Anyone interested in getting a bash/skid plate made?

[Arctra]

Hi guys.

As you may have seen from the pics I posted of my poor Tig's underside after a weekend offroading, I sustained some underside cosmetic damage due to a combination of poor clearance and poor driving. It has inspired me to consider getting a skid/bash plate as insurance for future offroad escapades.

I haven't managed to find any readily accessible good looking products yet (though I haven't really tried overly hard to), but reckon I'll probably end up getting one made.

To that end, is anyone else interested in such a product? What I'm thinking is that if there is enough interest, we could save on getting a few made at the same time. Let me know if you are interested.

[team_v]

Have you checked out the ABD-racingworks thread on Vortex?
I believe they are working on Safari mods for the Tiguan.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4618298&page=2

[jimbomort]

might be interested, depending on cost

[midlifecrisis]

Ball park on costs and any warranty complications?

[duncan]

Something like this -
http://www.dieselgeek.com/servlet/Ca...er+Skid+Plates

Although they don't do one for the Tiguan.

It also might be worth considering one for the rear diff as well.

Heck what about a full Dakar style full under body guard

What warranty issues - an ali sump guard is going to be a lot better than the plastic piece of rubbish currently there. It'll just be bolt on.

[Arctra]

Something like this -
http://www.dieselgeek.com/servlet/Ca...er+Skid+Plates

Although they don't do one for the Tiguan.

It also might be worth considering one for the rear diff as well.

Heck what about a full Dakar style full under body guard

What warranty issues - an ali sump guard is going to be a lot better than the plastic piece of rubbish currently there. It'll just be bolt on.

Oh yeah, that's the other question... Aluminium or Steel plate? I've heard differing opinions on this question. Steel is heavy, but it's stronger, less likely to bend as much as aluminium, and if it is bent or cracked can be welded easily. Aluminium is likely cheaper and lighter though, and can probably give enough support and protection to prevent shredding the sump. Opinions?

Looking at my pics of the underside, getting a rear diff guard as well would not be easy and given it's position I'm not sure it's entirely necessary. I think I'll stick with the front for now.

[YoYo]

Did more people get these made or others?

[Arctra]

No, I ended up just getting one done for myself coz there was a general lack of interest. A year or so later someone else wanted one and so I took mine back to Alex so he could take the measurements etc from my prototype to do a second one. But to my knowledge those are the only 2 that ever came out of this initiative.

[YoYo]

No, I ended up just getting one done for myself coz there was a general lack of interest. A year or so later someone else wanted one and so I took mine back to Alex so he could take the measurements etc from my prototype to do a second one. But to my knowledge those are the only 2 that ever came out of this initiative.

Thanks for the reply mate.