i love how zach doesn't try hard to be entertaining and funny, just simply be himself and give us the content and knowledge that we actually needed. moneypit should be twice a week over other stuff.
What with the number 69 on the side that would probably be great considering someone allready drew it in the dust I think it's on the back I guess it would be rude not to I guess aslo imagine on a rally stage you overtake because someone makes a mistake it's a donut car you just have donut for a livery it's a multipurpose livery to show donut as a livery and to call people behind you a donut it works with an unknown meaning but it cant get banned as it's the name of the people who made it well who they work for
PRO TIP: add an access hole to get to your drain plug, maybe two if you need another for the oil filter that way you aren’t removing the whole thing every time.
PRO TIP: make the skid plate bolt on so that it is removable, solving this problem and letting them remove it to clear out debris from their offroading adventures at the same time. Oh wait...
I forget which car but someone made a plastic skid plate with no access hole and ~18 bolts to remove. Fuck I hated that when I was an apprentice, telling the boss "hey, I am going to need way longer to finish this oil change, I have to try to make this fucking skid plate line up in like 18 different places.
He would just need the one for the drain, since the oil filter is on top. I think that is how it is for this generation BMW. What I would do is put to threaded inserts and make a slightly larger access hole so when you do drain the oil it doesn’t splash onto your skid plate
Not to mention, you gotta buy all those tools and fill up the whole garage. Worth the buy if you use the tools regularly. I'm a slouch, so just buy and pay someone for it one time.
get a shit cheap car, a welder and some tools. go to the scrap yard and rip bits off other cars and do all the work yourself. reasearch up to fuck so you don't kill yourself and there you go, all the fun on a budget.
For the exposed bolts you should look into getting rally washers. They are washers that have a flange designed to help a rock slide over the bolt and not shear it.
@@engineerisengihere44 loctite won’t protect the head from shearing off stoopid ass😆 counterskining could work but would weaken the hole and countersunk bolts aren’t as strong
The plates turned out nice! I think you forgot major things though when it comes to protection from rocks. One are wheel scrapers to kick out any rocks from the inside of the wheels. Without them, over long distances, the rocks can turn your 1 piece rims into 2 piece. The other is foam underneath the oil pan. While the skid plates do protect it well, if a rock manages to get nudged between the skid plate and oil pan, it'll become a focus point for any forces that hit the skid plate in that area. In that case, it'd actually be better to not have the skid plate. Much like how sand on a beach can make its way into a house, pebbles and small rocks can weasel their way above the skid plate.
I'd add actual rally skid plates have additional reinforcements and mounting points over them, that are supposed to transfer energy if you hit the ground during landing a jump or hitting a really big rock.
8:32 Not to grumble but I'd recommend a deformable material for the extension struts, as a hard bump there is transferring the force to the rail above. That could be game over.
I think Jobe himself already knows most of what you guys are talking about and maybe even was thinking about filming it, but the goal is to make easy to understand content that's accessible to complete newbies, which obviously hinders his ability to go fully in depth on all the options and possibilities, but oddly enough he has done so in the past on the miata build ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I thought they were gonna just take the strip of steel and bend it at a 90 or so at each end with a single hole in it. I think that would be enough and it would surely bend first before it bent the frame. No welding required for that too.
Make sure to watch your temp gauge. Adding a skid plate can block air flow exiting from your cooling system causing an over temp issue. Might add some vents to rectify that potential issue.
@@lesterparker1594 as far as my research has gone, those links lead to those too-good-to-be-true secks dating sites. i guess they wanna increase the traffic on their websites via coomers checking in, or steal their data
I just had my whole steam account stolen and nothing can be done about it lost all of my games (over $300) but being able to watch money pit made me feel better thank you
Try contacting steam support directly, it may take a while, but if you can prove it's your account you should be able to get it back. (My friend had his stolen about a year ago)
For large cuts of aluminum sheets use a circular saw with a metal blade, I was taught by a 10 year vet of aluminum welding and by far the more easier and cost effective way for cutting the material
@@Yoshikaable it really is as I was once in there spot with cutting aluminum and went through a ton of cutting disc's, jig saw and Sawzall blades. Then at my friend's business he cut large amounts of with just the circular saw and doesn't kill the blades.
@@brandonsojka6726 metal blade means a blade meant for cutting metal as opposed to a blade for wood. The cutting teeth profile and counts are different
As a tip, when working with CAD (Cardboard Aided Design), when you want to mark out attachment locations. Tape a thumb tack where you want to put your bolt holes. Then when you push the cardboard up it will leave a hole in it. Then you can remove the tack, and use your punch through the hole in the cardboard. This can save you a little time, and/or swiss cheesed cardboard.
You dont want a skidplate flush with the oil pan, there is no room for flex from an impact. Stand it off a bit but also dont forget to add foam between the skid plate and the oil pan. If a rock gets between and you bump something its and instant hole the same as if you flush mounted it.
