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hughes:
Hey guy's

I am thinking about building my own off road skid plate with water pump/ign. cover protection. Does anybody have any pictures of one they built and any tips. I know I can buy one for around 70.00 but I can have some fun making it myself.

TomL:
I bought a 12" X 24" piece of aluminum tread plate from Lowes (home improvement center) and a few U-bolts.  Bent, cut, and bolted on the plate.  It even bends up around the pipe to protect it.  You have to make a brace to connect from the frame to the front of the skid plate over the pipe if you wrap it around the pipe, because it will vibrate against the pipe.

hughes:
Toml,

I had that same idea about bring it out in front of the pipe. Could you post some pictures just so i could get an idea of what this thing will look like. Thanks.

jdv500:
hey there,
i saw your post on a skidplate that covers the sides as well. i want you to see what my hangar buds made for me on my k-5, pics are on album-4, pg's 2 and 3. just so you may have an idea,,,ok, jdv

hughes:
jdv500, That looks nice. The company I work for has a engineering test center in bridge port,AL Next time I'm up there am going to use their machine shop and metal to build my skidplate. I really would like to see Toml's. plate that comes out in front of the pipe to protect it.

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