well speek of the devil lol, well i say that cuz today i put a tiny crack in my stock one, right at the end where it folds down to a lib, no biggy i think it caught a rock cuz i was riding some pretty nasty trails with deeps ruts, they back end dragged alot, the other 3 guys had 2 dirtbikes and a kodiak, so i was having the hard time lol, but yea other then that the skid plate has help pretty good, its take a good hit to brake it man.