Anyone Make Aluminum Skid Plates
02-02-2009 | 06:06 PM
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JK Freak
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teraflex makes aluminum sliders,
http://www.teraflex.biz/products/jk-...ps-2-door.html
i don't know anyone that makes skids.
http://www.teraflex.biz/products/jk-...ps-2-door.html
i don't know anyone that makes skids.
02-02-2009 | 07:18 PM
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One of my trail buddys drives and FJ, and has a friend that has plastic skid plates. They're polyethylene, same stuff cutting boards and stuff are made of. Strong and light. Not sure if anything like this is available for the JK.
Check it out at overthetopskids.com
Check it out at overthetopskids.com
02-02-2009 | 09:00 PM
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actually, aluminum can be as plyable as steel. Its just that most are heat treated. Aluminum is about 30% weaker than steel by volume... so to make a skid plate as strong as steel, you have to use a thicker piece. You could use a cromoly mix which is a combination of steel and aluminum. I can't remember how plyable that is, but you won't have to worry about the aluminum galivizing to your jeep.
02-02-2009 | 09:07 PM
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actually, aluminum can be as plyable as steel. Its just that most are heat treated. Aluminum is about 30% weaker than steel by volume... so to make a skid plate as strong as steel, you have to use a thicker piece. You could use a cromoly mix which is a combination of steel and aluminum. I can't remember how plyable that is, but you won't have to worry about the aluminum galivizing to your jeep.
02-03-2009 | 12:03 AM
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Before you get all workd up about aluminum skid plates find a nice big plate of aluminum and then grab a nice big sharp edged rock and drag it across the aluminum. Stuff that slides on steel digs into aluminum and becomes difficult to slide. I have an 3/16 aluminum liner on the inside of my tailgate; it is a bitch to load anything as everything seems to drag and stick. My old PU had 1/8 of steel on the tailgate and worked out great.
I'd worry less about the wt of steel skids as the wt is down low. Now wt up high like the Range Rover (and seemingly FJCruiser) guys are doing on roof racks worries the dickens out of me.
I'd worry less about the wt of steel skids as the wt is down low. Now wt up high like the Range Rover (and seemingly FJCruiser) guys are doing on roof racks worries the dickens out of me.
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02-03-2009 | 05:41 AM
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02-03-2009 | 08:52 AM
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Damn straight they're not! If they were I sure as s**t wouldn't have bought them.
Heck if they were aluminum I wouldn't have run them if they gave them to me for free. Aluminum is a wonderful material; if used in an appropriate application - skids aren't one of those applications.
Heck if they were aluminum I wouldn't have run them if they gave them to me for free. Aluminum is a wonderful material; if used in an appropriate application - skids aren't one of those applications.