[TACOSALAD]

The more skids the merrier :lol:

They come bare metal so I rattle canned them black then undercoated the bottom for durablity.

Before skids

After skids

 

[socalman22]

looks good wondered what it looked like installed.

 

[turfdoc]

Looks great.:thumbup:

 

[PiercedTiger]

Damn! What's next? Bullet proof glass and radiator shield? Seriously though, how much weight have you added to the truck?




Note: I'm not jealous or anything.....

 

[TACOSALAD]

Damn! What's next? Bullet proof glass and radiator shield? Seriously though, how much weight have you added to the truck?




Note: I'm not jealous or anything.....

Lexan might be the way to go :lol: I've added a $#&t ton of weight, and then some. The nice thing about these skids are that they are unsprung weight.

I think the next move is gunna be TC weld on spindle gussets.

 

[tacoma-05]

Those look good and give you a piece of mind.
Dont mind me asking whats the part # for those babies.

 

[TACOSALAD]

Those look good and give you a piece of mind.
Dont mind me asking whats the part # for those babies.

I'll do ya one better, here's a great place to get them, no sales tax.

http://www.wheelersoffroad.com/05uptacotc.htm

PT# 86006 from the total chaos website

 

[6shooter]

i was looking at those too. as summer approaches though, i'm starting to put more money into the chevy......

 

[tooblutacoma06]

Very nice TS! I wish skids weren't so expensive! $110 seems like a lot for 2 plates of steel. And then the AP underbelly skids are expensive too. Don't get me wrong, they would certainly come in handy but I wish they were a tad bit cheaper.

 

[TACOSALAD]

Very nice TS! I wish skids weren't so expensive! $110 seems like a lot for 2 plates of steel. And then the AP underbelly skids are expensive too. Don't get me wrong, they would certainly come in handy but I wish they were a tad bit cheaper.

I agree. I do plan on taking all the skids off at some point and trying to fab up copies for some buddies.

The way I see it, I could spend a grand on skids, or far more then that on damage. I have, and plan on wheeling the piss outta my truck in the future. Damage is inevitable, I know that, I just want to keep it to a minimum.

 

[marnes2986]

great update bud

 

[tacogrande]

I got to use mine a little this weekend. Slid right off the rocks great, no hang ups despite my hex bolt for the jounce shock, I also got to scrape up my bumpers and sliders some-

 

[Trail Gator]

I love your truck.

 

[tooblutacoma06]

I agree. I do plan on taking all the skids off at some point and trying to fab up copies for some buddies.

The way I see it, I could spend a grand on skids, or far more then that on damage. I have, and plan on wheeling the piss outta my truck in the future. Damage is inevitable, I know that, I just want to keep it to a minimum.

That's a great idea! And if you do, I wouldn't mind being one of your "buddies" Haha, I bet you could make some money off of that though.

I hear you on the damage though. Prevention is better than reconstruction:thumbup:
Your truck just keeps getting better and better! Keep it up dude!

 

[maxama10]

I have access to some migs and a plasma cutter at school. I have been thinking about this for a while now. Probably useless for me though, main reason I wanted some was to keep brush out of the open area on the lcas. Looks like those skids don't do much for that though, and I don't know how far the half shafts travel down, so I'm afraid to extend the skid much further if I were to make my own.

I try to keep out of the boulders and stick to the expedition style stuff and smaller rocks.



Looks good though!

Carry on. :thumbup:

 

[mjonags32]

looks neat! but it looks like you can probably fab up something similar to it. but hey, $100/pair isnt too steep for what it is