tiewards Rear Trail Arm and Center Skid Plate Frame Repair for Jeep Wrangler TJ 1997-2006

Pros: smooth welding mild steel, notched for tub mounts in correct locations. Heavy gauge steel thicker and stronger than original frame. Very Solid repair, I have patched them before with plate steel, this costs more but is well worth the cost as the brackets are already in place for the swingarms. I highly recommend this repair kit but you will need some shop skills to install.Note: tools used were angle grinder with cutoff wheels and grinding disks, reciprocating saw (5 blades), harbor freight 120 amp flux core welder, 4 spills of wire and one tip. Small floor jack to raise frame rails to be square (the frame sagged about 1.5-2 inches when the bottom of the frame rails were removed), ratchet come-along to pull axle forward to align swing arm bolt holes. I used a couple bolts to secure the inside of the rear section above the rear axle, almost impossible to weld in there...Note: the repair sections were too narrow to slip over the frame. I placed the center section upside down on the driveway and hit the bottom to slightly flair the sides apart.Cons: no instructions so you have to work out the locations. There is a little “play” as to where the center and back sections should be welded together, alignment might not be perfect. The swing arm brackets are not angled enough To match the original bracket locations, I used a couple washers inside the upper bracket to take up the extra space (about 1/2”).For some reason, the skid plate holes were About 1” too narrow. I discovered this after the parts were installed. I had to notch the skid plate holes to reinstall.The included bolts are metric and too short to use with skid plate lowering blocks. Bought new bolts at hardware store.

These arrived missing the rear control arm area parts that I had payed for. The parts for the center frame repair did not fit without modifications. The belly pan bolt holes did not line up because the cutouts for the body mounts were in the wrong place. It took a couple of extra hours of installing, cutting and reinstalling to make them work.I have used the Safety Cap frame repair kit in the past and had no problems at all.These suck. If I didn't have a deadline to finish the Jeep I would have sent them back and used the Safety cap parts.

Worked decent, needed some work. The holes for the skid plate were way off. Thinner material than I had expected.

Worked great to repair the frame on my 1997 Jeep Wrangler.

For good

Fast shipping and quality

Fitment is alright, good budget repair

quest bars are so good , they don’t taste like chemicals either