P1000 Pioneer 1000 floor and firewall protection

[jak9922]

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

on the p5 its much easier to form a solid piece lol to do that on the 1k is impossible

 

[Admin]

 

[tbaker]

I was thinking about just buying another floor board and fire wall combo and trimming it up some so it would fit real good and just mounting it to the factory floor board/fire wall and maybe put some spray on bed liner between the pieces. the Honda deal said the floor board/fire wall piece just cost about 70 dollars.

 

[Delton]

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

Carbon fiber would explode in splinters on impact I bet.

 

[Delton]

I got a bunch of 1/8" aluminum I plan on piecing together and welding similar to Snuff's. Just be time consuming which I don't have any of here lately.

 

[jak9922]

Carbon fiber would explode in splinters on impact I bet.

i would think still has to be stronger then the weak factory plastic??? even if its enough to deflect it.. let be honest unless it 1/4 steel maybe if you have a big enough "log" hit the floor with the speed and weight of the 1k its going to come through i was very very lucky once and a tree thrown up from a maverick i was following shot up through my a arms hit my right foot pushed it up to my chest and it stopped the machine when it hit the motor if it went above the a arm i wouldnt be here now but even a 1/4 alu plate wouldn't have stopped it

 

[jak9922]

with something like this we are looking for deflection not stopping power

 

[Delton]

i would think still has to be stronger then the weak factory plastic??? even if its enough to deflect it.. let be honest unless it 1/4 steel maybe if you have a big enough "log" hit the floor with the speed and weight of the 1k its going to come through i was very very lucky once and a tree thrown up from a maverick i was following shot up through my a arms hit my right foot pushed it up to my chest and it stopped the machine when it hit the motor if it went above the a arm i wouldnt be here now but even a 1/4 alu plate wouldn't have stopped it

Oh yeah definitely better than stock. I wasn't dissing your suggestion. I'm just going off of seeing how it does on tv. In slow motion it looks like an explosion lol. But is the coolest looking material on the planet. I'd KILL for a CF dash on mine

 

[joeymt33]

Is going to take one hell of a hit to puncture quarter inch UHMW. It has already deflected a lot of sticks which made a lot of noise and none pushed through yet.



Looks like crap but its usually covered in mud anyway. I've yet to have anyone come up and notice it so it must not be that bad

 

[Delton]

Is going to take one hell of a hit to puncture quarter inch UHMW. It has already deflected a lot of sticks which made a lot of noise and none pushed through yet.

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Looks like crap but its usually covered in mud anyway. I've yet to have anyone come up and notice it so it must not be that bad

Function over form buddy. That's how we roll

 

[Delton]

I wasn't that worried about it til @snuffnwhisky posted those shock videos. The amount of sticks and the sheer force of the impacts was jaw dropping. I use what I got so guess aluminum is gonna be it. Got some 18ga sheet metal that'd be a breeze to weld up but worried about how tough it'd be.

 

[JTW]

I wasn't that worried about it til @snuffnwhisky posted those shock videos. The amount of sticks and the sheer force of the impacts was jaw dropping. I use what I got so guess aluminum is gonna be it. Got some 18ga sheet metal that'd be a breeze to weld up but worried about how tough it'd be.

I know a guy with a bunch of road signs that would be perfect..

 

[Delton]

I know a guy with a bunch of road signs that would be perfect..

Yeah those are very tough. Great idea!

 

[jak9922]

I know a guy with a bunch of road signs that would be perfect..

look like a ratrod floor would look pretty cool