Front Belly Pan 4.0
May 2012 - UPDATE
I now have 265,000 on THE BEAST. I had a small front end accident which smashed up the IMPUL front lower grill. it also tweaked the underbelly pan.
so....
Here is my model 4.0!
1. I found a very cool metal brace over in lumber hardware at Loew's:
I think that it could help alot of us as we are looking for mounting points. It's very rigid and has a decent size mounting point
as you know, I have a straight round bar that is attached to the front suspension that I use to mount the rear of the coroplast.
I took the 2 braces and mounted tem w/ u-bolt.
Now I used an alluminuum angle bar last time. This time I found an alluminuum channel the the coroplast fits into snuggly when folded over.
Instead of using one long brace up the middle, I used two. I used the flat part of the brace as a seat for the brace from the bumper.
here is the next cool part.......used a small hinge to mount the brace to the bumper!!!!!
The coroplast is just resting on the top of the front bumper lip.
and then wedged into the channel. there are 3 zip ties to hold the coropast in place on the channel.
I wanted to design a front belly pan that was easy to remove and re-install. the key is to have as few points that HAVE to line up.
since the pan is pretty darn secure wedged into the channel, then the fron is 'presseddown' by the air flowing thru the engine compartment. Igt took two braces to make sure the coroplast didnt get 'blown down'.