Severe Duty Skid Plate Group Buy (Closed)

[JinormusJ]

Saw these on e30tech and I almost gave up hope of getting my hands on one knowing I'd never get activated

So glad these are on here on r3v as well. This is the first an last plate I'd ever need

[Tyler_e30]

just bought mine. cant wait for it to get here!

[JGee]

More info please

The people wanted flush bolts. Countersunk black nickle coated 12.9 grade bolts you will have.

hey im interested ! M20 to NJ?!

In stock ready to go. Price is $330 shipped. PayPal is John@HIKFabrication.com

This is bay far the best plate on the market, nothing else comes close, or can compare to it. I love mine, and recommend everyone get one, even on a non lowered daily! :)

Thanks Matt.

JH

[Matt-B]

This is bay far the best plate on the market, nothing else comes close, or can compare to it. I love mine, and recommend everyone get one, even on a non lowered daily! :)

[Ruggznick]

hey im interested ! M20 to NJ?!

[FLG]

The severe duty has been redesigned a bit. Check it out



JH

More info please

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[JGee]

As my first solution I was wondering if replacing the bolts with carriage Bolts and push from the bottom up and tighten the bolt from up top would be a better idea. Instead of the normal insert bolt up top tighten nut from the bottom.

The severe duty has been redesigned a bit. Check it out

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JH

[JGee]

A bunch of people have been asking if this Skid Plate is still available and the answer is Hell Ya.

I will be at the e30 Motor Werks Car Show/BBQ this weekend with a one day only 10% off everything sale. Cya there! (I will most likely be grilling.)

Check the website for products available. HIKFabrication.com

INFO:
6th Annual Car Show & BBQ
Saturday, June 15th, 2013
10AM-3PM

Shop Location:
17671 Metzler Lane, Unit A5
Huntington Beach, CA 92647

JH

[jt223539]

First let me start by relaying a message from my oil pan:

"THANK YOU FOR MAKING A AMAZING PRODUCT!!!"

Seriously this plate has taken some serious shit, I have been told my car has gotten air born a couple of times. And thanks to this plate I am still on my first oil pan on my m42. Here is a picture I think you might enjoy:





Thank you in advanced, also thank you for making such a great product.

[JFarhanbod]

fuhh something like this for my e24 would be awesome! pm me if youd be down. im local

[JGee]

WOW! Hope you don't have any fuel leaks with all the sparks you must be generating.

In early prototypes we used counter sunk bolts which worked good until we went with 8mm bolts then the head of the bolt became thicker than the plate itself preventing tightening of the bolts. You could use 6mm bolts counter sink the plate and your good.

You need to replenish the "ribs" with some fresh angle iron. Its 1/2 angle if your in the neighborhood stop by I give some scrapes or drop the plate off and I'll hook you up with a refresh job for 40 bones.

The carriage bolts are going to be difficult to tighten as the plate does not have square holes. Welding them would be better but, the bolts you have now are about the same height of a carriage bolt so how long are they going to last?

Welding the plate to the hoop is another option not a solution for me (shipping) but, you can still remove the entire unit if needed.

^^Clif if want a hoop let me know I have some options (cut to fit). If you are or going to be one of my many competitors please talk about it elsewhere.



JH

[thebutcher37]

well i dont have a severe duty plate so my front mounts was just to the core support(so those bolts were safe) but at the back i was mounted to the subframe and it was a bad design from the start. ended up fabing up tabs that let the rear of the plate mount up and "hug" the front sub-frame as it bolted up higher along the natural bend that it had.

i eventually want to make the front mount like these do. to the frame via a hoop, but i may just weld the plate to the hoop (since it detaches up higher) no need for two points that are removable up front.

i know that "shoot i think im a little low" feeling
[IMG]http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac47/CHIF8008/e30/044.jpg[IMG]

photobucket is being slow for me. idk if i have proper pics of the rear mount setup.

Ha thats crazy thanks for sharing but I'm going to ask for more info on your setup please... Is there a thread i can see your process of it?

[CHIF8008]

well i dont have a severe duty plate so my front mounts was just to the core support(so those bolts were safe) but at the back i was mounted to the subframe and it was a bad design from the start. ended up fabing up tabs that let the rear of the plate mount up and "hug" the front sub-frame as it bolted up higher along the natural bend that it had.

i eventually want to make the front mount like these do. to the frame via a hoop, but i may just weld the plate to the hoop (since it detaches up higher) no need for two points that are removable up front.

i know that "shoot i think im a little low" feeling


photobucket is being slow for me. idk if i have proper pics of the rear mount setup.

[thebutcher37]

i went through sets of bolts daily with my other skid plate set up just like this. ended up redesigning the plate. i think the same is needed for this

Please share, unless this is something you plan on profiting from.

Thanks for taking the time to read my comment.

Any other input or suggestions please explain, Im going to be doing this the next week or so.

[thebutcher37]

I spoke with John (JGee) and these bolts are 8mmX60mm Grade 8.8 bolts.


As my first solution I was wondering if replacing the bolts with carriage Bolts and push from the bottom up and tighten the bolt from up top would be a better idea. Instead of the normal insert bolt up top tighten nut from the bottom.