Because It takes a 5x10 sheet to make a full coverage one piece skid.
by the time you buy hardware and take the time to do it... it’s cheaper to just buy the trail armor skids... but the one piece will give much better protection and you should never lose your skid plate if it’s all one piece.
If ur adding a lot of accessories,along w passengers.Do ur tires and forward arms first.Add it all up and look into elka stage three shocks.they will install the correct springs to start with .If ur a Ricky racer check out their stage 4 and 5