1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I don't study up much on aluminum but damn, I didn't know those skids came in 1/4" thick. I would still take 3/16" steel over thicker aluminum though.

 

Be like @Jamesboy2233 and get 5/16" steel, lol

 

Drive it like its stolen, aka drive fast take chances haha

 

My truck being its a 5lug is set up differently too. So i can go one flat solid plate from bumper to trans, if that makes a difference

 

that would be gnarly and a huge pain to take on/off for maintenance lol. A transmission skid is awkward enough let alone one giant skid going from bumper to the end of the trans

 

I mean it wouldnt be hard to section it. I would make 2 plates no matter what i build it with

 

300 pages since I last posted. Guess things do move fast in here.

From an uneducated standpoint I always felt the weight savings with aluminum never really had a benefit over the durability of steel. Plus the price difference seems absurd to me. I'd just go steel personally.

I've been contemplating getting skids from the guy on here. 22rethan I think is his screen name. Seems like he makes a nice product. Fair price too.

 

you first said 5/8 (edited to 3/8)...

was gunna say you could make one out of cardboard that thick, lol...

 

yeah that'd be better than trying to use a normal floor jack anyway. My driveway isn't even and has gravel strip going down the center so I just imagine it being a huge pain in my book

 

@MadTaco461 how are you skids (if you have any) setup?

 

Well, being a 5 lug, you're probably better off chroming it, and throwing some wire wheels and ball joint spacers on it...

Best to let the men have their 4x4s...

 

Have you checked rock auto? Or get energy suspension ones

 

dont think he wants to do that...

 

Its ok it will one be @BartMaster1234 not a real cop lol

 

of course he can... ty has some killer trails he frequents

 

Then just tame off some rubber on a grinder

 

I can see it now... you tearing through the streets of berk, tyler pulls you over and then BPD pulls in behind you both

 

Yeah then i go free and tyler gets to ride in a real cop car lol

 

I think your doing something wrong then lol

 

One solid plate of aluminum will be hard. Especially if you have bends in it. Depending on the alloy, Alu doesn't like to be bent, the higher the grade the harder it is to bend (6061 doesn't like it at all), and (generally) all aluminum needs to be heat treated to regain its strength, after bending (using heat) and welding (ideally).

Aluminum is just straight up harder to work with.