building front skids

[diesel101]

So I'm working on building a set of front skidplates, My original plan was to build them out of this badass orange/black carbon kevlar i found on ebay:

Orange Carbon Fiber Kevlar Hybrid Fabric Cloth 50" 3k - eBay (item 120524328996 end time Feb-28-10 1028 PST)

but I don't feel like spending $200...

I DO HOWEVER have a giant sheet of stainless steel, so thats what the first set will be made with... I'll keep everyone updated. I haven't figured how I'm going to mount them on for sure yet, but that shouldn't be to hard.

[DiRtDevilz1]

carbon fiber is a amazing material to work with. ive built a few parts for cars with it. gonna start on a Cf replacement for the plastics as soon as it warms up! Good luck with your build. the stainless would look awesome

[ZX11]

Quote: Originally Posted by diesel101

So I'm working on building a set of front skidplates, My original plan was to build them out of this badass orange/black carbon kevlar i found on ebay:

Front skidplates? Plural? Are you talking about the arm protectors or the single skidplate for the frame?

[diesel101]

a-arm thus the plural.

ya man, stainless will look good, but the carbon fiber will be amazing

[DiRtDevilz1]

are you doing the carbon fiber? that would be sweet! if you are check out compositeenvisions.com they have some good deals and would make it cheaper than 300.