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  1. #1 Plastic for skid plates? 
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    I plan to cover my belly skid and wisbone rear skid with the plastic "cutting board" stuff that the Competetion buggies use on the boatsides and bellies. I dont know exactly what it is called... and I have no Idea where to buy sheets of it! anybody know?

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    Oh. I found it. UHMW (ultra high molecular weight) found a place local to me that sells sheets. Sweet.
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    How much does a sheet of that stuff run?
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    not horrible, if you shop around. for example.

    Sheet 24" x 48" 1/8" Thick=$36.19


    http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...oduct_id=10214
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    Ummmmmmmmmmmmm 1/8"?

    Try again. There are guys with rigs a lot lighter than yours cracking 1/2" UHMW. If you plan to run it unsupported, I'd go somewhere between 1/2" and 1". If you plan to just attach it to 1/4" plate for ease of sliding, then 1/8" might be OK.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ATL ZJ View Post
    Ummmmmmmmmmmmm 1/8"?

    If you plan to just attach it to 1/4" plate for ease of sliding, then 1/8" might be OK.
    I did say I was planning on covering my existing skid plate with this. The skid is 3/16 and I will most likely use 3/16 or 1/4 UHMW. I would never plan on using it unsupported.
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    you should still go thicker then 1/8 even if it is completly supported. i have broken 3/8 before and it was screwed to plate. spend more now, save more later.
    If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fortCollinsZJ View Post
    not horrible, if you shop around. for example.

    Sheet 24" x 48" 1/8" Thick=$36.19


    http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...oduct_id=10214
    thanks for posting this i have been wanting to know what it was .i thought it was ptfe and the price is stupid for that crap.

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