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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => 4 Wheel Drives => Topic started by: Dirka on October 30, 2014, 06:45:01 pm

Title: splash guards??
Post by: Dirka 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?

Title: Re: splash guards??
Post by: Irish_Alley 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?

Title: Re: splash guards??
Post by: Edemich on April 20, 2015, 11:10:47 am

I am interested in this as well, skid plate for me though.  Anyone?

Title: Re: splash guards??
Post by: enaberif 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.

Title: Re: splash guards??
Post by: Irish_Alley on April 20, 2015, 10:20:48 pm

i made this up for a splash guard for my mud truck
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m387/rebel_cowboy_83/Mudding/IMG_20130712_125643_zps772a217f.jpg)
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m387/rebel_cowboy_83/Mudding/IMG_20130712_124754_zps940b31cf.jpg)
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
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m387/rebel_cowboy_83/Mudding/IMG_20130712_121141_zps3a162f53.jpg)
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


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