Skid Plates are on!

AZS10Crew · Post by **AZS10Crew** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:50 pm

Got my skid plates from GMPartsDirect today. Took me about 45 minutes to install them. They fit perfect...no problems. The front shield was aluminum and the engine shield was carbon fiber. It looks to be pretty stout material though...about 2" thick...so I think it will do fine for the amount of stress I put the truck through. The passenger side bracket bolt was barely long enough with the bracket on. The bolt provided with the bracket was more than long enough, but wouldn't go on due to the oil pan clearance with the bolt hole. I suppose i could have maybe installed it the other way around, but I figured I'd better put it back together the way it was.

Anyway...good stuff and got here within a week. Now I'm all ready to hit the trails again!

Post by **HenryJ** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 7:15 pm

I kept expecting to see a post about the rock that cracked your oil pan, knocking and a seized engine

AZS10Crew · Post by **AZS10Crew** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:47 pm

HenryJ wrote: I kept expecting to see a post about the rock that cracked your oil pan, knocking and a seized engine

Sorry to disappoint you...but I am now well protected.

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 12:20 am

AZS10Crew wrote:The bolt provided with the bracket was more than long enough, but wouldn't go on due to the oil pan clearance with the bolt hole. I suppose i could have maybe installed it the other way around, but I figured I'd better put it back together the way it was.

Anyway...good stuff and got here within a week. Now I'm all ready to hit the trails again!

so are you telling me that you put the short one back one?????

in case you didnt know. my short bolt fell out and i lost the bracket and everything. i went to a autoparts place and got a bolt that fit perfect. it doesnt have to be threaded a certain way, just the right size. i am pretty sure that the head of the bolt faces the oil pan. i would get a new bolt in their asap.

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 12:21 am

oh and BTW, you will use the transfer case sheild the most out of all of them cuz of the terrible break over angle. so if you dont have that one, then put that next on your list of mods.

AZS10Crew · Post by **AZS10Crew** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 10:05 am

I'll swap in the longer bolt when I get home tonight. I tried putting it in with the head of the bolt toward the oil pan, but it was too long. I guess I'll try it the other way tonight.

Transfer case shield will be next. Not sure how soon...but it's definitely on the list.

TNC · Post by **TNC** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 10:57 am

Cool... still lookin in the salvage yards when I get the chance if I find the T-case shield I'll let you know where it is...

christian · Post by **christian** » Tue May 06, 2003 5:21 pm

I'll be checking the salvage yards in the area thursday and friday for some plates.....would older model S10 plates fit on our crew cabs?(82-93) Or is it just the 94-03 extended cab 4x4 or just 4x4??? Thanks

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Tue May 06, 2003 7:19 pm

a2b wrote:oh and BTW, you will use the transfer case sheild the most out of all of them cuz of the terrible break over angle. so if you dont have that one, then put that next on your list of mods.

That's the one I hit. I got already got scratches over the old scratches, cause it was used one when I got it. Works great! I got the aluminum one.

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Tue May 06, 2003 10:14 pm

quickbiker wrote:
a2b wrote:oh and BTW, you will use the transfer case sheild the most out of all of them cuz of the terrible break over angle. so if you dont have that one, then put that next on your list of mods.

That's the one I hit. I got already got scratches over the old scratches, cause it was used one when I got it. Works great! I got the aluminum one.

ya i want the aluminum one. i have ripped the composite one up real bad. its weak now

christian · Post by **christian** » Wed May 07, 2003 2:48 pm

I'll be checking the salvage yards in the area thursday and friday for some plates.....would older model S10 plates fit on our crew cabs?(82-93) Or is it just the 94-03 extended cab 4x4 or just 4x4??? Thanks

Post by **HenryJ** » Wed May 07, 2003 3:31 pm

Check out this Thread for some good pictures of what you are looking for.

Here is another good place to start

Used skid plates what to look for

christian · Post by **christian** » Wed May 07, 2003 4:31 pm

Thanks cheking into it

christian · Post by **christian** » Wed May 07, 2003 5:01 pm

Do you guys think this would fit???it's from an 88 4Wd S10 Blazer

christian · Post by **christian** » Wed May 07, 2003 5:01 pm

http://community.webshots.com/sym/aucti ... lsvA_1.jpg

here's the link

Post by **HenryJ** » Wed May 07, 2003 5:11 pm

Access forbidden

If it is the 1988 T.case shield or front w/o oil door , I'd say NO.

christian · Post by **christian** » Wed May 07, 2003 5:26 pm

it's the transfer case plate ....damn it looks pretty much like the one i saw in the links for our trucks....except that it's black....lol well i'll see tomorrow. After Work i'm bringing out my tools and going to a scrap yard to see if i can't find any plates....i'll probably only find old version s10(82-93) At least i'll try fitting there plates on my truck;) my brother is a welder so i know where i'll be heading if a can't make them fit myself;)...lol And i'll have to buy the front skid plate because of the damn access door for the oil filter

Unless i order the skid plate package...but it's all composite right

i don't know if it would be worth it...my mind would be more at ease with metal skid plate under the truck than composite ones....

AZS10Crew · Post by **AZS10Crew** » Wed May 07, 2003 9:22 pm

I know for a fact that if you use the front shield part # from the mod info page you'll get an aluminum front shield...that's what I got anyway. The oil pan shield was composite though.

I'd bet the farm on an aluminum front shield coming with the package too.

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Wed May 07, 2003 9:25 pm

AZS10Crew wrote:I know for a fact that if you use the front shield part # from the mod info page you'll get an aluminum front shield...that's what I got anyway. The oil pan shield was composite though.

I'd bet the farm on an aluminum front shield coming with the package too.

hang on their cowboy

dont bet the farm yet.

i got the aluminum one too with the same part number from gmparts.com

but john in dallas orderd from the dealer the same part number and got composite, he sent it back and they tried again but got composite.

all s-10's front shields after 98 are all composite. no aluminum shields were stock after 1998

AZS10Crew · Post by **AZS10Crew** » Wed May 07, 2003 9:28 pm

Weird...that's what you get for ordering from the dealership I guess.

TNC · Post by **TNC** » Sat May 10, 2003 9:03 pm

christian wrote:

Do you guys think this would fit???it's from an 88 4Wd S10 Blazer

NO that one will not work! It's 18 3/4 from the tranny bolts to the other mounting bolts and the inddedon't line up. Mark (AZS10CREW) and I found several of them around the PHX area and they are a no go... Well I guess you could get them to fit with enough beating and cutting

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