What type of foam could withstand the heat of the oil pan while actually being dense enough to absorb impact? Not sure that is needed. The important part of the skid plate is to prevent an upcoming rock from going above the level of the oil pan and crashing into the front of the oil pan. Instead, the plate makes the dangers pass below the oil pan and glance off.
@@Con2D2 That's sound insulation foam. It would be worthless against an impact. I don't think there are any materials a home mechanic could get their hands on that would work in this application. Have you seen anyone who actually did this? (I'm open to being wrong here)
@Greg Wilson If I understand correctly, the foam would just be to take up the space between the skid plate and the oil pan and make sure no rocks get lodged in there. It wouldn't need to be impact resistant :)
You need to add some redundant fasteners to the skid plate so that if you do sheer some off the plate won't dangle down. If it dangles, you risk major damage if the dangling part hits the next rock and the plate starts getting bent into very bad shapes.
We fitted our rally car with some steel cable welded on with like a mm of slack, and bolts on the other end, It saved our ass in the Auckland Rally, Still managed 2nd after smashing a bank as didn't fall off.
Instead of going through the effort of sinking the screw heads in or building guards for them you could also just get some round headed screws with a hex or torx key.
Is it just me or does it feel like Jobe said they were gonna go to the desert “next episode” without actually going to the desert for a few episodes in a row now?😅
Ngl, I gained a lot of respect for ebay motors after they started sponsoring Donut/Money Pit. I feel like they “get it.” At the very least, their sales team gets it!
You should recess your bolts! in order for something to shear the plate through the bolt, the shear area is the circumference of the bolt head times the thickness of the plate. When you recess your bolt, you are usually using wider heads so it makes the whole thing stronger too. Something like a flat head bolt with a shallow chamfer angle (standard is 82 deg) will really help.
Came here to say a stupider version of this. Not much will "skid" past those bolt heads on that plate, they'll catch and may tear the whole thing out if it happens to enough of them.
Thumbs up for the Final Fantasy reference with a car video! Edit: I should more importantly say, since I didn't see anyone else say it, save the cardboard outlines! The whole point of skid plates is they're cheaper to replace than the component parts you would be damaging. Having to go through the trouble of cutting new cardboard and then aligning the already existing bolt placement would detract from the full use. Great video, love the direction the Beemer is going!
Hey Zach, Anthony, great job. Way to take a necessary action competently! Quick tip from a machinist, if you'd like your blade to gum up less increase the speed. I got the idea that that's not possible with the machine you were using. Btw you two have some great energy together on screen. Some good comedic interaction, you obviously work well together, I'd like to see more of it. Thanks!
@@julianhernandez9351 ... Honestly man who do you think you are??? Out here, on the internet, ordering people to "fix their comment" and "get rid of the other reply". You remind me of the Dbag boss from Office Space
Made a skid plate for my low WRX out of an old stop sign I got off eBay for $20. Works great, didn't need to cut anything but did bend front . Attached w rivnuts.
HUGE THANKS TO THE NEW SEASON OF MONEY PIT FROM ME IN RIVERSIDE SOCAL! Zach we luv you and the donut crew! Thanks to you guys I've been giving it the beans to everything in my life not just hauling ass down the street. I was pretty depressed for a while and didnt really want to do anything I've been watching ur vids for a long time and now I look forward to getting out and learning new things not only automotive. Life's turned around. It's pretty fucken amazing what you donut holes do over there keep it up man courageous brah 4 Real 4L 🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩💥😘
Also if you haven't added a Short Shifter look into the Z4M lever. Add a slight bend and it'll fit perfectly. Cheap oem short shifter. Add the UUC DSSR as well.
Agreed! I built the skidplate for my M3 similar and it is reinforced by the X-brace. My skidplate has 2 hooks on the back of it that hook onto the rear tube of the X-brace, then it gets attached to a brace I welded up in the front. The front brace is triangulated, mounts to the frame at the bumper mounting points, then back to the anti-sway bar mounts. Also, the front of the skid plate should extend beyond the leading edge of the lower edge of the bumper and get bent up about 30 degrees. Mine is also mounted with some 1/4” pins with the spring-loops around them, very secure but the plate can be removed in seconds.
@@NotSean269 not really since it also gives extra protection to the oil pan area in the event the skid plate breaks off. I always say extra precaution are better than minimal. I had an e36 before so I know from experience.
Little tip for the oil pan plate. Put foam on the plate between the pan and plate. It'll keep rocks from getting caught and potentially punching a hole if it gets hit.
4:50 Drilling holes in the cardboard and transferring them to the frame was a pointless exercise. Fab the aluminum, clamp it to the car, and then drill all your holes in one shot. Also, you should have used flat head cap screws and drilled tapered holes in the skid plate so that the heads of the bolts don't get knocked off. Otherwise, a pretty solid project overall.
Easier to line up the holes with the foldy-bendy cardboard rather than having to guess or actually measure where the holes would have to go with the aluminum plate in your way. Good point regarding the screws tho. Fact is, it ain't too late to fix that.
