Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

[VW337]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

Concept-1 carries them:
http://www.concept1.ca/ENG%20Dress%2...0SKD%20MK4.htm

[Volkstech01]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

C1

[MusicalGenius]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

Tunedub as well as Bert & Jacks do as well.

[blueMoro]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

Talk to George!

[Aleks]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

How friggin annoying is that thing to get to your filter?

[Stonewall]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

Well for a TDI it is no problem but it is only 5 bolts to get the plate off.

[Volkstech01]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

They make ones now with filter access I think, and go see paul @ Burt n Jacks, he will probably put it on for you if you bring him a nice cup of Italian coffee, or wobly pop.

[MusicalGenius]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

All the new ones are pre-cut with oil filter access holes.

[eldo]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

/\/\/\ do you mean that the "new ones" have a cut-out for the DRAIN-PLUG?.. /\/\/\

gas powered cars will have to remove the plate for oilchanges. the plate takes about 3 minutes to remove while laying on your back on your garage floor.
to me, it's 200% worth having one... just for piece of mind in winter-driving.
i don't feel like having to deal with the aftermath of an iceburg falling off of a truck on deerfoot and having nowhere to go (and running the damn thing over).
it's happend to me,... heard the thud, swore,.. kept on driving. way better than being sidelined in the cold with my 2 year old daughter in the car.

and honestly, if you can't install the evo skidplate yourself,.. you shouldn't perform any other work on your car.

[ricosuave]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

anyone know the p/n and price for that other oilpan bart was talkin' 'bout?

[J-hop]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

just installed mine last week, it is well worth it, I no longer have to do 5km/hr down the icy streets and hope to hell i dont hit.

A thing to note is that you aren't just getting oil pan protection, it protects your tranny as well. Something you wouldn't get from going to a steel oil pan. Not to mention a lot less work . just my 2 cents

[bart]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

not having a skid plate gives you better oil cooling

[J-hop]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

hmm never though about that, does it actually make that large a difference? I do have a VR so if thats the case I'd consider removing it for summer

[VWSM]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

not having a skid plate gives you better oil cooling

It actually acts like a heatsink it will absorb the heat from the engine and displace it while driving.
if your stuck in traffic??Oh well it will heat a little more.

[VWSM]

Re: Skid Plate.... Worth the 350 + install?

hmm never though about that, does it actually make that large a difference? I do have a VR so if thats the case I'd consider removing it for summer

sorry i missed the part that you have a VR.
those engines are brutally hot under the hood AND even the Battery need's protection so it does'nt boil,Hence the Kevlar Shield around it.
Do not cover the bottom of your engine!! you will cook it.
if you decide to buy the plate build some air scoops into it.