This is what LA does to skid plates

[brian52555]

I use my Peerless plate as a jack point all the time. so convenient.

[delatlanta1281]

Honestly? If your car is too low to drive, why drive it? Mine is lowered, and yes I am careful, but dump your car, don't complain when it breaks.....

[euro2fast4u]

Peerless is beefy but it's welded to your frame and I remember a thread with a guy who had it take a serious hit and not only destroy the plate but tweak his frame...

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link to thread right NOW

[FLG]

link to thread right NOW

Here ya go, broken motor mounts and bent frame.....at this point ill take the broken oil pan.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=215368

[akorcovelos]

if he had another skid plate it would have destroyed his oil pan, oil pump, and his core support at a minimum, probably the subframe too. That is an exception, any skid plate will only do so much. There another thread where a guy drove off a cliff and destroyed the car, but the peerless plate still protected the oil pan.

[FLG]

Its possible but I'm not going on "if this or if that" bottom line there's a lot of damage, there's another thread with a custom plate similar to peerless (on frame rails) where it started to tweak the rails after repeated hits... I'll find that one when I get home.

My ejnight has taken plenty of abuse and is holding up well.

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[caffeinatedsoap]

Learn how to drive......

I have yet to own a m42 car but ive had low e30's and I also live in LA. But I have yet to ever crack a oil pan.

You car isnt that low ether. Just might need new struts and stiffer springs for slow vert :D

I have less than 3000 miles on JOM shocks and springs. I don't think they're that great. I had ground controls with billy sports on my old 318 and it was about the same distance to the ground and it did pretty well.

Also being from Kentucky originally I'm not use to the huge creases in the road. What is with that?

Edit: I'm going with the Peerless plate next paycheck.

[ZekeTheSneak]

stiff sprangs

[e30lov]

Skidplate? Que?

[caffeinatedsoap]

Skidplate? Que?

Early 90s Caravan?

[DooDanE30]

thats what LA does to shit skid plates.

[325ix]

thats what LA does to shit skid plates.

Actually it does it's job as a skid plate pretty well. If you don't drive like a blind fucktard it is plenty enough. There is no reason for you to armor the bottom of your car unless you are careless or you are a rally driver.

[mr.vang]

Learn how to drive......

I have yet to own a m42 car but ive had low e30's and I also live in LA. But I have yet to ever crack a oil pan.

You car isnt that low ether. Just might need new struts and stiffer springs for slow vert :D

m42 oil pan sit a little lower than m20 pan. i had cracked 2 oil pan with the race plate with my previous m42.

it's pretty low though