Ahh - "Minnesota and Illinois". You guys were both nuts to have Steelbender be your first real offroad experience. Hats off to you. Over time you will learn to recognize "okay" scraping sounds from "oh crap" scraping sounds. With a non-lifted 1st gen I must say Steelbender is one of the higher scraping ratio trails. For me though I knew it was spring hangers, tow hooks, and sliders and suffered no damage. There wasn't really anything that tough to get over, just more dragging than you would like. You will find that trail a lot less stressful next year, trust me. The more experience you get, the more comfortable you get.