Skid Plate.

[seanp1]

Oil pan is cast aluminum.

Translation: If smacked by a speed bump or some other undesirable contact with the road surface occurs, it will most likely crack if left unprotected.

That explains why my hard drive magnets wouldn't stick to it.. Grrr.. Might have to Epoxy them in place.

I'd be interested in a skid plate if a vendor comes up with one.

 

[$ub$onic]

I drop a hard drive magnet in every pan I pull off

 

[iraqivet]

Eric:
We should collaborate together and come up with something

yea i would be down for that

 

[firstorbit84]

An aluminum pan and a lowered car definitely requires a skid plate.

I wouldn't mind if we came up with plans to maker one ourselves before a vendor offers them.

Where are the factory belly pan attachments?

 

[$ub$onic]

Take factory belly pan... get measurements drill hole for oil plug... apply

 

[firstorbit84]

Yeah but if the belly pan is plastic, will the mounting points support a thick aluminum or steel plate?

We probably need to devise new mounting points

 

[$ub$onic]

U wouldn't have to go that think maybe 1/4 max. Just run small ribs down the back to stiffen it.

 

[Eric Smit]

the pan screws into the frame in a couple places. it'll hold.


-Eric Smit

 

[ZachTullier]

Take factory belly pan... get measurements drill hole for oil plug... apply

i dont have a belly pan :/ the factory removed it when i went for my first oil change those @$$3$ lol:blankface:

 

[ThatTmoGuy]

I would demand they replace it.

 

[ZachTullier]

I would demand they replace it.

according to the Dealership (Not naming the specific dealership) "....We are sorry for the inconvenience, but there is no proof that your vehicle equipped with said part when the vehicle was serviced..."

oh well. dealing with dealerships is like pulling teeth with tweezers; as my grandpa would say haha

 

[$ub$onic]

What *******s

 

[theenico]

according to the Dealership (Not naming the specific dealership) "....We are sorry for the inconvenience, but there is no proof that your vehicle equipped with said part when the vehicle was serviced..."

The proof would be the cars build date. If it was built before January 2012 it came with a belly pan. It should then be on the dealer/stealer to prove that it was not there when you brought it in.

 

[SonicBoy24]

i dont have a belly pan :/ the factory removed it when i went for my first oil change those @$$3$ lol:blankface:

They did that to me too...
I was like dafuq? just put it back on..

 

[Eric Smit]

it was a federally mandated recall. they were just doing what they were ordered to do.


-Eric Smit

 

[ZachTullier]

Prototyping with some cardboard

 

[$ub$onic]

U have a lift ?

 

[Eric Smit]

he's a badass.


-Eric Smit

 

[ZachTullier]

U have a lift ?

I don't, but my work does. I get to make things like this lol.

Before and After

 

[$ub$onic]

U sir have a freaking easy job..... I wish j was u