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Offline RACER X

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skid marks
« on: May 26, 2008, 03:51:59 PM »
Im thinling of making one big skid plate to cover from the a-arms to the rear dif
what do you guys think
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Re: skid marks
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2008, 08:04:23 PM »
Why? A Sami doesn't have A arms.

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Offline big_kountry21

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Re: skid marks
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2008, 09:08:29 PM »
track kicks have a arms
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Re: skid marks
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2008, 10:02:42 PM »
I think it's a great idea if you plan to scrape and bash the crap out of your vehicle. It's going to weigh A LOT if you do it out of steel though! I have fairly modest skidplates for my front diff, transmisson, and transfer case and all together they probably weigh about 80 pounds.
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Re: skid marks
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2008, 10:33:13 PM »
I think it's a great idea if you plan to scrape and bash the crap out of your vehicle. It's going to weigh A LOT if you do it out of steel though! I have fairly modest skidplates for my front diff, transmisson, and transfer case and all together they probably weigh about 80 pounds.

Yikes - what other material cold be used to keep the weight down, but still offer protection?
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Re: skid marks
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2008, 11:25:08 AM »
Mike Hagon use to run a solid skid from the front to where the rear drive shaft comes out of the trany.  I forgot the gage of metal he used but it was very thin.  I think I have the spect's at home. 

The only problem he said he had was that his feet got hot in the summer from the cat.
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Re: skid marks
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2008, 11:52:47 AM »
My choice would be 1/4 inch thick plastic, like the kind white cutting boards are made of. It would require lg. washers tho, and maybe some bracketry to allow recessed or hidden fasteners. I bet it would slide like grease!
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Offline bzzr2

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Re: skid marks
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2008, 12:53:06 PM »
lol, plastic..  serious?!  it's not a skateboard!
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Re: skid marks
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2008, 05:59:55 PM »
1/4 inch aluminum or the plastic cutting board stuff is what i was thinking of using
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Re: skid marks
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2008, 07:59:31 PM »
My choice would be 1/4 inch thick plastic, like the kind white cutting boards are made of. It would require lg. washers tho, and maybe some bracketry to allow recessed or hidden fasteners. I bet it would slide like grease!

I'm getting ready to make my plastic skids in a week or so. Ill post pics....soon   I don't remember the name of the plastic, but its stronger than steel could ever be. My father Runs a trainyard in Indy and they use this plastic to line there 13ton train cars to haul steel.
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Re: skid marks
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2008, 08:33:11 PM »
I think rally cars use teflon. I think the cutting board stuff is formica, I know they make sand boards for riding down dunes and being pulled my sand rails out of it.
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Re: skid marks
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2008, 08:49:59 PM »
most of the "white plastic" stuff is U.H.M.W plastic which stands for "ultra high moclecular weight" plastic. good stuff. tough as nails, slicker than snot! it is used a lot in the machenery industry(wood products, food procesing, ect...) can be ordered thru most steel yards. you will want to use like 1/2 inch thick just for it's sheer strength and so you have depth to recess fasteners.
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Re: skid marks
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2008, 08:51:18 PM »
plastic im talking about 1/4 thick sold in 8'x10' sheet at the countertop place by my work runs 100 a sheet
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Re: skid marks
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2008, 11:58:52 PM »
 I recently saw a rig that used 12 ga steel for the skid plates to save weight,and then had plastic over it.It supposedly took a beating and the plastic slid great.
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Re: skid marks
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2008, 06:13:26 AM »
hhhmmm, i'd like to see this, for now i retract my skateboard statement - good luck!
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