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Originally posted by Cheechman7
Listen to this...today i went out to morey pit nearby for a little rip session. i have a 02 se which has the new front end and had a bumper/cover on the skid plate. i went to rip through a, what looked to be, easy mud puddle when i dropped into it about 2 feet. my front end bottomed out and my 4x4 pulled me out really quick...come to find out by my friends in a blazer that my cover for my skid plate fell off in the pictues, its the grey bar across the front. my question...WHAT KIND OF A SKID PLATE FALLS OFF WHEN IT SKIDS???
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Just so you know, that "skid plate" is not a skid plate. It is made of pot metal and held on with sheet metal screws. The automotive industry calls it a "splash shield". Its purpose is to prevent excessive splash from making it to the top of the motor and shutting off the ignition system. If you want to see what a skid plate looks like, visit Skid Row Automotive. A skid plate must be tough enough to suspend the vehicles weight in inclement situations.