Dear All,
Thnx for visiting my Thread. Your comment and ideas are appreciated.
i've a 2009 explorer 4.0 xlt upgraded. I had it almost a year ago. i went off-road tens of times between soft, hard and severe adventures.
A month ago, i have busted my radiator. it was dismounted and i can see leaking at the bottom. I decided to take the following corrective actions:
to start, i tried the available on-line shops but failed to find a products for my X. Secondly, i searched the forum and the internet to find a project but also faild to find any useful thing.
My project contains three stages:
1-possible mounting areas
2-suggested ideas
3-concerns
let us start:
1-possible mounting areas
i looked under the car and found that the possible mounting places are the crossmember or the frame itself see the picture below.
2-suggested ideas
I think that there are two approach, first is muscles i.e. i will bring a 1/2 in steel sheet and have it galvanized. then, the sheet will be cut as shown below. After that, i will bend it and bolt it to the car's frame as shown below the towing hitch will be removed and the plate will have a hole to be used for towing.
top right -> cut sheet
top left -> from the side
bottom left -> bolting from bottom of the frame
bottom right -> bolting from the top of frame
front side:
bolting areas:
from the side (good space between the Radiator and the plate):
The second approach is to have a net of beams to be strong and mounted easily but this requires lots of work and will cost hell of money.
3-concerns
The sheet will be bolted to the bottom of the frame very easily (just like the towing hitch). But i don't know how to bolt it in the upper side of the frame.
the crossmember can't be used since it might get shifted up with strong impacts. Moreover, it contains the SRS sensor which i dont want to play with it.
please contribute with me to finish this project any ideas? Comments?
Thnx for visiting my Thread. Your comment and ideas are appreciated.
i've a 2009 explorer 4.0 xlt upgraded. I had it almost a year ago. i went off-road tens of times between soft, hard and severe adventures.
A month ago, i have busted my radiator. it was dismounted and i can see leaking at the bottom. I decided to take the following corrective actions:
- i bought truxxxxx lift kit (didn't receive since 23 Dec).
- building a skid plate (our topic for today).
to start, i tried the available on-line shops but failed to find a products for my X. Secondly, i searched the forum and the internet to find a project but also faild to find any useful thing.
My project contains three stages:
1-possible mounting areas
2-suggested ideas
3-concerns
let us start:
1-possible mounting areas
i looked under the car and found that the possible mounting places are the crossmember or the frame itself see the picture below.
2-suggested ideas
I think that there are two approach, first is muscles i.e. i will bring a 1/2 in steel sheet and have it galvanized. then, the sheet will be cut as shown below. After that, i will bend it and bolt it to the car's frame as shown below the towing hitch will be removed and the plate will have a hole to be used for towing.
top right -> cut sheet
top left -> from the side
bottom left -> bolting from bottom of the frame
bottom right -> bolting from the top of frame
front side:
bolting areas:
from the side (good space between the Radiator and the plate):
The second approach is to have a net of beams to be strong and mounted easily but this requires lots of work and will cost hell of money.
3-concerns
The sheet will be bolted to the bottom of the frame very easily (just like the towing hitch). But i don't know how to bolt it in the upper side of the frame.
the crossmember can't be used since it might get shifted up with strong impacts. Moreover, it contains the SRS sensor which i dont want to play with it.
please contribute with me to finish this project any ideas? Comments?
