Engine Skid Plates or Splash Shields?
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Mountain Pass
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Thorium, I use the quarter car wash, on rinse only, I direct no soap underneath, I don't get close to anything with the wand, my preferences are to hit it with a garden hose and just flush with clear water, you can do some damage with a pressure washer, nothing wrong with a rinse once in a while.
In the rust belt, they are going to corrode, in Arizona, they will look like new at ten years old, in Michigan, especially in wayne county, they grow old quick, I don't care too much what it looks like underneath as long as it's not disintegrating. As far as the rubberized fabric, I think that is to direct air through the radiator and condenser coils, on my 2012, that stuff was starting to tear where the plastic push pins went through it, I have not looked that hard at the 2015, they changed the hood grill arangement and you don't have the access you did in the older trucks.
In the rust belt, they are going to corrode, in Arizona, they will look like new at ten years old, in Michigan, especially in wayne county, they grow old quick, I don't care too much what it looks like underneath as long as it's not disintegrating. As far as the rubberized fabric, I think that is to direct air through the radiator and condenser coils, on my 2012, that stuff was starting to tear where the plastic push pins went through it, I have not looked that hard at the 2015, they changed the hood grill arangement and you don't have the access you did in the older trucks.
I believe we're talking about the same part, it has a single push pin in the front that the fabric has been broken by i guess wind flowing through the front of the truck, mine feels like felt/fabric as opposed to rubberized fabric(perhaps change of year), i poked a new hole further back where there was some more "meat" and got the pin back into the hole to secure it. I will get this to the dealer as to what the heck its for and get them to fix or just get rid of it if its useless.
that they were for the steering. I will follow them to see where they actually go when i get a chance. Cheers.
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Thorium, I don't raise the hood, I don't mind a little dust on the engine or in the engine compartment, but I will use a garden hose once in the while, power wash from the underside but not directing it, too many electronic doodads that are water sensitive, my objective is to get the salt off!
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We carry a 3 piece skid plate set up. Up here in Canada we have seen many of the felt liner engine covers fall off due to snow or mud build up. This is a great set up, i'll try to see if i have a installed picture. Here's a link:
https://www.truckhardware.ca/products/792
https://www.truckhardware.ca/products/792
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Mountain Pass
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We carry a 3 piece skid plate set up. Up here in Canada we have seen many of the felt liner engine covers fall off due to snow or mud build up. This is a great set up, i'll try to see if i have a installed picture. Here's a link:
https://www.truckhardware.ca/products/792
https://www.truckhardware.ca/products/792
Im just glad i can post again, ive been locked out of this site for some reason, i reported this problem to to the main site with no remedy and could not report to any mod due to some kind of problem, i have no idea what was or what went wrong. Glad to be back with Yah'll.
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