The transfer case sits roughly under the middle of the Navara and it, not the bumper or the sill, sets the real ground clearance. When you ease the truck over a crest, the noise you do not want to hear comes from exactly there.

4.0 mm aluminium. Rival specifies 4.0 mm aluminium in silver. That gauge takes sliding contact with rock well, and the low weight matters here too: the plate hangs in the central section of the chassis, so you are not adding mass where there is already plenty.

Installation. Fitting kit included.

Fitment. Rival's catalogue name covers the Navara (Frontier) for 2010-2015 and 2014-2021 with 4.0 l petrol and 2.3 l diesel engines. The technical description is narrower: Navara D23 4WD 2.3d from 2015, Spanish assembly, plus the Frontier D40 4WD. Confirm your exact version by VIN before ordering — we can help with that.

A transfer case plate is what completes an engine-and-gearbox setup. Without it the protected run under the truck stops right where the vehicle most often touches down.