@@JunKus3R You don't have to guess or measure anything. The frame members around the perimeter are easy to see and you can draw lines with a straight edge across the skid plate from the ends to determine where in the middle you want to drill. The issue with using the cardboard is that your holes will not line up because a sloppy hole in the cardboard will not transfer nicely to the frame and to the skid plate. They likely had to enlarge the size of the holes in the skid plate off camera in order to get the bolts to line up with the riv-nuts.
@@SuzukiKid400 Mix of both would be easiest. Mark where you want the holes on the cardboard, transfer with marker to the skid plate after it's cut, clamp in place, drill through. No guessing, no measuring, no misalignment.
When cutting aluminum, alcohol-based cooling works best because it prevents the blades from gum up. We used hand disinfection with alcohol when we were doing a lot of aluminum.
I was working on Fabia S2000 and lightest base skidplate was from 5mm aluminium with reinforcements. And was intended for road use only. For Offroad use va are talking about about thicker aluminium or steel. There are three skidplates on Fabia. Front, midle and back. And with combination of variants of skidplates you can add a lot of weight to balance car for example on jumps. Difference between lightest and hevies combination of skidplates is over 200kg.
Hey guys your content is amazing and coming from someone who does a lot of aluminum fabrication cutting aluminum works best when you can use a cut off wheel but before you go straight at it cut into some wax like candle wax or something like that it’ll keep the blade from gumming like that and stop every 45-60 seconds for more wax it’ll cut way smother you’ll thank me later keep up the great work guys 👍
Nitpick, UHMW just means ultra-high molecular weight! It's a designation used for polymers when they are polymerized in very long chains, and has different material properties from the same polymer if the chains were shorter! That said, it's probably polyethylene, UHMWPE is a super common engineered material. Great vid guys!
When cutting aluminum, lube the blade with bar soap, cut fast. Aluminum cutting sheds heat through the chips, so you want to get rid of them fast. If they hang around that's when they gum up.
Have you considered using the right blade for aluminum? It takes something special to have a full shop with every tool and continue to do one hack job after the other. Amazing.
Another tip: use a piece of foam in between the skid pan (glued to the skid pan) and the oil sump. Rocks have a tendency to get lodged in there and when you hit the next rock or bump that dents the skid pan, it pushes a hole in the sump.
The sheet is gonna rattle like crazy, so adding silicone caulking in between the panels and the frame has reduced rattling on cars and karts I’ve worked on. Just a thought if it is unnecessarily loud.
For aluminium next time you can use bi metal blades (for wood with nails) the teeth on the blad are more spaced out but still hard enough to cut metal with it. works like a charm 👌
I’m making a skid plate for my XC70 this week. Got 5 road signs and a hydraulic press and some pipe to make recesses for the bolt heads. Using flush mounting hardware. Lucky for me Volvo’s are pretty flat on the bottom. My suggestion would be to use a press and a torch heat up the spots where the hardware is and use the press with a ring on the other side to make recesses for the bolts and use large diameter flanged button top hardware with torx head or if you weld backer material at each bolt you could countersink the holes and use a flared flange bolt which would give you a nice smooth skid plate. What to you did will work but I’ve seen how you all drive at the donut and this is going to be problematic at your first oil change. PS I’m a former SCCA and Street racer and have worked as a power-sports tech for over 19 years so I kinda know my stuff and have seen some pretty crazy stuff happen over the years, including skid plates causing more damage than if no plate was used at all.
Curious observation and question......when you transferred to the metal from cardboard why did you use the "bottom half" leaving a funky top shape left over and not much sides, as opposed to starting at the top and having essentially 3 rectangles left over.......always good to have useable scrap right????
I got a Rennline 3/16" aluminum skid plate off ECS for my Mk5 Rabbit. ECS made a mistake and had it listed for $99 and I ordered before they fixed it back to it's original like $300. Looking back I'd still buy it even at full price because it has a few witness marks from when I bottomed out. But even better that I paid like less than half for the thing shipped!
im glad you mentioned the bolt heads on the skid plate really need to get pan head bots and sounter sinks those bad boys because eventually your going to break one off
The coolest mods are the ones that keep the car running long enough to have some dang FUN with it! Skid plates are definitely in that category when there's rocks and stuff
Not gonna read the 1,400 comments - Zach: use countersunk screws in the thread pitch of your rivnuts! I had a coworker use those for his tarmac mkIII’s under tray. Just a diff bit and hitting the existing holes - no fab or recessing necessary. Love money pit!
I use that milwaukee jig saw all the time, thing rips. Also when it comes to metal blades and all jig saw blades the tooth per inch (tpi) makes a huge difference. There are different thicknesses and aggressive levels to the teeth too. A lot to consider but definitely having the right tool for the job is money....pit
You guys could use a piece of plastic as a kind of two tier skid plate, the plastic being an ablative layer. You could honestly use zip ties to attach the plastic and leave a slight gap between the plastic and aluminum. Therefore it would be harder for sharp rocks to either break your mounting hardware or puncture the aluminum.
