Happy Monday to all. So I have decided on 1/2" black Puck Board for the material. I found a supplier that sells the sheet for 147$ each. So I went for a drive on my birthday and bought myself a birthday present, 4 sheets of Puck Board. 2- 1/2" and 2 - 1/8". My plan is to make the template out of cardboard, bolt it up and see how it fits. That I completed this morning. Here are the photos.
In considering which design, I looked at the commercially available products. I decided to loosely base my design after SSSoffroad.com. I think they have a great design, and I wish I could have come up with the money to buy it, but the exchange rate despite his very generous discount for first responders put the cost outside of what a Paramedic in Canada can afford, but my hats off to them!!.
So I have 4 parts. The area that extends out the side, I will call wings. MY plan with those is to have a lip on the front and rear that curves up to accept mud flaps. A heat gun and some patience I am told will allow this product to be shaped easily. This should come in handy when I make the flaps/flares.
So my question to everyone reading my ramblings, what are your thoughts? Any tricks? Tips? I am going to put a hole for accessing the oil plug and filter, but what about other holes for cleaning? SSSoffroad.com has only a hole for the oil plug and the breather.
With the left over, I want to make A-arm guards. I have some rough templates not pictured, any input into those would be great. My plan for that is to make a template of the shape out of wood or something that will stand up to some heat, lay the cut parts over the wood and put in the oven. I have not researched the temperature yet, so if anyone has ideas about that, I am all ears.
So thank you to everyone who reads this and for your comments. I welcome them before I take a blade to the board.
