Also inquired about a possible bellyskid to protect the t-case.

I built on off of the stock cross member.  With the 31" tires, 4.24 t-case and lockers, I twisted the crossmember.  I straightened it, reinforced it, and built a t-case skid off of that.

OK, so far I have had only TWO .....YES that's only 2 .... people send in payment for the 1999 on up Vitara/Tracker, GV front skid plates.    After all the interest only two people want them 


Does this mean the Tracker guys are even CHEAPER than the Samurai guys? LOL!


Sean (A little disappointed...) DeVinney

Sorry Sean, I got tired of waiting and had a local machine shop make one.

So what happens now?  I guess now we wait for 3 more people to show up?  I already sent down my payment on Oct 2nd, now it's in limbo...    :'(

I'll post pics when mine's on.  See if I can help you move some more of the these.  Make sure to post some good wheeling pics from this weekend.

Haven't heard anything since last thursday Sean, any news?

Well the wait is over here are some pics of the skid on my '02 Grand Vitara!

Definitely a little more substantial than the stock piece that hardly anyone has anyway.  Mine didn't make it yet this week, but it had to come cross country.  Can't wait to put it on and scrape it up. 

blacktrack99 and fgials, did you receive emails saying your skidplates have been shipped?  Or, fgials, did yours just arrive out of the blue?  I'm just wondering because I haven't personally received any email about my skidplate at all, wether or not it has been shipped already etc.  Only what Sean has posted on here is all I've heard since I mailed down the cheque.

Otherwise I can't wait.   


James

FGIALS won his at the Fall ZUWHARRIE trail ride and Suzuki/Geo Event last weekend which is where I chose to debut the new 1999 on up skid plates. I did not send out any E-mails regarding each individual shipment and as of today all orders that have been paid for have been shipped......so the wait is almost over!


Sean DeVinney
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looks good.  a belly skid from the back of the front skid up to the tcase would be great, i have a cross member under there that bent pretty badly, way to close to the driveshaft from the tcase to front diff... belly and tank skids - where are you!?!?!?!?!!!!

Nice i will be ordering one up next month

looks good.  a belly skid from the back of the front skid up to the tcase would be great, i have a cross member under there that bent pretty badly, way to close to the driveshaft from the tcase to front diff... belly and tank skids - where are you!?!?!?!?!!!!

Well, lets see....I promised to produce the front skid plates IF ten (10) people promised to buy them, then after five (5) promised to do so I said I would produce them if five (5) people pre-ordered. Only three (3)people pre-ordered and paid for the items as promised and I went ahead and produced the skid plates anyway. So do I really want to make a belly skid or a gas tank skid for such a fickle group of people?   Well, yes, I actually do...but I will not produce any gas tank skids without prepayment of at least five (5) people. So in conclusion, you guys can get together a group buy and I will make them.

Sean (Working with the Suzuki Community to build better Zuk's!) DeVinney