Skid plate option

[browntown]

Has anyone tried the factory 3 plate? It's mighty cheap, 40 bucks. It's gotta be worth a try for that price.

http://www.factory3performance.com/shop/shopexd.asp?id=285

[kenika65]

Thats a deal, too bad you have to bend it and drill.

[2002maniac]

I would not consider 1/16" aluminum to be sufficient.

also, putting the diamond surface down is a bad idea. it can snag shit.

[blunttech]

just bite the bullet and get the factory piece. it will take hitting a brick at 60mph laying in the freeway. it literally lifted my car as i went over it.

[2002maniac]

just bite the bullet and get the factory piece. it will take hitting a brick at 60mph laying in the freeway. it literally lifted my car as i went over it.

how much are they from blunttek these days?

[nando]

that's way too thin to make any difference

[blunttech]

how much are they from blunttek these days?

259.00 as of last week. i sold one to the little cock gobbler gaziellebeigewaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles

[MR 325]

Blunt, do you have the part number on that?

[blunttech]

Blunt, do you have the part number on that?

yes sir

51711929451 its listed for late models but i have this on my 87 no problem

[Jordan325iC]

The 666 fab plate requires drilling too.

[maniacmatt]

Like others in this thread have said 1/16'' aluminum is not going to protect you from any impact. They might as well have made it out of cardboard. You could probably lay on your back and kick that piece in.

Also the point about the diamonds down catching on things. Where do you drive?

Diamond plate does not have real sharp corners and even if it did what is it going to catch on while you drive down the road?

[gazellebeigem3]

259.00 as of last week. i sold one to the little cock gobbler gaziellebeigewaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles

and it was worth every overcharged cent! I haven't hit a brick yet, but i can certainly attest to it being stout.

[golde30]

yes sir

51711929451 its listed for late models but i have this on my 87 no problem

oooo, so it fits over the e34 m50 oil pan? b.c that thing hangs down lower than your ballsack.

[LivingLegend06]

M42 compliant?

[Hartge_H27]

Yea oem is the way to go. i have slammed mine into the ground with not problems.