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Offline Dirka

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splash guards??
« on: October 30, 2014, 06:45:01 PM »
Hey there guys, anyone know of or heard and where to get some splash guards for under the engine?

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Re: splash guards??
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2014, 11:33:26 PM »
splash guard? like a mud flap for under the radiator (almost like a skid plate) or the little rubber skirts on the inside sides of the fenders?
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Offline Edemich

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Re: splash guards??
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2015, 11:10:47 AM »
I am interested in this as well, skid plate for me though.  Anyone?
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Re: splash guards??
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2015, 11:47:51 AM »
Its really tough to design a skid plate for these trucks that work effectively. Your dealing with a solid axle front end that moves around a lot as well as tie rods and such.

On a IFS skid plates are doable because there is nothing to interfere.

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Re: splash guards??
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2015, 10:20:48 PM »
i made this up for a splash guard for my mud truck


i took two diffrent air elements that we had laying around a 16" (top) and a 14" (bottom) took a cookie sheet and cut out strips about 2.5" wide if i can remember right

i had to bend the back side in a little to make room for the distributor. have a friend that swore his ford kept cutting out cause things where getting wet when he was mudding. i took it off my truck and put it on his and his truck turned into a chevy lol and made it through with no problems


http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=26361.0
« Last Edit: April 20, 2015, 10:25:21 PM by Irish_Alley »
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