Nitro Hotpants

Here are some pics of my custom skids that my friend and I built. the front skid is made out of 16 ga. steel, and the t-case skid is made out of 20 ga. aluminum, not quite as strong, but its a lot lighter, and its a hell of a lot better than having nothing there at all.


here you can see I'm missing a bolt in the middle, apparently i stripped it during some point of our trips back and forth fitting the darn thing

Nice reinforcement made from 1/4" square tubing

the grade 8 bolts hang down a bit here, might weld something around each bolt later.


its really nice to know someone who welds, the job may not look 100% professional, but im confident these skids will suit me just fine.

-Casey

calrockx

nice casey!

those look good. you and tyler did a good job.

RobT2k

Nice job, although if you're gonna run John Bull, be ready to pound those back into shape. The 11 gauge prototype I have from Schaefer got worked.
It took a good hit on the front right,kinda inboard of the lower control arm,and dented in an 1 1/2" even with the angle iron supports. And the very back of the plate has both corners folded up a good 2". I'll try and take some pics when I pull it off for reshaping.Speaking of which, anyone know any special techniques for getting it back into shape,besides beating the hell out of it w/a BFH? I'm worried about it lining up again once I remove it.
But at least it did its job and nothing else got damaged
Oh yeah, what's w/the name? At first I was like who the hell is that?

Nitro Hotpants

i figure, these will protect me from such impacts as rocks and the like. plus, i can always make another one if it gets completely mangled.

oh and the name, its just kinda a little joke i have, all in good fun

-Casey

AKennedy87

The key is the surfboard and wetsuit in the back.

Nitro Hotpants

none of us use that old board, it needs a lot of work. but the wetsuit is my cousin's

loosehead

Nice skids.

BTW, how's the antenna working?

Nitro Hotpants

working great!
I've used it on three differnt runs and never had a problem what-so-ever