How to make a skid plate?

[SkiFree]

I actually designed it based off of the factory e30 skid plate

That's a pretty cool bit of work, BMW was doing them that way from long before the E30,

Here's a period E9 shot with skid plate.

http://www.iemotorsport.com/gallery/v/car-of-month/July+2012+-+Arthur+Porter+-+E9+CSL/hillclimb+1975+Reinisch.jpg.html

[Vivek]

what's the difference between a bash plate and a skid plate?

[jaywood]

what's the difference between a bash plate and a skid plate?

Skid=sliding over a speed bump

Bash=hitting big things at high speeds

[Mr. Tasty]

I sell my plates for $165 to Forum members so I think its a good deal.

165 shipped? Shit I paid 220.

[bigredguy]

my real question here is how the hell are you guys hitting pan or having to worry about hitting your pan. My subframe and pan is about 2 fingers off the ground and i was just under my car changing my oil and i have only 1 scratch on my pan. I live in Pennsylvania and the roads are as shitty or worse than the roads in most other places. The only real thing to worry about is your exhaust scraping. I scrape exhaust everywhere and have broken off all of the hangers and had to redo them already. granted a skid plate would work on that one odd occasion that you do smack your pan, but i will agree with many of the comments posted above that it would not be 100 percent necessary to buy an expensive pan rather than make one, but not everyone has access to make themselves a pan.

[Regnar75]

I might be able to make another if you are actually interested.

yes how much you think?

[jaywood]

Are you talking about making an entire oil pan? Or a skid plate?

There's a member on here who actually cuts the bottom of a 24v oil pan about 1.5" off and welds on a new bottom. It is no longer the closest thing to the ground.

Not sure about pricing...

[ejnight]

165 shipped? Shit I paid 220.

$190 shipped