H3 Heavy Duty Skid Plate

[Schwarttzy]

WOW. That doesn't look like just a skid-plate. That looks like full on armor. Are you trying to ride over the mine field?
What is the combines weight of this 2 plates?

Never know when you could use armor strong enough for a mine, lol. They weight in at 60 to 80lb each I would say.

 

[Sethmark]

Congratulations on doing a very nice job of engineering this product. It looks well thought out.

A few thoughts.... 3/8" steel is 15.3# per square foot. I've built a lot of rock crawlers and trail rigs and in my opinion .250" is more than ample.... .187" would be better with some bracing behind it and a couple of 90s at the ends. Going all the way to .375" is nuts in my opinion.

Weight is entirely undesirable on a trail rig. Lighter cars work better and are easier on parts.

 

[ABNTROOP]

Never know when you could use armor strong enough for a mine, lol. They weight in at 60 to 80lb each I would say.

*whistle* holy crap dude, that's ALOT of extra weight.. That's bound to put some strain on surrounding parts. Look forward to seeing your maintenance repair blog :whaa:

 

[Schwarttzy]

Weight is entirely undesirable on a trail rig. Lighter cars work better and are easier on parts.

I completely agree, I just want these thing to make people start laughing at brute strength these things have when they see them. I get giddy every time I hold them.

*whistle* holy crap dude, that's ALOT of extra weight.. That's bound to put some strain on surrounding parts. Look forward to seeing your maintenance repair blog :whaa:

Meh, ones 69 pounds and the other 74 for a total of 134 pounds. They bolt completely to the frame, I would honestly be surprised if hurt anything, not like the cross-members are going to come off.

 

[Schwarttzy]

O I forgot, I'm going to offer them from .250, .3125, and .375 order what you like just you will bend the .250 a bit but they don't give.

 

[RamRod]

O I forgot, I'm going to offer them from .250, .3125, and .375 order what you like just you will bend the .250 a bit but they don't give.

Will there be a difference in price between the sizes?

Interested in .250 set... and a few other things on your site (the leaf spring mounts and extended shackels) any way to make a deal if all three are order at once?

 

[Schwarttzy]

Interested in .250 set... and a few other things on your site (the leaf spring mounts and extended shackels) any way to make a deal if all three are order at once?

Ya we could make a deal of some sort

 

[silvrzuki77]

Hey schwartzy, skids look awesome. Was there any more thought on using aluminum?

 

[Schwarttzy]

Hey schwartzy, skids look awesome. Was there any more thought on using aluminum?

I could have the plates cut from aluminum but the prices are kind of high, if you got the cash I would be willing to look into it more.

 

[RamRod]

I could have the plates cut from aluminum but the prices are kind of high, if you got the cash I would be willing to look into it more.

How much higher are we talkin here?


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[rsc]

Are the steel skid plates making it to production?

 

[Schwarttzy]

How much higher are we talkin here?

I won't know at this point, you'd just have to be serious for me to move forward with the Aluminum.

 

[Schwarttzy]

Are the steel skid plates making it to production?

I think I have production ready parts right now, the delay is because I would like another Hummer to test it on to make sure the installation is smooth. However since I haven't been able to get anyone out to my place for testing, I'm just going to bolt up the 3/8 thick skid plate I made on my H3 this week and get a pre-order going before this weekend.

 

[Schwarttzy]

:horns:

Alright! I'm excited to finally be at this point.

I decided that I'll carry the skid plates in two thickness 1/4 and 5/16. I recommend the 5/16, because I have bent my current 1/4 skid plates a bit further than I would have liked. However despite the bend they still protect the Hummer just fine, and I was really wailing on it for you guys. This is a pre order and I need at least three of you guys for each thickness to be able to honor the following prices. I'm only doing this because I don't have 1.5k to throw down on on each thickness for 5 sets.

At quarter inch thick steel, the price will be $315 not powder-coated

At 5/16 inch thick steel, the price will be $345 not powder-coated

Power-coating is an additional $75 dollars

I don't know how shipping price will be at this point but I promise that they will be less than $100 to any where in the lower 48 states.

Later tonight I will setup the page where you'll be able to order your set.

 

[RamRod]

This will fit the H3t as well I assume (since the OME UCP did)

Can anyone confirm


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[Schwarttzy]

This will fit the H3t as well I assume (since the OME UCP did)

Can anyone confirm

I don't have H3T to be sure on this, but I'm willing to take the chance if you can at least flip the bill once on the shipping if it doesn't fit.

 

[Schwarttzy]

Man O Man, the guys that wrote the code for my shopping cart really could use my help with CSS. Anyway, sorry for the delay. You can pre-order the skid plates on my website at http://schwarttzy.com/shop/h3-hummer-heavy-duty-skid-plates/. I haven't physically shipped any of these but it should calculate very close, however I will give you a call and make sure that you pay the right amount when I ship them.

 

[spillKill]

has any of these been shipped and seen some action?

 

[Schwarttzy]

has any of these been shipped and seen some action?

These really haven't been selling to often, but I'm shipping a set of these today.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

I'm too lazy to look back - aluminum or steel?

 

[Schwarttzy]

They're made from steel.

 

[954paulo]

I want a set but the 108 shipping is killing me


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[ABNTROOP]

Can you toss up a few pics of these mounted up?

 

[Hills]

What is required to install them?

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[Schwarttzy]

Can you toss up a few pics of these mounted up?

I don't have any good photos, since I have pre production ones on my H3, and I can never seem to get customers to post any photos for anything.

However, I'll try to take some photos of my beat up and never powder coated skid plates today. Keep in mind that these skid plates are slightly different from production skid plates.

What is required to install them?

Drilling three holes is all it takes, two of which are on a cross member that you could unbolt and grab a new one from a junk yard. The other five bolts are already on your H3.