[banga]

Whipped some bash plates up for the vit the other week got them fitted in time for our wheel out at glass house i used the middle one a bit still have to pull them off and paint them.

[Joe]

Looks good mate, what size plate?

[monley]

Looks good!!! ....but you might want to drill a few hole's to let all the mud/water out

[banga]

3mm plate got to take the front one off to service anyway and can get a hose on top of it so not to concerned bout not having holes in it.

[SQUIRREL]

That's tough as . Good work !

[atari4x4]

nice work!

[christover1]

good stuff

[banga]

yeah i reckon you need them on the lwb especially the second one saves my transfer case mount i already wrecked the first one it was one of the channel types i folded it back and always got stuck on it. i now run the older sort and it already had a few war wounds.

[SQUIRREL]

Hands up for who else has munted there transfer case mount
.. Have you re-inforced the t/c mount along withe the bash plate

[tombutt]

i havnt bent mine but made a much more rough bash plate for it and its taken some big knocks on the standard cross member and doesnt seem like a problem

[banga]

SQUIRREL wrote:

Hands up for who else has munted there transfer case mount
.. Have you re-inforced the t/c mount along withe the bash plate

i didnt really think it needed to be strengthened unless you are running gears they are piss weak though the bash plate should help it getting destroyed though. and it just ends up in a bad spot when climbing hills i know a number of occasions it has stopped me but now it just slids over.

[ZookFan]

Wow they are neat! well done mate!

Where did you get the metal from in brissy?

[shneva]

love the bash plates, how did you mount it be hind the diif

[atari4x4]

there are 2 captive nuts in the bottom of the crossmember

[banga]

ZookFan wrote:

Wow they are neat! well done mate!

Where did you get the metal from in brissy?

i just ordered it through one steel on the sunny coast where i get all my steel from had to get a whole sheet. probably making another one for the front soon just slightly different.

[larry]

top job buddy

do you reckon 3mm is plenty thick enough?
how heavy are they?

im gunna have to do something like this, f*cked my transfer crossmember on a rock the other day

[fatal.lordes]

Hi there, I'm new to 4WDing and only bought a 2003 GV the other week, but I know I need to get some bash plates (it's already been raised 2.5"). Is there anyone in Brisbane you can recommend? Keen to get idea of cost as I need to wrangle my budget.

Thanks all!

[banga]

i dont know if fatzook would do them i am not doing any more work for anyone till early next year some time just all got a bit hectic so i might be able to help you out in the new year.

[fatal.lordes]

Cheers for that, Banga. I appreciate the offer. I've got save up some money for it anyway (any rough idea how much I should save) so I'm guessing next year as well.

[larry]

i made up the transmission/transfer bash plate (inspired by yours) and its been working well >:D

[banga]

yeah i think they are definatley needed makes a big difference going over steps and stuff just slides instead of catching.

[just_cruizin]

any reason you don't go from one chassis rail all the way to the other?

[christover1]

Thanks for the inspiration.

[dogbox]

larry wrote:

top job buddy

do you reckon 3mm is plenty thick enough?
how heavy are they?

im gunna have to do something like this, f*cked my transfer crossmember on a rock the other day

i made mine out of 4mm an the thing wieghs in at 20 kilos with lots of holes
20 kilos is a fair bit of wieght to carry around when you add a few other things
so if iwas to do another one 2.5-3 mm with a few creasses to stiffin it up

[christover1]

I was quite surprised by the weight of a small sheet of 2.5mm gal.
Especially when lifting onto my roof rack.
Glad I didn't go for 5mm

[banga]

yeah i think 3mm is perfect i don't think you would need any bigger for where i go i use it a fair bit and no dints so far just scratches. i think 5mm would be over kill unless you were building a comp truck even still.

[tonka_tuff]

sweeeet they look great! how did you bend it?? also how much is a sheet worth? cheers.

[christover1]

banga wrote:

yeah i think 3mm is perfect i don't think you would need any bigger for where i go i use it a fair bit and no dints so far just scratches. i think 5mm would be over kill unless you were building a comp truck even still.

Smacked mine pretty hard a few times today, no dents at all.

[Charlie Brown]

Hey great job mate I want some! it was asked ^ how much do they weigh approx?

thanks!

[banga]

a sheet is worth bout $120 from memory. i bent mine in a pan brake with a angle bolted on the front cause it was only rated for 2mm but the bash plates aren't that long and i wasn't folding 90 if i had access to a brake press would have used that. they aren't that heavy can hold them up with 1 hand when bolting them up.