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Hd Polyethyline Skids
Started another mod today. polyethylene skids, I saw this on the forum earlier about the weight reduction, cost effective, and still having the integrety to do the job at hand, (keeping the belly protected). so I bought a full sheet for $140.00. Wanted black but was twice the money. stuck with white, I started with a full sheet of cardboard, cut and cut again and bend and try again till I was satisfied. I the traced the template on to the hdpe and cut away. I then started heating the sheet with a propane torch to get the bends I needed... Alot of crawling under the FJ, almost to much I did have a floor jack to help with the holding while I marked the sheet, for drilling and where I wanted it bent. I decided to keep it all one piece from the gas tank to the cross member. Heres a few picts of how the day progressed and skid finally bolted up to the belly. I still need to fabricate a cross member to hold up skid in front of the gas tank . I hope it hold up.
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