Northern Virginia Roll Call

Need some opinions.aluminum or steel front skid?

 

Id say steel. Id be worried the aluminum may get bent up and be difficult to remove or nearly impossible to put back on if you drop it on a rock. Just my 2cents

 

For any of you more "cultured" folk, The Book of Mormon is coming back to the Kennedy Center late October and early November.

http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/TSTSB

Probably not a child friendly show...

 

I'm going aluminum, but I'm not planning on slamming my front bumper on serious rock trails.

 

The bumper that I'm getting is aluminum, but a bumper usually don't see the abuse that skid plates do. If I get skids, they'll be steel. At the very least, I'm thinking I'll need an the front most IFS skid. The problem is that no one makes them for the 4 cylinder. They're all designed for the 6 cylinder.

 

nah, he's been going rogue lately... solo... he's a wild card.

I'm getting (and have been for the last couple weeks) underlying tones of resentment towards this group for "not going offroad" enough / not "using their rigs"

it's tough to find time (especially w/ a baby, a wife, school, and moving) for me to just drop everything and go camping... but that doesnt mean all I do is "bolt a bunch of stuff" on to my truck and never use it.... it's just difficult, at times, to find time right now... things will settle down a lot more once I get moved to this new house. (hence why I said we should plan a weekend at Rausch Creek sometime in Sep / Oct)

dont worry man.... we will spend some quality trail time soon! haha

 

Davids having his 1/3life crisis
Dont get all worked up about it. He said he realizes we all have different lives. I don't really have a life right now, so I don't qualify. Soon enough though, I'll be able to attend meetups/mod days and such, ironically at that point I'll likely no longer have a taco.

 

it's ok... we still love him.....

and you..... Subarus are welcome to......

 

Im surprised you wouldn't want to keep them for your own inventory? They don't go bad do they?

 

I thought they had like a 10yr expiration date or something crazy

 

I hear that man...hope you stay the course. Hopefully you are about done with the prereqs.

 

For most it would be 10+ years, depends on which ones you get.

@fatfurious2 I would be interested depending on age and type. I try to keep a 3 month supply of food, water, and other essentials I deem important in case of shelter in place situations.

 

Yea exactly man, I wouldn't sell my stash...

 

Steel as well. Unless mall bling is what you are after.

 

I have a full set of steel skids on my truck

 

It has a 27 year shelf life I think. Need to unpack the box

 

Dont get aluminum. That's basically if you plan on driving in grass.

 

Come by. You know where to find me

 

Well the joke's on you because I plan on only driving at the mall parking lot.

 

Considering the added investment for aluminum over steel, props to you for fronting that bill. Should you wheel, as @Darkgoatracer said, aluminum will likely bend and fold around any impact which can be a bitch to straighten out just to remove from the truck. This can become a pain in the ass when it comes to just cleaning the skid area due to debris.

Your call, but even if aluminum was the same price as steel, is it worth having it and STILL being vulnerable on a trail?