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| Author: | birdtail [ Fri Jun 18, 2010 5:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Road Sign skid plates? |
So i recently acquired a couple signs:) I would like to change them into skid plates for my stock 2006 Liberty Sport (All stock, but I did trim the bumper today!) but I am not sure how.. I have an idea I think, but if anyone has pictures of them done, where they get mounted, the best brackets/bolts to attatch them with, it would help me HEAPS. =D Size not a problem, I can get them cut. If you know dimensions, even better. 
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| Author: | tommudd [ Fri Jun 18, 2010 7:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Road Sign skid plates? |
Road signs do not really make good skid plates, not heavy enough at all, what they do make is a way to keep dirt,sand etc from entering the front skid since it is shaped like a shovel and scoops eveything up. I'll throw some pics up in a few There are four bolts in the bottom of the support below the radiator, you can use those plus drill into the front skid to support it. On mine since I have the ARB I attached it from the front of it all the way back down. I curved it just so I could have more clearance when pulling up and getting ready to climb rocks or whatever. It does a great job and keeping the junk out of the front skid. Also I just made it as wide as the front skid. These are all old pics but if you need more let me know    
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| Author: | InCommando [ Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Road Sign skid plates? |
They may or may not have been used as floor pans in rusted out jeeps a few thousand times though...  
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| Author: | KJ 119 [ Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Road Sign skid plates? |
InCommando wrote: They may or may not have been used as floor pans in rusted out jeeps a few thousand times though... At the BABE Rally that ihatemybike was in,old license plates and self tapping screws were all the rage. |
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| Author: | jnaut [ Fri Jun 18, 2010 7:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Road Sign skid plates? |
Aren't road signs made of aluminum? |
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| Author: | LibertyFever [ Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Road Sign skid plates? |
I've actually seen a neat idea for skid plates using nylon as a liner for the bottom. It makes for sliding over rocks a breeze. Maybe I should try that idea on the Libby's front skid 
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| Author: | birdtail [ Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Road Sign skid plates? |
Thanks a ton for the pics, Tommudd- They arent permanent but they are my temporary at-home DIY job ;D BTW, i got your PM but it was blank? o_O |
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