts at the front of the engine skid plate. This allows the plate to drop down
a little bit in the back. You want it to drop about 3” for access.
Nut. There is one on each
side of the front of the
skid plate.
Factory installed engine
skid plate. Its steel, not
the fakey kind.
This is my 4xGuard Front Guard
See how the skid plate has dropped down in the back.
Remove this
cheap and
cheesy
cover plate.
It's plastic.
Store it away.
Cool Jack Blocks
Skid Plate
dropped down
in back.
Assemble two halves of belly guard. Use 3 carriage bolts. Finger tighten only.
Lift the belly guard with a floor jack, or get a goon to help you. Install two front
bolts, and make them semi-snug, not tight!
Install two rear bolts and finger tighten. This is tricky if you have a transfer case skid.
Be careful not to cross thread them. Use thread locker on all bolts.
Take a break for brownies and iced tea
Grease
spot on
forehead
Chirpz
Tea
Fudge Brownie
Move your jack to the wing of the belly guard and raise it gently to contact
the frame and align the holes. If you have no jack, use a goon.
Insert the tab nut into the access hole and position it to receive the bolt.
Screw the bolt, with washer into place and tighten to specified torque.
Tab Nut with
bolt installed.
Cool lettering
Tighten the 3 carriage nuts to torque. Tighten the rear nuts to torque,
then tighten the front nuts to torque. Replace the rear nuts on the
engine skid and tighten all 4 engine skid nuts.
.
Cheap and cheesy
cover that is replaced
by the belly guard.
All done. This is how she looks.
Front view showing my Front Guard in the forground.
4xGuard
Belly Guard
Cool jack
blocks
Passenger side view. See how it protects the cat converter
Driver side view. It does not cover some of the area that the cheesy
cover did. With extra effort you could leave the cheesy cover in place
but it was too difficult to please me.