Skid Plate Fabbrication

[LittleBeast]

He did my diff brackets for $15.

Dang I would love to get that deal! I might need to now with the new lift and all.

[logman]

I did some emailing yesterday to see what I could find as far as prices go.. Here is one reply from a fabricator in Kalamazoo, MI.

I think I need to find someone doing this on a much smaller scale... larger companies see this as an inconvenience if anything.

We can certainly do this unit for you, however, I must warn you that a single item such as this is regarded as a "Prototype" and is cost prohibitive.
There may be something available on the market that you can purchase, and I can tell you that if there is, we cannot beat the price you can buy it for.

I encourage you to research this and see if you can find it. In the event you cannot, and "cost is no object", then please feel free to contact us for an actual quote, which we will be happy to do for you. As a baseline, our prototype costing starts at about $2,500, although with an item as simple as this, I think we could do it for about $1,500.
Here is a freebie: Despite the weight difference, I would go with 3/16" steel to fabricate this as aluminum is actually very delicate, and dents and scratches easily even in 1/4" thickness.

[VXIRONwoMAN]

Well... My Uncle is still working on my skid plates... for about $300-400. I hope I have them before MOAB! At this point, it's too late to find another source to make the skid plates. I am using diamond plated aluminum, i forget the thickness. I am using Kenny's creation, I really want hese done before moab... but I have seemed to lost contact with him... no cell, no office #, no email responses...it's looking a little grim. Unless Mr...Snowtrooper can have them done in a week...

[snowtrooper1966]

Looks like initial price for fab/materials is going to be in the 300 - 400 range for me. I asked about aluminum vs diamond plate cost. Difference is small, so I will go with diamond plate. I will keep you updated once fabbing starts.
James

[Rene M]

man, i want a set...

[Tone]

I have plans for a complete front to rear skid plate that can be had in pdf or machine language that many shops can run on their automated machines. When I had mine done in aluminum a few years back, it cost me $300 and that was a good buddy price.

The shop here can make these anytime but you'd need to check what shipping would be for an almost flat piece of aluminum (or steel) as long as the VX. There might be a point where the plate could be cut where it passes over a crossmember where it would be easy to make it bolt back together. This design also has the letters VX lasercut out of the front angled area as well as openings for oil changes.

Attached is the first rev of the plate:

[JHarris1385]

NICE. send pdf to jharris@surepoint.com