If you want efficient, try an OMAX Abrasive Waterjet. There will be no gumming, and you will have a very precise cut. You won't even need to deburr the material. If your shop doesn't have one, there are plenty companies that do. Spread some love with those companies! They will be happy to help you out.
A jigsaw is OK for aluminum plate, especially if you need detail, but for long cuts you'll cut much faster -- and straighter -- by using a circular saw with a low-tooth cheap blade, like the blade that came with your saw. It's so much easier to keep your cut straight, and for real the rip cut MOVES material. For cuts like you're making here, don't hesitate to use a table saw.
i love how zach doesn't try hard to be entertaining and funny, just simply be himself and give us the content and knowledge that we actually needed. moneypit should be twice a week over other stuff.
Moneypit and hi-low are gold
it'll be really hard to do considering shipping and modifying need a lot of time.
@@audimalvin5763 and, hence it’s name, it’s expensive
@@5cupsofcoffee104 I don't think price would effect schedule that much
He’s funny but yeah I like how he’s straight forward and to the point
Nolan and Aaron: "We just don't have time to make a skid plate."
Zach: "Hold my hair..."
LMFAO YESSS
@@Dakingred dude, as someone who's rolled his luxurious locks in a creeper wheel more than once, I literally feel his pain. 🤣
Let's hope he never cuts that hair!
I really hope they do a Donut livery for this later, it'd look sick with a yellow and black rally style wrap
defenitly Donut livery, great idea Rat
Don't do it, don't get my hopes up
A wing. It needs a wing!
What with the number 69 on the side that would probably be great considering someone allready drew it in the dust I think it's on the back I guess it would be rude not to I guess aslo imagine on a rally stage you overtake because someone makes a mistake it's a donut car you just have donut for a livery it's a multipurpose livery to show donut as a livery and to call people behind you a donut it works with an unknown meaning but it cant get banned as it's the name of the people who made it well who they work for
With some subtle pink features!
Zach Jobe: * Explains the process to install a skid plate *
Me: * Just staring back into those blue eyes * Uh huh, yeah
he installed a skid plate?
@@ac130yap 🤣🤣
hes so dreamy tbh
Gay?
@@felixweimann5846 im a chair
Remember kids, Dwayne is headed straight for your oil pans.
I'd buy a donut brand Dwayne rock. Combo pet and paper weight.
@@jaydub8576 I need to make a little sticker sheet with a bunch of little copies of his face to put over any rock chips on my hood.
Dwayne vs One Grit, who's the better rock...?
you mean the wok
@Brandon Fischer omg bro 🤣😅
PRO TIP: add an access hole to get to your drain plug, maybe two if you need another for the oil filter that way you aren’t removing the whole thing every time.
You need to get an oil extractor and never touch the oil drain plug again! Its a game changer.
PRO TIP: make the skid plate bolt on so that it is removable, solving this problem and letting them remove it to clear out debris from their offroading adventures at the same time. Oh wait...
This is nothing compared the skid plates on new cars.
I forget which car but someone made a plastic skid plate with no access hole and ~18 bolts to remove. Fuck I hated that when I was an apprentice, telling the boss "hey, I am going to need way longer to finish this oil change, I have to try to make this fucking skid plate line up in like 18 different places.
He would just need the one for the drain, since the oil filter is on top. I think that is how it is for this generation BMW. What I would do is put to threaded inserts and make a slightly larger access hole so when you do drain the oil it doesn’t splash onto your skid plate
Probably will never be able to afford to do all of this myself but man I love watching Zach work on cars!
I have done this... and still couldnt afford it then haha
Aluminum panel isn’t too expensive but I don’t know about all of the tools though.
@@angelgjr1999 Their tools all in all are really expensive (and that is still ignoring all the space and power needed).
Not to mention, you gotta buy all those tools and fill up the whole garage. Worth the buy if you use the tools regularly. I'm a slouch, so just buy and pay someone for it one time.
get a shit cheap car, a welder and some tools. go to the scrap yard and rip bits off other cars and do all the work yourself. reasearch up to fuck so you don't kill yourself and there you go, all the fun on a budget.
For the exposed bolts you should look into getting rally washers. They are washers that have a flange designed to help a rock slide over the bolt and not shear it.
This
This is a good tip
Or just countersink the holes and get matching machine screws
Also use some damn loctite bro.
@@engineerisengihere44 loctite won’t protect the head from shearing off stoopid ass😆 counterskining could work but would weaken the hole and countersunk bolts aren’t as strong
Oh cool, it's actually a skid plate and not an exhaust this time!
i don’t get it
@@DWSF989 If you had notifications on when they did the exhaust video, you would have noticed they had "Skid plate" in the title before they fixed it.
@@AniSky759 ohhhhhh thanks man
Mine center muffler has over 30-50 dents after work with different route to home. Idc if it fell off and wake up neighbor in 3am.
