E&E Off-Road 200 Series Skid Plate System

[Tex68w]

Room for days here guys, I personally don't think it needs to be any larger.

 

[turbo8]

Added Jowett Performance filter cap. Plenty of room.

 

[CanadianRockyCruiser]

Man, if only I hadn't bought skids a few months back...ah well, plenty of other great kit coming out of @turbo8 's shop! Keep up the great work!

 

[turbo8]

Update

I received the 10th pre-order over the weekend.

Placed the order for the machined parts today. (longer lead time)

Waiting on one more quote for the sheet metal parts, if I don't hear back from them today I'll place the order tomorrow. (shorter lead time)

I should have all parts and hardware by the beginning of April.

I will do a test install on mine before I ship out as there were slight changes.

• The transmission brace is now made from 4 parts
• Machined sub-frame is now all bolted together (will make alignment easier)
• Transmission skid now has a full jog in the front so it fully sits under the engine skid
• Standardized the hardware (reduces the amount of different types of hardware)
• Removed unnecessary bends on the sheet metal
• Front cat guards are now 3/16" thick which made it possible to go to 6mm screws to secure them. (still inaccessible unless transmission skid is removed)

I uploaded the updated 3D model to the site for you to take a closer look.

Thanks!

 

[xeuxaz]

Wow. When is the next batch? I want in lol.

 

[Adrenaline6]

Wow. When is the next batch? I want in lol.

Its still open on the website.

 

[xeuxaz]

Its still open on the website.

It says sold out.

 

[xeuxaz]

Its still open on the website.

 

[turbo8]

Yeah, I limited it to 10 preorders. I will have a few extra though that I'll sell once everyone gets theirs and doesn't have any issues.

 

[Adrenaline6]

It says sold out.

Sorry. My bad. The last I checked it was still open. Must have been right before someone got the last one.

 

[Whiskerz]

Any thoughts on whether gravel and sand will build up on top of the plates or are there provisions for that stuff to drain/shake out?

This is a great timely question my new house has a damn near mile long dirt and gravel driveway . The pics look good

 

[Tex68w]

This is a great timely question my new house has a damn near mile long dirt and gravel driveway . The pics look good

We have crushed limestone roads on our properties that we visit nearly every weekend and the roads on the ranches in south Texas that I run from November through February are “slightly” maintained oil field roads. Lots of small aggregate/pebbles/sand and you can see from the pics that I posted that they don’t really trap much of anything. Buy with confidence.

 

[turbo8]

Everything has been ordered and will be ready to ship early/mid April.

 

[Sinister]

Very easy install. 4x 14mm bolts. You just need to remove under engine skid first, which is 6x 12mm bolts, to make access to the front bolts for the transmission skid. The front edge of the engine skid slots into some tabs on the stock front skids.. the only mildly tricky part of the whole job.

Thanks fellas easy swap out. NY winters killed it. Surprisingly not much rust underneath at all, I’m happy about that. Tightened up some heat shields while under there too.

 

[AnyMal]

Thanks fellas easy swap out. NY winters killed it. Surprisingly not much rust underneath at all, I’m happy about that. Tightened up some heat shields while under there too.

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That design is a def water trap. Rustiest piece on my truck by far.
Best to spray some oil in all those "drain" holes while its still new.

 

[2HundyJTex]

Watching . Interested! Fantastic looking design. Thanks for all the testing by others here.

 

[Tex68w]

Another great product from @turbo8 are his stainless steel RLCA skids that not only protect the arm from damage but also strengthen it by way of the design as a truss of sorts. I added drain or weep holes in front of the braces on mine to allow fluid and sediment to drain out.

 

[turbo8]

Another great product from @turbo8 are his aluminum RLCA skids that not only protect the arm from damage but also strengthen it by way of the design as a truss of sorts. I added drain or weep holes in front of the braces on mine to allow fluid and sediment to drain out.

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Those are actually 304 stainless steel

 

[Tex68w]

Those are actually 304 stainless steel

I stand corrected sir haha.

 

[turbo8]

All the machined parts have come in with some of the sheet metal parts.

I had enough parts to do a test fit and everything went well.

I believe the rest of the sheet metal parts will be here early next week.