Ouch! Skid plate hits bump

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03-12-14, 05:01 AM

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I lucked up and found one at a junkyard recently while looking for other parts. It was mostly intact .

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03-12-14, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Shmee

$141?

Man, makes the $50 in materials and case of beer my buddy quoted me to build me a reinforced aluminum skid plate that much better of a deal! haha

I debate fabbing one up but time-laziness promotes me to buy one. I know it will take more than an hour so $160 is an easy route. When I was in my 20's-30's, it'd been done. Nowadays, I have far less motivation to wrench the car.

Was telling a buddy even oil changes are becoming

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03-12-14, 12:42 PM

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Lol, I'm not fabbing it up, thats what the case of beer is for!

I'm with you on the oil changes... just don't feel like paying the dealer rates for it, nor trust the lube-monkeys at quick lube shops to do it right.

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03-12-14, 05:47 PM

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oil changes are an enigma - perhaps the least skilled job to do on the car, yet one of the most damaging if they screw it up - for this reason, I guess I am sentenced to always do my own!............ugh!