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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Craig Co.
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Has anyone made skid plates for there arms? I know mine hit if I drop it from to high. I could use reducer bushings in my dump valves to slow the drop but I like throwing sparks some times. Right now I weld hard face rod on the part of the arm that hits. But a skid plate would save the arms. And what about ART arms? I'd really hate to scrape up them if, and when I get them.
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Your arms won't hit the ground with a 30 inch tall tire unless you got a crossmember drop, and cut up your upper mounts to ge tmore drop.
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Yeah but what if someone don't have 30" front tires? I know hitting lower arms is a very common problem. Mine are FUBAR
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Red Deer , Alberta
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I have 235/60/15's somewhere around 26 or so inches tall and with a 6 inch static drop my arms are JUNK ,Ill have my skid plates finished tommarow so Ill try to get some pics for the weekend. I now have a crossmember drop and bags so I figured it better be safe than sorry , I really dont feel like replacing these damn things all the time.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Red Deer , Alberta
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I do realize NOW that I cant run a static 6 inch drop with that size tirer, I only started driving this thing last summer, I have now rectified the situation by installing a dropped cross member and bags , with the dropmember I can still have my ride height BUT Ithe suspension thinks its only a 4 inch drop so I sopuld be laughing , when I step up to some 18's Ill probably end up with a larger over all diameter anyway,
My arms are done Ill try to get some pics today
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I just thought it would be nice to have replacable skidplates for the lower arms in case of and accident or something out of the ordinary happing. Sure there are ways of preventing hitting the lower arms. Like running an insainly tall tire, and stock springs.. But thats not the point. The point is that if you have a lowered truck that you drive alot, on roads maybe you've never been on accidents happen, or maybe you loose air and you are forced to drive aired out and you hit a reflective marker in the road, or a rock imbeded in the ground on a gravel road. Etc........... The possibilites are endless. But I was curious as to who has lower arm skid plates or if anyone did, or if anyone possibly was thinking of it. ART arms are spendy, so are stock modified lower arms. I realize how to lessen the chance of hitting the lower arms.. But as I posted earlier "I like throwing sparks some times" just don't want to throw them from my arms themselves!
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Mississauga, SC (I wish! lol!) Ontario
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Skid plates for control arms sound sweet.
I might get a 2wd truck but I want to lift the front about and 1" with spacers... so I can drive over and through stuff easier. (ie. deep snow, flooded roads, curbs etc.) The skid plates would be extra "piece of mind." |
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: East TN
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I put skid plates on my crossmember. They keep the control arms about 1/2" off the ground. When my bags are deflated, the truck rests on the skids so that the weight is on on the bags.
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