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You can probably drill and tap holes in it to bolt the skid plate to it, but it would probably be better if there were something flat for it to sit against.
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My fabricator (Shawn) is down in Cabo San Lucas this week trying to catch the swine flu
Although I'm not sure I'm going to let him back in the building until after a 4 day quarantine period
Next time I'll loan him my lungs and liver...That way it'll be impossible for him to get ill
Shawn does some very nice work, hopefully there's time to get some color on it before it hits the salt:cool2:
I dont think you will be able to drill and tap for the 4(?) bolts that hold it on. Heres a random pic I had in my photobucket shows how my skidplate goes on. Id want a box section drilled and tapped so I can swap my skid plate over to it. Not tcase protection is the killer for me. Or one could be integrated into the new crossmember where I wont need to swap my stock one over to.
Or one could be integrated into the new crossmember where I wont need to swap my stock one over to.
DOH!! Remove the four 18mm bolts second, and the 15mm last. Otherwise you have to block one side.
Luckily I got cut short by the cops last night when I was out tagging, so I had an extra can of spray paint left. There was even some left to sniff... :dunce:
It would be easy to make one out of a piece of plate steel that bolts to the bottom of the torsion bar crossmember and Guy's trans crossmember.
If Im going to pay the money that Im sure this thing is going to cost, I dont want to have to do any modifications at all to it. If I have to rig up a skid plate Ill just wait till I get in my new house and build my own, which would look exactly like theirs but with a skid plate.
Spoke with Shawn earlier today - I should have one in a week or so. This will help a bunch with loading/unloading off some of the non dovetail trailers.
I like it and was thinking its something I'd purchase, but realized my traction bar mounts are just a low so the only benefit would be looks. Hmmmmm maybe, we'll see. Any price yet?
What if you mounted your bars to the inside of your frame? You would have to move the mounting points more to the center on the axle, but I think it would clean it up nice.
