engine underside protection

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:03 am

I have a nice 2mm thick stainless stells sheet of metal and as my car is lowered tought of making a engine underside protection plate out of it. Do any of you have this kind of a thing and are there any ideas how to do it?

Milosz_480 · Post by **Milosz_480** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:11 am

Get some aluminium sheet about 8 mm alloy PA11.

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:36 am

copy the volvo one, 8mm thick? Stop the tank shells?

Ettore Bugatti · Post by **Ettore Bugatti** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:07 pm

2mm stainless steel isn't the easiest material too work with. (folding,cutting, etc)

Perhaps you could saw some strips of (about) 30mm wide and screw them to the orginal plating?