Custom Skid Plate
#1
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Custom Skid Plate
Had some free time at work today for the first time in a long time... Decided to replace my skid plate with a newer one out of some 3/16" plate we had lying around.
so after measuring the stock skid plate and transferring that information to the plate, busted out the plasma cutter and heres the result
I took the digital and measured the angles on the stock skid plate (which was so screwed up it was bent in different directions) then, instead of putting it into the ironworker to bent it, threw some ear plugs in, clamped it to the table, and beat the piss out of it with a BFH. Got a perfect angle though and it fit great!
Gonna make it tie into the front of my crossmember where my bumper also bolts in, so I first off, found longer bolts to use and then made some 3x3 squares, punched a 3/4" hole in there for a bit of play if i want it, bent it to the radius of crossmember so it would lay nicely on the skid plate. Tacked that bitch up.
Took it off and welded it.
How it stood.
and the finish product painted road marker yellow...
Sorry they are all cell phone pictures... :redneck:
so after measuring the stock skid plate and transferring that information to the plate, busted out the plasma cutter and heres the result
I took the digital and measured the angles on the stock skid plate (which was so screwed up it was bent in different directions) then, instead of putting it into the ironworker to bent it, threw some ear plugs in, clamped it to the table, and beat the piss out of it with a BFH. Got a perfect angle though and it fit great!
Gonna make it tie into the front of my crossmember where my bumper also bolts in, so I first off, found longer bolts to use and then made some 3x3 squares, punched a 3/4" hole in there for a bit of play if i want it, bent it to the radius of crossmember so it would lay nicely on the skid plate. Tacked that bitch up.
Took it off and welded it.
How it stood.
and the finish product painted road marker yellow...
Sorry they are all cell phone pictures... :redneck:
Last edited by dropzone; 04-16-2011 at 02:50 PM. Reason: inappropriate language
#2
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lookin good! i bet its gonna be stronger then stock by far. you gonna run any beads in it for extra strength or do you think the 3/16ths will hold up just fine?
#3
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If i had a big enough piece of 1/4" lying around I would have done it out of that!
And thanks man!
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