@@technocody9296 what
The plates turned out nice! I think you forgot major things though when it comes to protection from rocks. One are wheel scrapers to kick out any rocks from the inside of the wheels. Without them, over long distances, the rocks can turn your 1 piece rims into 2 piece. The other is foam underneath the oil pan. While the skid plates do protect it well, if a rock manages to get nudged between the skid plate and oil pan, it'll become a focus point for any forces that hit the skid plate in that area. In that case, it'd actually be better to not have the skid plate. Much like how sand on a beach can make its way into a house, pebbles and small rocks can weasel their way above the skid plate.
I'd add actual rally skid plates have additional reinforcements and mounting points over them, that are supposed to transfer energy if you hit the ground during landing a jump or hitting a really big rock.
8:32
Not to grumble but I'd recommend a deformable material for the extension struts, as a hard bump there is transferring the force to the rail above. That could be game over.
Exactly what I thought when I saw that.
Jobe make the version 1.1 ^
Thankfully, without cross braces the strut is more likely to collapse, folding towards the rear if any serious hit happened. But yes I agree
I think Jobe himself already knows most of what you guys are talking about and maybe even was thinking about filming it, but the goal is to make easy to understand content that's accessible to complete newbies, which obviously hinders his ability to go fully in depth on all the options and possibilities, but oddly enough he has done so in the past on the miata build ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I thought they were gonna just take the strip of steel and bend it at a 90 or so at each end with a single hole in it. I think that would be enough and it would surely bend first before it bent the frame. No welding required for that too.
Make sure to watch your temp gauge. Adding a skid plate can block air flow exiting from your cooling system causing an over temp issue. Might add some vents to rectify that potential issue.
Some louvers would be nice. A lot of trucks have plates with louvers already built in.
I can already tell, Dwayne is rocking dude
wow 3 of the same bot in a row! that's new
i agree, he makes my booty tingle
@@CLK944 I don’t understand what these bots are trying to accomplish
@@lesterparker1594
as far as my research has gone, those links lead to those too-good-to-be-true secks dating sites. i guess they wanna increase the traffic on their websites via coomers checking in, or steal their data
@@CLK944 yh
I just had my whole steam account stolen and nothing can be done about it lost all of my games (over $300) but being able to watch money pit made me feel better thank you
Try contacting steam support directly, it may take a while, but if you can prove it's your account you should be able to get it back. (My friend had his stolen about a year ago)
@@sidschaefer2966 thanks
For large cuts of aluminum sheets use a circular saw with a metal blade, I was taught by a 10 year vet of aluminum welding and by far the more easier and cost effective way for cutting the material
A lot of people don't know you can cut aluminum with a circular saw but it's a really great tip.
@@Yoshikaable it really is as I was once in there spot with cutting aluminum and went through a ton of cutting disc's, jig saw and Sawzall blades. Then at my friend's business he cut large amounts of with just the circular saw and doesn't kill the blades.
I’ve had great success using sharks with frickin laser beams
As a posed to circular saws with paper blades
@@brandonsojka6726 metal blade means a blade meant for cutting metal as opposed to a blade for wood. The cutting teeth profile and counts are different
As a tip, when working with CAD (Cardboard Aided Design), when you want to mark out attachment locations. Tape a thumb tack where you want to put your bolt holes. Then when you push the cardboard up it will leave a hole in it. Then you can remove the tack, and use your punch through the hole in the cardboard. This can save you a little time, and/or swiss cheesed cardboard.
Definitely my favorite show on UA-cam or anything else. Thank you for the amazing show Zach!!!
Then you don’t know many shows lol
be dope if they painted the skid plate so when they got back from testing you can see where it was affected the most
Tip I saw on some other YT channel, , they said to use a wood blade when cutting Aluminium as it clogs up less.
I love watching you guys go further and further into rally, overland, and other off road stuff.
You dont want a skidplate flush with the oil pan, there is no room for flex from an impact. Stand it off a bit but also dont forget to add foam between the skid plate and the oil pan. If a rock gets between and you bump something its and instant hole the same as if you flush mounted it.
What type of foam could withstand the heat of the oil pan while actually being dense enough to absorb impact? Not sure that is needed. The important part of the skid plate is to prevent an upcoming rock from going above the level of the oil pan and crashing into the front of the oil pan. Instead, the plate makes the dangers pass below the oil pan and glance off.
The same used on engine covers
@@Con2D2 That's sound insulation foam. It would be worthless against an impact. I don't think there are any materials a home mechanic could get their hands on that would work in this application. Have you seen anyone who actually did this? (I'm open to being wrong here)
@Greg Wilson If I understand correctly, the foam would just be to take up the space between the skid plate and the oil pan and make sure no rocks get lodged in there. It wouldn't need to be impact resistant :)
@@kilgoretrout90210 This is correct.
Honestly, the current Donut Crew is on the same Tier as the OG Top Gear crew. I love the knowledge and content.
Zach and aron,
You need to add some redundant fasteners to the skid plate so that if you do sheer some off the plate won't dangle down. If it dangles, you risk major damage if the dangling part hits the next rock and the plate starts getting bent into very bad shapes.
We fitted our rally car with some steel cable welded on with like a mm of slack, and bolts on the other end, It saved our ass in the Auckland Rally, Still managed 2nd after smashing a bank as didn't fall off.
