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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: markyb on February 19, 2007, 09:01:01

Title: under body armour
Post by: markyb on February 19, 2007, 09:01:01: No doubt i will go for a play with the j33p boys in the summer, so ive been looking about for a centre section belly plate protection.

i coudl knock something up but be nice to get an off the shelf.

i see some mod stuff about but its all a bit heavy/ i have a 110 so something for it to sit on in the middle would be idea
Title: under body armour
Post by: unknownmanxman on February 19, 2007, 20:50:04: Ahh so are you going to Seven Sisters aswell then?

Have you thought about welding some brackets to your chassis and bolting a steel plate underneath? Its cheap and easy to do....
Title: under body armour
Post by: extreme90 on February 19, 2007, 20:55:27: i wouldnt bother IMO
adding wayyy to much weight,and if your lazy and dont remove it often enough, mud and grass gets trapped inbertween and sets on fire :roll:
ive never had a problem with bashing anything up and have bottomed out alot :roll:
more problems with tank than anything
dan
Title: under body armour
Post by: tonycougar on February 20, 2007, 15:27:46: Yeah its the tank that worries me, bashed my centre section silencer before, can't wait for it to happen again cos its an excuse to remove it completely and fit just a pipe :D
Title: under body armour
Post by: extreme90 on February 20, 2007, 17:23:15: i plonked my tank on a rock, whilst rockcrawling at low water where i keep my boat :roll: lucky no damage, just a dent :shock: 2 days later a tank guard was fitted :lol:
dan
Title: under body armour
Post by: tonycougar on February 20, 2007, 22:42:17: My sidesteps protect the tank slightly but I will have to get a guard fitted in the future
Title: under body armour
Post by: extreme90 on February 20, 2007, 23:25:05: is yours a 90 ?
mines a paddock spares tank guard
best 100 quid ever :shock:
it has been tried and tested and i cant nock it
galvo too :shock:
dan
Title: under body armour
Post by: markyb on February 21, 2007, 07:13:12: yeah tank guard sounds like the way forward or a start
Title: under body armour
Post by: SteveG on February 21, 2007, 09:09:36: what do you have fitted so far?

Steve
Title: under body armour
Post by: tonycougar on February 21, 2007, 21:39:14: Yep mine is a 90 an early one with the tank under the seat
Title: under body armour
Post by: markyb on February 22, 2007, 08:37:32: ive got diff guards steering guard.

will pick up some sumos soon

seen a couple of tank guards, with ,without towball.

popped by the local metal place to see whats in there scrap bin and they have a job on that appears to be fairly heavy duty steel so i will go back in a weeks time to see whats in there to make up something for the middle . possibly , not sure if im worring to much but it would be nice to have if i belly out on a rock, which after all is gonna happen on the 110.

CDS tube should arrive next week to make up a fancy light bar/1/4 cage for the cabin area to be used more as tree rubber than anything else but it would be silly not to brace inside down to the chassis on the front and back.

that will be it.

usually jackable sills and tree rubber strips for the body work.
Title: under body armour
Post by: SteveG on February 24, 2007, 22:07:41: well looks like fuel tank is all you need. You may want to try and fab up some of these or buy if you intend dragging it over rocks..
(http://www.northoffroad.co.uk/images/Products/ChassisSliders.jpg)

They are made by north off road and slide you over rear trailing arm mounts

Cheers

Steve
Title: under body armour
Post by: leo on February 24, 2007, 22:37:02: Quote from: "SteveG"
well looks like fuel tank is all you need. You may want to try and fab up some of these or buy if you intend dragging it over rocks..
(http://www.northoffroad.co.uk/images/Products/ChassisSliders.jpg)

They are made by north off road and slide you over rear trailing arm mounts

Cheers

Steve

i keep seeing these things in mags ,now i know where they fit :D