Hoffer
Veteran Member
Stronger skid plate?
OK, so I managed to push the OEM metal skid plate (which I bought before the aluminum plates where available) past it's limit this weekend. (Pictures to follow this evening.) Blew out an oil pan in Canada. Managed to JB Weld the thing together, and once I filled it, only lost two quarts of oil in the eight hour trek back to Pittsburgh.
I need a stronger skid plate. The OEM steel plate is just not strong enough. I take it the aluminum plate would not be much better in this regard?
I assume the RallyVW guys have some sort of custom plate. Anyone know whether they fabricated their own plate or had it made?
This is the fourth oil pan change for me (first with the OEM steel skid plate), and it's getting a little old. Not to mention having to fix it 8 hours from home...
OK, so I managed to push the OEM metal skid plate (which I bought before the aluminum plates where available) past it's limit this weekend. (Pictures to follow this evening.) Blew out an oil pan in Canada. Managed to JB Weld the thing together, and once I filled it, only lost two quarts of oil in the eight hour trek back to Pittsburgh.
I need a stronger skid plate. The OEM steel plate is just not strong enough. I take it the aluminum plate would not be much better in this regard?
I assume the RallyVW guys have some sort of custom plate. Anyone know whether they fabricated their own plate or had it made?
This is the fourth oil pan change for me (first with the OEM steel skid plate), and it's getting a little old. Not to mention having to fix it 8 hours from home...