Instead of going through the effort of sinking the screw heads in or building guards for them you could also just get some round headed screws with a hex or torx key.
Button head bolts are the answer for sure
Yep, using flanged button heads on my motocross bike, cheap and no ripped heads for years. Go for it!
Is it just me or does it feel like Jobe said they were gonna go to the desert “next episode” without actually going to the desert for a few episodes in a row now?😅
Just you.
Lol yeah the desert testing episodes are always so fun, I'm always looking forward to the next one
Hilo did it.
yes fr where’s the hydraulic e brake test
As far as I am informed they usually do Film multiple episodes in a row and then edit them and make them into multiple episodes.
Ngl, I gained a lot of respect for ebay motors after they started sponsoring Donut/Money Pit. I feel like they “get it.” At the very least, their sales team gets it!
You should recess your bolts! in order for something to shear the plate through the bolt, the shear area is the circumference of the bolt head times the thickness of the plate. When you recess your bolt, you are usually using wider heads so it makes the whole thing stronger too. Something like a flat head bolt with a shallow chamfer angle (standard is 82 deg) will really help.
Came here to say a stupider version of this. Not much will "skid" past those bolt heads on that plate, they'll catch and may tear the whole thing out if it happens to enough of them.
Pretty sure he discussed this at the end of the video.
Countersink the holes and then get countersunk machine screws instead of bolts
Thumbs up for the Final Fantasy reference with a car video! Edit: I should more importantly say, since I didn't see anyone else say it, save the cardboard outlines! The whole point of skid plates is they're cheaper to replace than the component parts you would be damaging. Having to go through the trouble of cutting new cardboard and then aligning the already existing bolt placement would detract from the full use. Great video, love the direction the Beemer is going!
Absolutely LOVE Money Pit! You never cease to impress and amaze, Zach! Keep posting the great improvement & upgrade videos.
Hey Zach, Anthony, great job. Way to take a necessary action competently! Quick tip from a machinist, if you'd like your blade to gum up less increase the speed. I got the idea that that's not possible with the machine you were using. Btw you two have some great energy together on screen. Some good comedic interaction, you obviously work well together, I'd like to see more of it. Thanks!
The fact jobe sets up for his shuvs like it’s a hard flip just made me mad tight
Hey uhh fix the grammar and get rid of the other reply. Thanks! Btw ur the most popular comment on this vid
@@julianhernandez9351 Are you the comment police or something ?
didn't at all look like he was about to try a hard flip tho
@@julianhernandez9351 Hey uhh mind your own damn busisness
@@julianhernandez9351 ... Honestly man who do you think you are??? Out here, on the internet, ordering people to "fix their comment" and "get rid of the other reply". You remind me of the Dbag boss from Office Space
I think Anthony deserves his own show, something like science corner, or explaining stuffs, anything Anthony likes
@WHATSAPP+①⑤⓪⑨⑥①⑥②②⑥② you know, I don't really classify myself retarded, so yeah bugger off
This is a lot of work. Love the instant gratification of “movie magic”.
Made a skid plate for my low WRX out of an old stop sign I got off eBay for $20. Works great, didn't need to cut anything but did bend front . Attached w rivnuts.
WD 40 can be used as a cutting fluid for aluminium. Might help with the gulling onto the cutting edge.
You guys nailed this video w/ the south Asian influenced music and letting the man work. Thanx dohnut.
That shot of the gloves on the wall during welding was dope. Paired well with the chill music at the time too-
really caught a vibe there for a sec
That YZ250 is sick. Now I'm going to build a pre runner style skid plate for my truck. Thanks for the inspiration
You guys are part of the reason i bought a C5 Z06 and have been able to work on it myself 👍 love your vids
After low trucks skid plate im sure they got some inspiration for the DIY. Love to see the boys learnin
HUGE THANKS TO THE NEW SEASON OF MONEY PIT FROM ME IN RIVERSIDE SOCAL! Zach we luv you and the donut crew! Thanks to you guys I've been giving it the beans to everything in my life not just hauling ass down the street. I was pretty depressed for a while and didnt really want to do anything I've been watching ur vids for a long time and now I look forward to getting out and learning new things not only automotive. Life's turned around. It's pretty fucken amazing what you donut holes do over there keep it up man courageous brah 4 Real 4L 🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩💥😘
3:45 And the idea for an "Elbow Grease" t-shirt was born. I expect to see it by next week.
Use a wood blade when cutting aluminum🙌🏻 We cut hundreds of parts with them and have zero issues.
Im surprised that wood is hard enough to cut aluminum
@@LanceAtlas lol
Gotta love being able to watch someone do a shuvit and design/install car parts. Very rad
Should add the x-brace found on Z3, convertibles, and M3. It'll add rigidity/stiffness to the chassis.
Also if you haven't added a Short Shifter look into the Z4M lever. Add a slight bend and it'll fit perfectly. Cheap oem short shifter. Add the UUC DSSR as well.
Pretty pointless considering they have a welded in Rollcage.
