Did you look at the plans???
They state
2000+ Dakota (2004 is certainly past 2000.....)
And also says.. Front / Transfer case. (there is your answer too...)
The plans call for 1/4" but why couldn't 3/16" or 11ga be used? 11ga
would be too small in my mind for a proper skid plate.
Aluminum would defeat the purpose in my mind. It would have to be thicker
than 1/4" to do the job effectively. It would tear easier than Steel.
Unless you went with Aluminum that was treated for extra strength and
that would probably make the cost out of the ballbark.
What is to stop you from getting out a tape measure and some cardboard,
cutting it out and seeing if they will fit?. If they don't then you can
see what adjustments need to be made to get them to work.
If they do, then you have a nice template to take to a fab shop to
get them made.
The answers are there, just depends upon how motivated you are towards
getting them.
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Kyle Kozubal wrote:
>
> Also, is this link for the tcase and what else? It looks like some sort of
> front diff skid plate maybe?
>
> It looks like it says to use 1/4" thick material.
>
> Would 1/4" aluminum work or should it be steel?
>
>
>> From: moliver@kota.mmoliver.org
>> Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>> Subject: Re: DML: Dakota Skid Plates
>> Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 10:32:03 -0400 (EDT)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I've not used them but you could probably get a local fab shop to make a
>> set.
>>
>> http://www.mmoliver.org/dakotaskidplateplans.pdf
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, andy levy wrote:
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>>>> What skid plates are available for my '04 Dakota 4x4?
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>>> I think I had them from the factory on my '03. As the dealer parts
>>> counter. Never saw any aftermarket ones.
>>>
>>> - --
>>> - -andy
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>> --
>> Miles D. Oliver
>> www.mmoliver.org
>> _________________
>> "If a man speaks in the woods where there is no woman to hear him, is he
>> still wrong? Probably."
>>
>> "If a woman speaks in the forest with no man near to hear her, is she
>> still complaining? Of course."
>>
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-- Miles D. Oliver www.mmoliver.org _________________ "If a man speaks in the woods where there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong? Probably.""If a woman speaks in the forest with no man near to hear her, is she still complaining? Of course."
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