I R3V'd my oil pan.

[DarkWing6]

He hit Plymouth Rock.

[325iCabrio]

I just don't get it. what do you hit?

You know how the entrances to parking lots dip from the road to the parking lot, where the drain gutters are? Like this:

_______ ______
Parking \_/ Road

Well, the two times I ever busted my oil pan were both when I drove from the road into the small dip to the parking lot. The suspension compressed when I drove up into the parking lot, shoving the oil pan near the bottom of the tires and smacking it on the lip of the driveway gutter. That's how you do it without being careless of going fast. The oil pan being made of aluminum doesn't help either.

All the roads out here have been repaved so many times that they're much higher than the lips of parking lots and gutters, so you drop a lot more than you would with a properly maintained road.

EDIT: I can't get my illustration to look right when I submit it. But you get the idea.

[Kruzen]

Sorry this happened Matt, I feel your pain.




We will all quote this post when you take yours out. The pan is too low.

My Mom IS the little old lady from Pasadena and took it out when the Cab was hers. She has never driven too fast nor hit a curb.

I just don't get it. what do you hit?

you can't do it on speed bumps because the pan site right next to the tires and thus goes up with them.

If you're dropping your car off curbs you're just dumb.

The only thing I can imagine would be raised sewer drains, debris in the road, or throwing the car up onto a curb sideways

[MR 325]

the 666 plate looks about as tough as a pop can
(1/8" alum)

I have a 666 skidplate sitting right here and I can confidently say that this thing is very high quality and very nicely made. Don't be soi quick to judge something you have never actually seen before.

[parkerbink]

Sorry this happened Matt, I feel your pain.

I really don't know how people take out their oil pans on our cars. drive slower noobs.

We will all quote this post when you take yours out. The pan is too low.

My Mom IS the little old lady from Pasadena and took it out when the Cab was hers. She has never driven too fast nor hit a curb.

[Simon S]

the 666 plate looks about as tough as a pop can
(1/8" alum)

and the OEM just doesn't look worth the money

i'm inclined to think 3/8" - 1/4" steel is a good material to work with
(like something one could jack the car up by)

hitting a big enough rock or high enough man-hole-cover at any speed sounds like a considerable amount of damaging impact force.
.. and yah, having an over-bulky plate may become overly-low and thereby invite more 'encounters' by itself.

wouldn't one want a protective plate worth several 'encounters' ?
especially if one were to go through the time/money/effort to install one ?

anyone have encounter stories, experiences, or thoughts on 666 or OEM plates?

what is the ultimate skid plate?

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[Spencer]

your complaining about roads in utah, stfu. i'll take some videos of some canadian roads for you southerners complaining about shitty roads.

yeah our winters are really hard on the roads. Potholes FTL

[325iCabrio]

www.666fabrication.com

or there is also an OEM one.

Very nice. Thanks for the link. Does anyone know how much the OEM one costs or it's part number?

[BahnE30]

I've gone through two oil pans in the past five years. I wasn't driving fast at all--both times I drove from the street to a store parking lot, and the driveways are so steep when they meet the road here it dinged the oil pan.

I've heard about the skid plate before--where the hell do you get it? Every curb and driveways I go through now at about 2 mph--I'm very cautious about it. I'd love to lower my car, but on stock springs it's already very low for the shitty roads in Utah.

your complaining about roads in utah, stfu. i'll take some videos of some canadian roads for you southerners complaining about shitty roads.

[MR 325]

I've heard about the skid plate before--where the hell do you get it?

https://www.666fabrication.com

or there is also an OEM one.

[325iCabrio]

I've gone through two oil pans in the past five years. I wasn't driving fast at all--both times I drove from the street to a store parking lot, and the driveways are so steep when they meet the road here it dinged the oil pan.

I've heard about the skid plate before--where the hell do you get it? Every curb and driveways I go through now at about 2 mph--I'm very cautious about it. I'd love to lower my car, but on stock springs it's already very low for the shitty roads in Utah.

[MR 325]

I was not driving fast and I did not hit a curb. It was a rock and by the time I knew what it was it was too late.

JB Weld will not fix this one. :)

[Bimmerista]

I used JB Weld, but it still has a small leak. I need to detect the exact location and get to work on it.

[Simon S]

jb weld

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[Bimmerista]

You killed your pan running stock springs?!?!

How much air did you get before you landed?:D

You really don't wanna know. I couldn't believe my car was driveable afterwards.