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OrangeCrush
11-02-2005, 04:04 PM
As you know, I put the lift on this weekend. One thing I didn't like is you can't use the stock skidplate with a 6" lift.

I noticed another member had done his so I changed mine last night.

Did a quickie polish on it. What do you think?
Oh yeah, I swapped the double brushguard for a single.


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2001.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2002.jpg
OrangeCrush
11-02-2005, 04:04 PM
As you know, I put the lift on this weekend. One thing I didn't like is you can't use the stock skidplate with a 6" lift.

I noticed another member had done his so I changed mine last night.

Did a quickie polish on it. What do you think?
Oh yeah, I swapped the double brushguard for a single.


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2001.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2002.jpg
KenP
11-02-2005, 04:11 PM
That looks great... All except the color. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
H2Finally
11-02-2005, 04:12 PM
NICE! Need one of this --> http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

"Quickie polish"? I was under the impression it takes many hours to polish the alu skid plate. How do you do it quick?
Sportsdude
11-02-2005, 05:32 PM
How did you do that? Looks great.
La.Swamp Lobster
11-02-2005, 05:39 PM
How did you mount it with the lift? Thinking of adding the Fatech 6'' to my rig as well. I also would like to know how you did a quickie polish job on it! Did you have it polished before? Please don't keep us hang'n on this...LOL
OrangeCrush
11-02-2005, 07:39 PM
To make it fit, I cut across every second rib and cut out about 3/8" of material. Then I bent the plate at a much steeper angle. The cut came a further distance towards the rear of the plate than where it was bent from the factory.

It was then tig-welded and polished.

As far as a "quickie" polish, the plate had never been polished before. I used some coarser jewelers rouge (sp?)and put it on a buffing wheel. It was a PIA since the wheel is mounted on a permanent fixture so therefore I had to keep moving the plate around.... very difficult when you have to sit on the ground and hold it by hand.

BRB, gotta get a pic of it.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MyBlueC5/H2.jpg


Okay, you can see how hard it would be to manipulate the plate around.

Anyway, I said quickie cause it took me about 2 hours to polish it. If I were to do it the way I'd normally polish it, the plate would have taken another 3 hours.
OrangeCrush
11-02-2005, 07:44 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by La.Swamp Lobster:
How did you mount it with the lift? Thinking of adding the Fatech 6'' to my rig as well. I also would like to know how you did a quickie polish job on it! Did you have it polished before? Please don't keep us hang'n on this...LOL </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sorry, forgot to answer. It was simple once it was bent correctly. The front upper holes are used again, the left rear bolt was simply drilled into the existing skidplate that Fabtech uses (I didn't remove it, I kept it there) and the right rear bolt, well, I had to make a bracket so I could bolt it on.

Simple actually. It's not perfect, it's a hair crooked. It was perfect until it got welded and the heat warped it a bit. It's very minor and I got to keep the original plate.

Mark
rodster
11-02-2005, 08:35 PM
That looks pretty darned good for a quick job, Mark.

It must be nice to have a lift and a fully equipped shop...

You're the perfect candidate to do what many have dreamed of: RAGTOP! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
OrangeCrush
11-02-2005, 09:29 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by rodster:
That looks pretty darned good for a quick job, Mark.

It must be nice to have a lift and a fully equipped shop...

You're the perfect candidate to do what many have dreamed of: RAGTOP! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

LOL, a ragtop... damn, that would be alot of work. Be interesting to see though.

Mark
strongrhino
11-02-2005, 10:29 PM
Looks great as does the new single grill!
OrangeCrush
11-02-2005, 10:32 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by strongrhino:
Looks great as does the new single grill! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, I traded my double bar to some sucker in GA.
http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Mike, Thanks for your time and effort. You did a GREAT job wrapping the bar up.

Mark
Sportsdude
11-03-2005, 05:38 PM
Orangecrush....Where can I get some of that polish compound? Thank you.
La.Swamp Lobster
11-03-2005, 06:11 PM
Orange,
It Looks great, and thanks for the info, I will have to give it a shot when I lift mine...so thank ya much!
OrangeCrush
11-03-2005, 07:23 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Sportsdude:
Orangecrush....Where can I get some of that polish compound? Thank you. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Man, I honestly don't know. I had bought this from a vendor we did business with and now he's not around. The block is about the size of a gold brick. You're just going to have to look up polishing supplies.

I'll look around here since we're a bodyshop, perhaps one of our vendors can get some.

Swamplobster,

No problem, if you need help, don't hesitate to ask.

Mark
rocketw19
11-04-2005, 10:20 PM
orange crush that does look good! i was gonna do the same thing but paint around everything and leave the H2 showing all shinny. my sut is white so i was thinkin white but ill probably go black around it.
OrangeCrush
11-05-2005, 12:49 AM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by rocketw19:
orange crush that does look good! i was gonna do the same thing but paint around everything and leave the H2 showing all shinny. my sut is white so i was thinkin white but ill probably go black around it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

LOL, I was going to do the exact same thing except in the orange.

The reason I didn't is as I was starting to polish it, I noticed how many chips and scratches were in the aluminum.

I was actually thinking of painting around the H2, leaving the H2 polished and then using a clear powdercoat to cover the entire thing.

What do you think of the clear powdercoating idea?

Mark