so to get back to the main topic i decided to make skid plates myself + help of others with welding few things for me,
i bought 4mm thick steel plate 2x1 meters, i wanted to get aluminum but it was 5 times more expansive
hare are some photos that show how simple it is to make good skid plates on touare as the hole belly is straight and only 1 place it needs to be bent and shaped.
front plates are in 2 peaces as the are heavy as hell LOL, + i made protection for rear diff as well,
after i fitted them i went to that off road trip and OMG I'm so glad and so lucky i fut them on cause i would have smashed my rear diff and front oil pan as well 100% ill post some photos of the damage on them after the trip

 

here are some photos after the trip
its 4mm thick but its scared and bent few places so lucky it took the bashing and car was not damaged at all

 

so my skid plates cover front engine area + all the way transmission and transfer case, also separately rear diff, the only thing is not protected is the fuel tanks on both sides but im planing to protect them too, after successfully completing the trip and everyone was so surprised what TOUAREG can really do and how capable these cars are i took them off, washed them, sandblasted them in my shop, and took them for powder coating, and thay look much nicer now, i need to wash under body of my touareg as it has lot of mud all aver it and than im gonna put them on and share with you guys

 

Nicely done!

 

thanks mate

 

These are great! I need a set

 

thanks buddy,
today i washed under body of my beast, huge amount of mud came down i was not expecting that much, and then i finally put my steel protection back on and here it is..... this is final product and i love it its ready for bashing and scratching with rocks

 

nice skid plates,
What kind of hardware did you use to mount the plates?

 

there are holes on the subframe, we did not make any new ones, we took this kind of nuts and put through those holes and welded around them so it stays plat and its not poking out, so when you will have 4mm plate you only have 4mm less loss of clearance and you have to make holes on plate for bolts thats it, very easy

 

I dunno. Even though this is very nice work, I have to express some doubts.

When the Germans engineers computed the specs for the plastic cover, they figured it would take at least two dozen bolts to attach the plastic cover to the bottom of the Touareg and for that cover to withstand the effects of Gravity.

By the German Engineering Standards, you should have used at least four dozen bolts to hold your plate on!

(Running, laughing, and ducking for cover all at the same time)

 

LOL in total there are 6 big bolts holding front and middle plates and 3 are holding rear plate and you can put jack in any place and jack hole front or back with no issues

 

Resurrecting old post but how much was the steel plate cost vs the aluminum.