Agreed! I built the skidplate for my M3 similar and it is reinforced by the X-brace. My skidplate has 2 hooks on the back of it that hook onto the rear tube of the X-brace, then it gets attached to a brace I welded up in the front. The front brace is triangulated, mounts to the frame at the bumper mounting points, then back to the anti-sway bar mounts. Also, the front of the skid plate should extend beyond the leading edge of the lower edge of the bumper and get bent up about 30 degrees. Mine is also mounted with some 1/4” pins with the spring-loops around them, very secure but the plate can be removed in seconds.
@@NotSean269 not really since it also gives extra protection to the oil pan area in the event the skid plate breaks off. I always say extra precaution are better than minimal. I had an e36 before so I know from experience.
Little tip for the oil pan plate. Put foam on the plate between the pan and plate. It'll keep rocks from getting caught and potentially punching a hole if it gets hit.
4:50 Drilling holes in the cardboard and transferring them to the frame was a pointless exercise. Fab the aluminum, clamp it to the car, and then drill all your holes in one shot. Also, you should have used flat head cap screws and drilled tapered holes in the skid plate so that the heads of the bolts don't get knocked off. Otherwise, a pretty solid project overall.
Easier to line up the holes with the foldy-bendy cardboard rather than having to guess or actually measure where the holes would have to go with the aluminum plate in your way. Good point regarding the screws tho. Fact is, it ain't too late to fix that.
@@JunKus3R You don't have to guess or measure anything. The frame members around the perimeter are easy to see and you can draw lines with a straight edge across the skid plate from the ends to determine where in the middle you want to drill. The issue with using the cardboard is that your holes will not line up because a sloppy hole in the cardboard will not transfer nicely to the frame and to the skid plate. They likely had to enlarge the size of the holes in the skid plate off camera in order to get the bolts to line up with the riv-nuts.
@@SuzukiKid400 Mix of both would be easiest. Mark where you want the holes on the cardboard, transfer with marker to the skid plate after it's cut, clamp in place, drill through. No guessing, no measuring, no misalignment.
@@MeatPoPsiclez I agree.
When cutting aluminum, alcohol-based cooling works best because it prevents the blades from gum up.
We used hand disinfection with alcohol when we were doing a lot of aluminum.
But you've already installed a skid plate that actually sounds good😂😂😂
What in the hell are these bots on every comment trying to accomplish?
@@lesterparker1594 I don't know just report and let UA-cam do the rest
The way I bursted out laughing when I saw Dwayne, I was like “oh haha it’s Dwayne the rock ….. oh shit Dwayne the rock Johnson 🤯” lmfaoooooo
We have finally gotten the DIY skidplate that was teased weeks ago
I was working on Fabia S2000 and lightest base skidplate was from 5mm aluminium with reinforcements. And was intended for road use only. For Offroad use va are talking about about thicker aluminium or steel. There are three skidplates on Fabia. Front, midle and back. And with combination of variants of skidplates you can add a lot of weight to balance car for example on jumps. Difference between lightest and hevies combination of skidplates is over 200kg.
Absolutely loving this series considering I’ve been saving to do my own rallycross build for a year now. This is just a extra layer of motivation
Hey guys your content is amazing and coming from someone who does a lot of aluminum fabrication cutting aluminum works best when you can use a cut off wheel but before you go straight at it cut into some wax like candle wax or something like that it’ll keep the blade from gumming like that and stop every 45-60 seconds for more wax it’ll cut way smother you’ll thank me later keep up the great work guys 👍
Anthony's awesome!
Nitpick, UHMW just means ultra-high molecular weight! It's a designation used for polymers when they are polymerized in very long chains, and has different material properties from the same polymer if the chains were shorter! That said, it's probably polyethylene, UHMWPE is a super common engineered material. Great vid guys!
hey donut, i absolutely love y'll man, youre the reason ive fallen in love with cars so much
When cutting aluminum, lube the blade with bar soap, cut fast. Aluminum cutting sheds heat through the chips, so you want to get rid of them fast. If they hang around that's when they gum up.
We need a Zach Jobe/Cloud with his aluminum “sword” t-shirt! … or at least a sticker. That was awesome.
9:17 I sometimes reach over for tools and parts the same way, making similar noises. Lowers frustration build ups.
"So for this mod you are going to need a friend"
Me: well guess I can't do it then
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This really was one of my favorite vidoes from donut.
Big fan of the work you've all done
Have you considered using the right blade for aluminum? It takes something special to have a full shop with every tool and continue to do one hack job after the other. Amazing.
Money pit was the coolest series donut has. Why arent you guys making any more of these?
The music while you were mounting the skid plate…..juicy. Reminds me a bit of the sound track to the Apple Arcade game Grindstone, which is fantastic.
Road signs make the best skid plates, especially wildlife crossing signs lol
mines a do not enter sign, cus i do not want rocks to enter my oil pan
@@Oblio1942 smart
Another tip: use a piece of foam in between the skid pan (glued to the skid pan) and the oil sump. Rocks have a tendency to get lodged in there and when you hit the next rock or bump that dents the skid pan, it pushes a hole in the sump.
