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Bearmach & D3 underbody protection
Bearmach are advertising underbody protection for a D3 on the back of the last LRO. They have no details of it on their website (that I can find), anyone have any more info??
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Tried that, might have to go into Cardiff to have a look.
2nd Jan 2007 2:25 pm
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think the catalogue is disappointing!
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2nd Jan 2007 7:42 pm
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Just got some more derails from the Cardiff Bearmach branch. They are just out so folks there are a bit in the dark but below is a couple of pics of what they have:
There is also a kit to protect the bumper and one for the radiator. How they fit & where, I've no idea but they are supposed to be fitted with no cutting of bumper (though guy that showed me thinks that there might need some) The above pics are the "underbody kit" at £240 + VAT, again supposed to be no drilling. Look like 4 - 5mm aluminium, fixing kits have not been sorted out yet. No sign of the ones that are on the back page of LRO showing sill protection plates (or what look like that), time will tell!
10th Jan 2007 9:05 pm
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Pity it's only 4 or 5 mm - completely useless might as well use baking foil and chewing gum make it out of 8mm and stick another £100 - £150 to on the price and it'd be decent kit
10th Jan 2007 9:13 pm
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10forcash wrote:
... make it out of 8mm and stick another £100 - £150 to on the price and it'd be decent kit
How much extra weight would this add?D3 HSE V8...
10th Jan 2007 9:18 pm
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That was from me just looking at it & thinking after I left "How thick was that???" Doh!
It does not seem as thick as the Mantec plate though. I'll be passing again next week so will drop in with my trusty ruler & see what the real thickness is.
PS I moved them around to take the pics & they were not that heavy.
10th Jan 2007 9:18 pm
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looking at the photo's I think your guess is pretty much spot-on
no idea on the weight difference between 8mm and 5mm - a quick google didn't give me any leads either, guess RLD is the one to answer that
10th Jan 2007 9:23 pm
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8mm ally is about 21.7kg per square metre ....according to my calculations...but I was converting from imperial to metric so cut me some slack if I cocked up somewhere
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10th Jan 2007 9:47 pm
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If i were a picky sort of person i'd probably step in at this point and say that it all depends on which alloy of aluminium is being used, but i'm not that sort of person so wont even mention it D3 TDV8 HSE on order, Should Arrive 2017. If i'm lucky.
10th Jan 2007 9:54 pm
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There are different grades of ally. The stronger it is the less bendable it is.
Two options
1 Use thicker weaker bendy ally to form the shapes required to make things like under body protection. Cheap
2 Use the stronger stiffer ally and end up cutting it into the forms required and weld it into the shapes required. ExpensiveIn the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
10th Jan 2007 11:45 pm
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The Mantec Plates are presumably the latter (judging only by some of the pics in galleries?)Bodsys Brake Bible
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10th Jan 2007 11:51 pm
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Bodsy wrote:
The Mantec Plates are presumably the latter (judging only by some of the pics in galleries?)
No because the stronger stiffer ally will not bend at all it will just crack. So production costs are a lot higher. Cut then weld rather than simply bend. There is nothing wrong with using the softer bendy stuff then welding up the weak bits, it keeps production costs down but material costs are higher as the bendy stuff cost more Hope that made sense In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
11th Jan 2007 12:16 am
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yup, clear as a clear thing in a see through bag...
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might as well use baking foil and chewing gum 
