skid plate m42

[NPCe30]

i finished mine jus had to put spacers and buy some longer bolts it only cost me like 40 bucs it might not look as fast but it works good ill post some pics when i get it back up on the rack its to hard to get pics of it now

[Matt-B]

having to space mine to make it fit now :(

meh meh get what u pay for

[NPCe30]

thanks everyone i jus bought my plate from a local offroad pre runner shop and i should be starting it this weekend the drawing thing from iamcreepingdeath should help

[Jafxod]

and u hit everyting

Yes. Im bought a set of 17" Tstarts for some more clearance

[Matt-B]

and u hit everyting

[Jafxod]

What the hell are you guys hitting that is breaking the Race Skid plate!? Mine has huge scrapes on the bottom and I've never had issues. If you hit something hard enough to break a pan through it, you're going to be replacing a control arm.

My guess is half of you have toasted and sagging motormounts that leave 1/4" of room beneath the plate.

What motor are you running? 24v pans are wayyyy lower then normal and if you slammed on 15's with coilovers you have around an inch between your plate and the ground.

[Matt-B]

What the hell are you guys hitting that is breaking the Race Skid plate!? Mine has huge scrapes on the bottom and I've never had issues. If you hit something hard enough to break a pan through it, you're going to be replacing a control arm.

My guess is half of you have toasted and sagging motormounts that leave 1/4" of room beneath the plate.

everything on my car is brand new. i think the plate needs to be thicker, maybe no slots, its barely touched my motor

[KenC]

What the hell are you guys hitting that is breaking the Race Skid plate!? Mine has huge scrapes on the bottom and I've never had issues. If you hit something hard enough to break a pan through it, you're going to be replacing a control arm.

My guess is half of you have toasted and sagging motormounts that leave 1/4" of room beneath the plate.

[AndrewBird]

Diamond plate is weak. Use steel.

They make diamond plate out of steel as well as aluminum.

I wouldn't make it out of diamond plate though as then you have all those diamonds to catch on things. The point of a skid plate is so the car easily slides over obstacles, not digs into them.

1/4" aluminum or bust IMO.

[Matt-B]

i had 1 on my 24v, it pushed up to pan broke 2 fins, started a hairline crack, had to buy some JB weld to fix it. not happy

but not interested in bashing eric, looking into making my own or improving his

[Jafxod]

proven to break rofl

its a deflection plate, nothing to skid over

My friend destroyed his. Saved his pan becuase had his motor spaced up aswelll. But still.

If I were to custom make a plate I would make it out of thicker material and add a support across the front just like the peerless plate (which is fucking awesome BTW)

[Matt-B]

proven to break rofl

its a deflection plate, nothing to skid over

agree

[Dominic49]

proven to break rofl

its a deflection plate, nothing to skid over

[ballarde30]

Just buy one from Race Skids. Proven.

x2

[KenC]

Just buy one from Race Skids. Proven.