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hey all, i am looking for some cheap checker plate or something to do the complete under belly of my 05 foz, i dont want it to thick that it weighs the car down to much but i want it thick enough to withstand some punishment. if you know what i mean.

Any help would be great.

Cheers Mike.

try sims metals they have all sorts of offcuts (if they still exist)

TOONGA

Sorry Mike.. Can't help but if you find some, I'll have some too.. Maybe if wee get a few people that want one, I might ask my friend (steelworks) to get me a price on a whole sheet?

RSR 555 wrote:Sorry Mike.. Can't help but if you find some, I'll have some too.. Maybe if wee get a few people that want one, I might ask my friend (steelworks) to get me a price on a whole sheet?

yeh, if you could Paul. gues we could sort something out?

Cheers Mike.

I'll be up for some plate as well, need to make some bash plates for eng sump and trans sump

Just called him and he can get me a sheet of 5mm 2400mm x 1200mm for $300.. should be able to make a few from that

RSR 555 wrote:Just called him and he can get me a sheet of 5mm 2400mm x 1200mm for $300.. should be able to make a few from that

sweeetttt. that is wicked mate. i will be in for that, but dont forget, i want it for the whole under body of mine, considering i can not get rock slidders for it. :'(

Cheers Mike.

No worries.. I told him I'll take 2 pieces so we can make up diff guards as well

RSR 555 wrote:No worries.. I told him I'll take 2 pieces so we can make up diff guards as well

yeh, good idea.... now we just need to work out how much each.... haha.

concidering i will be needing a fair bit... dont know w=how much to be exact....

Cheers Mike.

if there is enough i will be in on this in a heart beat!!!!!!!!!!!!
hoping to cover sump and soe of the headers at least
cheers

Well.. we'll see if anyone else wants some as well and I'll just ask him to give me a few sheets He said I called at the right time because he was buying 22 sheets for a job coming up and the normal price was around $500/sheet but bulk buying gave him a great price

whats a sheet weigh

dibs

no idea but if you're thinking of transporting it to Qld.. I'd suggest looking for a supplier over there.

Sorry not trying to be rude but I'm just thinking freight would be way too much

Hey guys,

I'll be in also to make two or three for me and me mates brumby.

Did you guys think about fabrication? Maybe we could each make our measurements etc and get one guy to weld fabricate some for forester, L series and Brumbies.

They are steel right? Would alu be better? harder to weld up tho:S

But yeah i'd get two for sure and maybe a third not sure yet.

i have a mate that is boily, could see if he could do it for us? and how much.

Cheers Mike.

Sorry guys.. I didn't let you know that my friend (Joe) has priced me up 5mm Aluminium checker plate. We will be able to cut it with either a jigsaw or my friend Jarrod has a plasma cutter that I think will be able to cut it to whatever shape we like, after that, Joe will then be able to bend it. We'll need to have them all done and ready for Joe so he's not doing one now and then ( he's doing me a big favour so I don't want to push my luck )

Why dont you get the i cant believe its not checkplate? I mean the aluminium stuff that has been stamped to look like checker plate? Last time i got some i got off cuts (was all i wanted) and it was cheap light and still surprisingly strong.

not sure where you can get it thought, i got this while my brother worked at coromal caravans

Paul, do you already have the measurements for an L series or do we still need to get that sorted along with the others.
No problem paying in advance for this bad boy either.
cheers

na i got a good supplier over here but just was curious what extra weight it would put on a car

dibs