Sharing some frustration with other owners out there. I have had enough of scraping the underbelly of my 3.0 TDI Treg when off the black stuff. I will shortly get my VW measured up for underbelly plates (alum). The guy who does this is very good with fabrication and will do most things asked of him. If we can get mine done for reasonable cost I might see if he's interested in doing a kit style pattern for DIY. I'm sure there will be some interest from other owners if at reasonable cost. If it works out, I will post some more info and pics etc.
I saw Kev11e had a skid plate installed by Macquarie 4 by 4 in Sydney, might be worth dropping him a message to compare costs, Porsche offer a steel plate for the cayenne Diesel, wonder if it will fit a Treg?
I think it would be quite amusing if Porsche had a bash plate and snorkle before VW. People often say why would you take an expensive ehicle like the Touareg off road, add 50% for the Porsche!
At a price like $350, I'd be interested in a bashplate, as we do go off road.
I bought a set of plates a couple of weeks ago for my R5. They're not a perfect fit as they were developed on a V6 TDi and apparently do fit on the V10 as well. I think because I have a manual transmission, some of the mounting points are slightly different.
I'm going to measure them up and modify them slightly. Once I'm happy with the fit, I'll send the drawings to whoever's interested and you guys can have your own cut & bent if you'd like.
BTW they're 4mm mild steel, which I think is a bit overkill. They're heavy. 3mm would've been ok.
IMO rock sliders are actually more important than sump/gearbox protection. I went through a relatively rough trail 2 days after fitting the plates. There were only two minor scratches on the plates but I put a serious dent in my RH sill just below the RH rear door.
Hi All,
I recently made an aluminium 3mm bash plate with rolled up nose which I fitted from the small plastic spoiler under the bumper all the way back to the gearbox cross member and spanning from rail to rail. (quite a monster). However after driving up a track with some smallish protruding rocks, what I would call easy/ medium driving we managed to pierce through and severely dent the plate. Of course all the Patrols and Cruisers made it up with no problems. I am now about to build a 6mm Ali plate version and maybe take a little extra time/care while driving.There are limits to touaregs when off road driving.
Typically these plates are heavy, and so regional in supply, but I felt if Porsche were producing an off the shelf part, it belonged in the off road section.
So far one response saying they look like it might be a fit.
I might drop by Porsche Centre in Melbourne this week and have a chat. See how/if they can fit the plate to my R50. IF it's a goer I may bite the bullet. Let you know once I've talked to them.
I've booked in for a measure up mid-August for custom fabrication. I'll keep forum posted once the thing gets going. There may be merit in a DIY kit if the price is right. If the cost is OK, I'll look at full underbelly plating to the rear diff. It will need to be easy to unbolt. Not looking at anything h/duty (ie steel). Alloy plate will serve well so long as the driver does his job at the wheel.
Fellas, that parts breakdown looks to be EXACTLY the same as the plastic parts ex-factory when built (nsamely parts id 10, 11 and 21. Part id 12 is the pissy metal bracket....IT'S ALL CRAP PLASTIC I'M GUESSING. I suspect a metal plate would not be formed as the illustration depicts these parts ; it's too complex. With plastic, easy to mould, but not easy to fabricate in metal for those three pieces. Just my opinion, I may be wrong, but I am thinking I'm correct after seeing the images and will bet my family 'jewels' I am right. Want metal? Please see the US and Aussie threads on metal skid plates. 1/4 alloy plate....hard core!
600 sounds pretty reasonable for that chunk of plate.
Why that particular type of aluminum (just curious)?
Are you still taking orders?
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