This Is Why You Need a Skidplate

[JixE30]

You just missed the smashed oil pan thread! A skidplate wouldn't have done much I'm afraid..

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=294793

[decay]

You just missed the smashed oil pan thread! A skidplate wouldn't have done much I'm afraid..
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=294793

should read:

a shitty cheap skidplate that bolts to the core support wouldn't have done much.

[ClayW]

should read:

a shitty cheap skidplate that bolts to the core support wouldn't have done much.

I wonder if one of these might be worth the investment. It bolts to what seems to be a heavy duty cross member that bolts to the frame.

[decay]

I wonder if one of these might be worth the investment. It bolts to what seems to be a heavy duty cross member that bolts to the frame

that is what i was hinting at ;)

full disclosure: the guy who builds them is a friend of mine, who did much of the work on my car while i was deployed, and then a lot more work with me assisting after i got back.

i've been in his car when he intentionally bounces off of the plate going over dips in parking lots, speed bumps, etc... terrifying sound, but no ill effects.

also, the mounts on the ends of that cross-member are welded, not bolted, to the frame rails.