Mantec front skid plates

[nwoods]

Hey guys, I have the heavy duty skids from Brittish Pacific, but if anyone out there is looking for something better than stock, but not nearly as expensive, there is a group buy from the UK on the Mantec front skid plate.

http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic7568.html

Cheers,

NW

 

[dbregman]

Yes - please do jump on over there - we need about 12 more people for the group buy to work!

David

 

[dbregman]

Do you know where I can get the Mantec plate stateside if the group buy fails?

 

[nwoods]

No clue, but you could try to get Atlantic British to import a few

 

[jptruck]

Regarding the British Pacific plates: how difficult is the install? Is it something I could do with the basic tools I have around the house (the usual assortment), or do I need a fabricator.

A little more frontal protection along with having easy access to that front tow hook are goals of mine, but I'd like to do the work myself.

 

[nwoods]

You could do it yourself, with a few jackstands to hold them up while you are cranking them down. The main skid plate over the transmission is a bit of struggle to get everything line up.

The skid plates work awesome, but they have a noticeable negative side effect They create a significantly increased resonance from your exhaust that bounces off the plate back up into the interior cabin.

There are 3 skid plates, plus a radiator protection plate. I did not get the radiator plate because it was already protected...or so I thought. It wasn't until the plates arrived that I realized the factory plates all come off, and the new ones are configured differently. I hindsight, I would also opt for the radiator plates, especially if I lived in a wooded area where sticks might poke up into it from below.

 

[dry_fly]

nathan, did you participate in the last group buy? if so how long did it take for delivery?

 

[nwoods]

I did not, I already had the plates from British Pacific.