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Old 07-15-2008, 02:07 PM   #56 (permalink)
Tony Raine
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Any suggestions on what to make it out of?
i'm hearing more and more about rock-crawlers using "cutting board" material for their skidplates. light, strong, and slick. apparently you can get the stuff in bigger sheets in various thickness. i think the offroad guys use 1/4" or 1/2", but i bet it comes in thinner pieces.


for the "lip" at the end, cut a strip about an inch wide, the length of the skidplate, with a saw set at 45 degrees. glue/screw it on, and theres your deflector/brace. (you could add more than 1 layer if you wanted to go farther down)
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