Finished My Heavy Duty Skid Plate!!

Jpunt

I figured I would post this in the lifted section as well, since a few more people may benefit or enjoy it more here.
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When I first got my cart the original skid plate had been smashed and also smashed my cables underneath, so I figured I would make a new one. And since I would be making a new one, why not make it bigger and better?

So basically here are a few pictures of the process. I thought about doing a "How To" write up, so if anyone wants dimensions etc, let me know and I can get something put together for everyone.

I first started by welding a piece of straight steel under the bar towards the rear of the engine (Don't know if there is a certain name). This will hold up the rear of the skid plate.



I then measured everything up to get a rough idea, then cut and bent my steel and started fine tuning it from there.



After I got everything cut to fit. I decided I would make some cuts and weld in some expanded metal to help with air flow and prevent any type of overheating.



I figured this would be the perfect time to completely strip and repaint the underbody of the cart with "Truck Bed Liner" so I did the skid plate as well.



After thinking of a few different ideas for a way to mount the front of the plate, I finally decided to weld two bolts to the subframe and just drill holes into the skid plate. (I thought about welded the plate on for more durability, but I really wanted it to be removable without cutting)



And everything went and lined up great for the final install




I think it should work out great. I should also mention as for clearance, I made it so it is just about equal if not a little higher than my front axle, so I shouldn't have any problems with it since it would interfere with the axle first.

BGW

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bokeasmowl

Nice job on the skid plate. Good idea on the expanded metal areas too for some ventilation.

slonomo

Man do I need one! Very nice fab work!

Jpunt

Thanks guys! Definitely gives me some piece of mind driving through everything lol. Let me know if you want the dimensions and everything if you wanna make one