Pre-runner skidplate

[babysilk]

Oh I gotcha man, well it looks good and also if you do end up burning up your battery take all the wires and lights off before you take it in. Its a pain but if there are any wires running off the battery, it voids your warranty well mine anyways!

 

[panda24619]

really it did that to yours? i just take my battery its self in. only time i really had to replace the battery was when the alt went out. and surprisingly it held up enough for my mom to go to the store and come back. cause my dad was SO confined it was just the battery. im like... noo! you battery might die but its not going to shut down the truck. haha so next time just take the battery in not the truck.

 

[babysilk]

Yeah it cost me over a hundred bucks too!! I think I should be good with the 210 watts im running now! hopefully

 

[panda24619]

if you got a 210 your fine! i think mine is a factory hd output one. so i think 110. i wouldnt mind doing a 210 and dual battery like tonydiv has. one red top to run my engine electronics and one yellow to run my electronics. lights, stereo, etc, etc

 

[babysilk]

yeah I ran 2 kcs in big bear for pretty much the whole weekend and that was 200watts so im hoping I can squeeze in the extra 10 watts That would be smart, Just no money! Im doing my fox sus next I think

 

[panda24619]

well this how you know what your pulling. you take the watts and divide it by the voltage of what your doing. house 120 or 210 or car 12v or 14v. so just 2 130 watt kcs are 260/12=21.6 amps. but i want to do my fox sus soon. they are local and i know where their shop is. haha so i can do down there and see if they can make front shocks with reservoirs for me. i think they have them for chevys hds, but not the expedition. and the rear they have plenty of shocks that would work there. i soon want coil overs threw the floor. haha gotta move my take to the spare tire location and put my spare on a bumper.

 

[babysilk]

Im at 17.5 amps, I think im going to do a cantilever suspension in the rear so I dont lose any room Im sure they can make something for us!!

 

[panda24619]

they dont. but i was thinking that too! only thing i see is that will cost more then a going threw the floor. and you shouldnt really lose any room if you go right up front of the 3rd row seat. which is what i want to do. so i can keep that 3rd row, but i know it wont work. so i would have to make a custom box for the subs i eventully get. shes going to be a big work in progress.

 

[babysilk]

I just want to get my sus done soon Ill figure something out! Im going to draw up my skidplate today with cardboard and play around with it and fab it tomorrw

 

[panda24619]

start with the biggest piece you can cause its easier to cut out more then it is to tape on more cardboard. haha

 

[babysilk]

haha yeah Im going to draw some sketches and then trace it and measure it then cut it out and adjust.

 

[panda24619]

i want a skid right now. since im afraid that if i drive over soemthing in the desert itll get into all those hoses and what not. so then when i make my bumper ill do it again.

 

[babysilk]

HAHA that is exactly why Im making this I was looking and it was like Radiator and hoses and everything important! Thank god ford has the 2 cylinder air cool system if you did hurt your radiator at all well your out there but still its nice to have a bit of armor

 

[babysilk]

update: here is what my cardboard temp let looks like my phone was taking bad pictures sorry.

 

[panda24619]

i would make it wider and cover all of the lower cross member. it should protect it all better.

 

[babysilk]

I would have but the sheet metal I got was pre cut at a weird angle so i just went with it! Im happy with how it came out! Very stury Let me know what you think.

 

[panda24619]

i like it. i just suggested it be wider, but i guess you couldnt. haha o well. still looks good. now just get a tube bumper.

 

[babysilk]

yeah it came out awesome i love it! for 30 bucks too!

 

[panda24619]

cant beat that! that makes it great! what you do is "require" a road sign. and that works too.