StreetStarsTc

Has anyone ever attempted making a skid plate. This is more for the boosted members who had to take out the center piece due to intercooler piping.

I'm thinking of fabbing one up out of aluminum. I'm sick of dirt n what not getting into the engine bay plus i want to protect piping and brackets.

yellowxhoodie

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ever thought about just hacking up the OEM brush guard thingy?

CarbonXe

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Someone was trying to gain interest in getting an aluminum one made, but too many people saw the price and started crying about it. I forget what the company was, but it was a very reputable under-panel brand.

Beatrush.

Here is one the one my friend has for his Evo9.

yellowxhoodie

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haha, yea i remember that.

HKSpeed

you can use an APR cf splitter as a undertray, but I dont think it'll work very well as a skid plate.

CarbonXe

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https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...light=beatrush

Haha, I even posted in there people to STFU about the price.

StreetStarsTc

180 for that? i would pay 250 for that, depending how thick the metal was.

damn it, has anyone made they're own? i mean the brushguard is plastic and won't do much to protect anything if your slammed.

CarbonXe

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It's $350 for the Evo, lol. You have to remember, the tC crowd is full of people who think $950 for the PTuning exhaust is too expensive . If only they knew what it costs to mod other cars.

Here's another shot, to show how thick it is.

http://features.evolutionm.net/article.php?id=94

First picture, won't let me show it as an image here and I don't feel like rehosting it.

StreetStarsTc

link doesn't work but i'm on the list, i'm so down if it does happen unless i make my own by then.

it is expensive but you try to modify once and do it right but with the right price. i'm not saying ptuning is bad but damn, its hella expensive for a 20 year old student like me.

CarbonXe

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For what you get, it's not expensive, and compared to exhausts for other cars....it's cheap as hell lol.


Try this link, it's to the article.

http://features.evolutionm.net/article.php?id=94

StreetStarsTc

interesting article. i guess its not only for protecting but also other functions, i'd definitely buy it.

CarbonXe

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And Yellow, it can cool down the engine bay better than stock. If the ventilation is the way it should be, it could drawn in cooler air from below the car into the engine bay and allow it flow out the back .

StreetStarsTc

true and some what keep the car down on the ground and that is highly beneficial for us FWD cars =D

f*ck awd haha

CarbonXe

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AWD is for pussies.

StreetStarsTc

haha thats what i say, its for insecure vaginas

who doesn't love torque steer and no traction at 60mph? haha

HKSpeed

i had a BPTD skid plate on my previous GTI. For VW's they usually cost somewhere between $250-300. I got it on sale for around $230.

Slammed watercooled VWs need a skid plate because the header doesnt go under the engine (it exits out near the firewall like the last gen Celica and RSX). In our cars the header will protect the oil pan from being ripped off.

http://www.evolutionimport.com/Volks...lates_s/17.htm
http://www.mason-tech.com/Results.asp?category=2

Not actual pic of my car, but I had the exact same plate.


I suppose Dr Isotope could try making one.

CarbonXe

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Skid plates FTW!



Not mine, but I have that exact same setup.

StreetStarsTc

haha thats crazy

i definitely would love to grab me one of these skid plates, if not, i'll make one and make a template and selll em'?

xdejablu3x

reviving from the dead but i want a skid plate now!!!