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Me, being a 15 year old have no cash income and little money to spend on machined parts I have to make my own parts, I made to aluminum covers to protect the bottom of the car when, say jumping curbs and parking blocks. They look good (in my opinion) and they are made of some kind of really lightweight metal. Tell me what ya think.

I have more pics closer up if you want to see them.
 

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I'm sure you put a lot of time and energy into building them but I don't see what they have to offer.

What I do see is an opportunity for them to get caught on something and rip off the braces. The braces themselves aren't what need protecting. The reason for a skid plate is to allow the bottom of the truck to skid over objects that would normally protrude up and in-between the braces and get caught up in the transmission.

Again A for your effort but an F for functionality.
Keep trying.
 
Originally posted by FastEddy
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Again A for your effort but an F for functionality.
Keep trying.
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Ouch! Harsh but true.
 
Eddy has a point. At least your trying to make your own stuff. Keep it up and I am sure you will come up with something better. Like the great George McFly said, If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.
 
If you have access to a jig saw, you could make some out of sheet steel like i did. The steel costs about $6 at lowes. The rest is done by you. With sheet steel, you can run them front to back and protect the whole center portion, not just the chassis rails.

Here's a shot of mine:
T-Maxx-BodyOff-bottomnewskids-022104.jpg
 
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My intent wasn't to be harsh for the sake of it.
If your going to spend time making something make something thats going to work.

Ill encourage you to look, think, then build. By being striate forward in my last post I would hope to save you from damaging your truck in a way you may have not thought of.

Being critical and pointing things out is part of why we post our photos here. Just like Olds97s skids. I would like to point out that the screws should be recessed into the metal to keep them from getting hammered and ground off. Every design can be improved on. Thats why this hobby and the toys we play with keep getting better and better.

-Ed
 
What? You turn old on us, and then critical. Geez, no sense of humor?

No one has told you to keep your freaking opinions to yourself, today, have they?
 
Yea I was going to use those in conjunction with a skid plate I made of a slim fast can (with the edges folded over its plenty strong) and surprisingly it works real well as a skid and is strong for the weight. Ill get picks.

Ps: the reason I put those on is when I go over curbs and parking blocks the bottom gets all scratched up.
 
As a retort, I did make one that head the heads sunken in. The steel was to thick and heavy for my taste though. So I went with thinner steel that didn't allow for sinking of the screw heads. To lesson the evility of the screw head issue, I used button heads to at least give them a chance at not being ripped off.
 
Originally posted by olds97_lss
To lesson the evility of the screw head issue, I used button heads to at least give them a chance at not being ripped off.
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Word!
 
Originally posted by olds97_lss
If you have access to a jig saw, you could make some out of sheet steel like i did. The steel costs about $6 at lowes. The rest is done by you. With sheet steel, you can run them front to back and protect the whole center portion, not just the chassis rails.

Here's a shot of mine:
T-Maxx-BodyOff-bottomnewskids-022104.jpg
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Dude, those are great custom skids. Great job.
 
i am in the exact same boat as the thread starter, 15,no job, no money.

i did a custom fab for a center skid that also covered the steering servo. it looked good when it was new but rocks put a ton dimples and scratches on aluminum.. i also made a roll bar for my maxx but took it off in favor of an ebay special full cage.
custom fabs are the way to go for a genuine "custom" look (i hate when people say they have a "custom ride" when u bought all the parts simply bolted them togher)
BTW metal skids are just for the look of metal under there, plastic is the advantage IMO because the can flex and give a little when u slam into the mailbox or whatever, metal just bends and u only have a chance at bending it back out properly, otherwise ur just out like 20$ for a peice of metal, besides they only lookgood when they are new, if u going for the shinny new look , just replace the stock skidplates when they get to scratched up.(personally, trucks are ment to be used not showcased on a shelf...)'
but keep up the homemade stuff guys!
just my .02
 
olds, the rcs skids are real thin, and you will probably have to lightly chamfer the screw holes in your bulkheads so the screws go all the way down.
 

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