I was about to say "Good job rangling that heavy aluminum bois" then Zach turned into a final fantasy character and I gained 5 new forhead wrinkles.
The sheet is gonna rattle like crazy, so adding silicone caulking in between the panels and the frame has reduced rattling on cars and karts I’ve worked on. Just a thought if it is unnecessarily loud.
15:19 But then you'll need hardwareguards for your hardwareguards just in case they break off too
For aluminium next time you can use bi metal blades (for wood with nails) the teeth on the blad are more spaced out but still hard enough to cut metal with it.
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Day 159 of asking Donut to bring old B2B back
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Hell yeah!!!?
I love that the series called Money Pit is typically the videos with less than 1 minute ads.
Am I wrong for wanting a rally Miata?
Lol got a Donut tag, but only 1 like (from me hehe)
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I’m making a skid plate for my XC70 this week. Got 5 road signs and a hydraulic press and some pipe to make recesses for the bolt heads. Using flush mounting hardware. Lucky for me Volvo’s are pretty flat on the bottom.
My suggestion would be to use a press and a torch heat up the spots where the hardware is and use the press with a ring on the other side to make recesses for the bolts and use large diameter flanged button top hardware with torx head or if you weld backer material at each bolt you could countersink the holes and use a flared flange bolt which would give you a nice smooth skid plate.
What to you did will work but I’ve seen how you all drive at the donut and this is going to be problematic at your first oil change.
PS I’m a former SCCA and Street racer and have worked as a power-sports tech for over 19 years so I kinda know my stuff and have seen some pretty crazy stuff happen over the years, including skid plates causing more damage than if no plate was used at all.
Curious observation and question......when you transferred to the metal from cardboard why did you use the "bottom half" leaving a funky top shape left over and not much sides, as opposed to starting at the top and having essentially 3 rectangles left over.......always good to have useable scrap right????
Use the same composite from the gas tank to coat and recess skid plate. Still a good diy. Same thing ppl do for jet boats.
Day 96 of asking Donut media to do either a Up To Speed or a Wheel house on the oil crisis
You go lady! I’m sure your upcoming marathon will be a great experience! Best of luck from the States!
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I am super hyped to see this E36 roaring in the Desert !!!!!!
I got a Rennline 3/16" aluminum skid plate off ECS for my Mk5 Rabbit. ECS made a mistake and had it listed for $99 and I ordered before they fixed it back to it's original like $300. Looking back I'd still buy it even at full price because it has a few witness marks from when I bottomed out. But even better that I paid like less than half for the thing shipped!
This is the best series ever! You guys even get celebrities to be on the show!
I could watch this man work on cars every day, forever, and be thrilled about it
Makes the protection mods fun to do when one has the right tools and space to do it 😁
I think this post made me decide that I want one of those car rotisserie things.
im glad you mentioned the bolt heads on the skid plate really need to get pan head bots and sounter sinks those bad boys because eventually your going to break one off
15:34 the trumpet slip kinda makes me laugh
This was a really good episode, just a couple boys at work! Makes you wanna get off your chair and get on a project
Looks very practical. But what we want to see now... is more powah, baby!
The coolest mods are the ones that keep the car running long enough to have some dang FUN with it! Skid plates are definitely in that category when there's rocks and stuff
Not gonna read the 1,400 comments - Zach: use countersunk screws in the thread pitch of your rivnuts! I had a coworker use those for his tarmac mkIII’s under tray. Just a diff bit and hitting the existing holes - no fab or recessing necessary. Love money pit!
The music choices are always perfect with these videos, props to the team.
Know the song at 4:35?
10:05 when you are laying down under your car, your voice gets all Tom Hanks-y.
I use that milwaukee jig saw all the time, thing rips. Also when it comes to metal blades and all jig saw blades the tooth per inch (tpi) makes a huge difference. There are different thicknesses and aggressive levels to the teeth too. A lot to consider but definitely having the right tool for the job is money....pit
You guys could use a piece of plastic as a kind of two tier skid plate, the plastic being an ablative layer. You could honestly use zip ties to attach the plastic and leave a slight gap between the plastic and aluminum. Therefore it would be harder for sharp rocks to either break your mounting hardware or puncture the aluminum.
Sound design on this episode was top top notch!
If you want efficient, try an OMAX Abrasive Waterjet. There will be no gumming, and you will have a very precise cut. You won't even need to deburr the material. If your shop doesn't have one, there are plenty companies that do. Spread some love with those companies! They will be happy to help you out.
A jigsaw is OK for aluminum plate, especially if you need detail, but for long cuts you'll cut much faster -- and straighter -- by using a circular saw with a low-tooth cheap blade, like the blade that came with your saw. It's so much easier to keep your cut straight, and for real the rip cut MOVES material. For cuts like you're making here, don't hesitate to use a table saw.
Finally see someone carrying a decent knife. He has the benchmade bugout when talking about the gas tank skid.