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I was planning to make a new skid plate for my YJ to gain a little ground clearance (about an inch more than stock) but after my last ride and a trashed stock skid (see pic below) I decided to tuck things up as high, and cover as much as I could. I had to hammer out the floor a bit to clear my t-case, and I ended up with the new skid only 1" below the frame, so about 2.5 inches higher than stock. So far I built the frame work and I'm going to add a 3/16" plate to the bottom for a smooth finish. The plate will bolt on so I can deal with fluids and such w/o dropping the whole thing (its heavy). I used 1.5"x3/16" wall tubing for the frame, and 3"x3"x1/4" angle for the mounts.
Here are the before and after shots (the after is a little hard to see b/c my friend's car is in the way).
Before:
After RiverRock (custom high clearance):
After:
and the frame for the skid:
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I like it. It's very clean. Are you going to have small panels fill some of the openings or one large one?
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Initially I was going to have small panels, but since I ended up making it completely flat I'm going to make it all one piece.
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Post #588874
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Nice woork, looks good.
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Thanks guys.
I have some questions about the material to plate this with. Since its already nice and heavy, someone suggested using aluminum for the skid. Any thoughts on this? Good idea or not? What thickness should I look for to be similar strength to the 3/16" steel I'm currently planning to use? Any idea what a sheet of aluminum might go for?
I'm guessing I won't like the sound of what aluminum costs and I'll stick with steel, but I want to explore the options first. Another option is to add some of that cutting board stuff to the bottom after I plate it but I'll have to see about that as well.
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Don't go less than 3/16" steel.
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"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, WOW----WHAT A RIDE!!!"
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With as much tubing as you have in that, you may be able to get away with thick aluminum, or even the cutting board trick. But 3/16" steel plate would probably be the cheapest and easiest. Counter sink any bolt head that will be / maybe be on the bottom, make is nice and flush.
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Yeah, I'm going to stop by Fastenall to get some bolts so I can keep it flush. Cheap and easy are where its at. Looks like I'll stick to the original plan as you guy suggested.
Thanks
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Nice fab work! I noticed your running SOA without a traction bar...Do you experience wheel hop under acceleration?
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