P1000 Pioneer 1000 floor and firewall protection

[500]

I will also implement some form of this.
You can def tell these machines are heavier than most other side by sides. Weight coming down with stick/log sticking up would push it right through floor board. I came down on a boulder Saturday and the weight of the P1K5 bent the lateral frame rail on the driver's side about where the center of the door is. I was a tad surprised to see that bend so easily. Getting those belly skids sooner than later now.

 

[Admin]

 

[Madore128]

I will also implement some form of this.
You can def tell these machines are heavier than most other side by sides. Weight coming down with stick/log sticking up would push it right through floor board. I came down on a boulder Saturday and the weight of the P1K5 bent the lateral frame rail on the driver's side about where the center of the door is. I was a tad surprised to see that bend so easily. Getting those belly skids sooner than later now.

Need some rock rails that I fab up!!!!!

 

[500]

Need some rock rails that I fab up!!!!!

Cool. Send a pic. How they mount?

 

[BIGRACK]

Cool. Send a pic. How they mount?

I made mine also they are in Post your homemade mods section. They have been very useful.

 

[Stauvo]

Regarding the waffel plate in wheel wel. I still wonder about injecting that black rubber adhesive they use to glue on car windows, sgueegy it with a plaster knife, then glue armor plate to it.

 

[joeymt33]

I painted it so I don't have to look at the shiny screws. It's a little redneck but I live in AL so this acceptable.

 

[joeymt33]

A patient man would have dabbed some paint only on the screw heads with a paintbrush.

A real patient man would have ordered some black screws from McMaster.

i'll get around to doing that one of these days.

 

[ghost]

Great thread !
Just a good idea that solves a real problem.

 

[Stauvo]

Looks great!

 

[joeymt33]

With all the mud and water that I ride in, that black paint will wear off pretty quickly I'm afraid

 

[Farmer]

With all the mud and water that I ride in, that black paint will wear off pretty quickly I'm afraid

I just found this thread but be careful, that plastic expands and contracts a lot it might pull at your bolts and break the thinner plastic below. The best thing to do is make the holes larger than your Hardware. At least a quarter inch. I think the plastic comes with specific instructions.

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[joeymt33]

I just found this thread but be careful, that plastic expands and contracts a lot it might pull at your bolts and break the thinner plastic below. The best thing to do is make the holes larger than your Hardware. At least a quarter inch. I think the plastic comes with specific instructions.

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Thanks for the heads up. I know the plastic will get hot from the engine heat and then I will dive off into Creekwater and it could contract.

I do appreciate your input and there may be something there to be careful for. Diving off into Creekwater will be an instant cooldown of that plastic so there does seem to be some merit in your statement.

Also, I have seen my UHMW skid plate grow by about 1/8 of an inch when hot and then shrink back down when ever I washed it off with cold water. I actually measured that difference because I could not get my skid plate to line up until I cooled it back down, then I could bolt it back in place. Yes the difference is that my skid plate is bolted to metal and your concern is the very thin plastic bit this is bolted to.

Thanks

 

[Farmer]

Thanks for the heads up. I know the plastic will get hot from the engine heat and then I will dive off into Creekwater and it could contract.

I do appreciate your input and there may be something there to be careful for. Diving off into Creekwater will be an instant cooldown of that plastic so there does seem to be some merit in your statement.

Also, I have seen my UHMW skid plate grow by about 1/8 of an inch when hot and then shrink back down when ever I washed it off with cold water. I actually measured that difference because I could not get my skid plate to line up until I cooled it back down, then I could bolt it back in place. Yes the difference is that my skid plate is bolted to metal and your concern is the very thin plastic bit this is bolted to.

Thanks

No problem. When I was building those tailgates I went from zero to a hundred and fifty degrees testing and it expanded seven eighths of an inch with quarter inch plastic. Hopefully you should be fine, I don't think you're going to those extremes. Lol!!!

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[joeymt33]

I finally did the other side. It turned out to be just as ugly but it's super strong. There won't be a stick going thru that.

 

[joeymt33]

While doing this I thought about something else, is there a fabric or something more pliable like a fabric or chain mail that can be applied with glue?

 

[knuckledeep]

Fiberglass over the top of it and coat it with bed liner material you could put long steel rivets in with washers on the back side

 

[jak9922]

While doing this I thought about something else, is there a fabric or something more pliable like a fabric or chain mail that can be applied with glue?

how strong is carbon fiber on an impact like a stick or log?? i know its light weight and strong but i wonder how impact resistant it is

 

[joeymt33]

how strong is carbon fiber on an impact like a stick or log?? i know its light weight and strong but i wonder how impact resistant it is

Maybe we need some Kevlar material?

 

[jak9922]

Maybe we need some Kevlar material?

kevlar blend and resin could work ........ glue the pad to the surface cut to shape and then resin while its on and to make a mold put a wax paper behind it so you could pull it off after the resin hardens

 

[trigger]

You may try forming one piece out of 1/8" thick aluminum for each side.. Use spray on bed liner as a finish and secure it with1/4" x 3/4" long carriage bolts using nylock nuts.

Just saw this thread, never saw that suggestion and that's what I ended up doing, thought it was an original idea I had.