pdobbs

What does anyone here know about a skid plate for the 996 3.4 or 3.6? I have the PSS9's lowered pretty low and since I have some scratches on the sump my mechanic recommended I consider adding a skid plate. He says Porsche makes a factory one.

Has anyone else added one?

russo

Is that the same as the engine protector plate? If it is, I added it when I changed the stock suspension to the x74. The entire system was Porsche. Carnewall is the place where I ordered everything.

Dharn55

You can get the Porshe one at Sunset for about $80 or so. There are some aftermarket ones that are heavier duty, the Porsche plate is pretty thin aluminum.

Edgy01

I assume that you're talking about the back end. Wow. You must be REALLY low to need that. I dealt with the issue up FRONT with one from Performance Product, just to protect the vulnerable front end. I've never found an issue in the back.

Darren

It's pretty common to get scrapes on the oil pan if you don't have this with the PSS9 suspension, or any other aftermarket suspension with lowered ride height.

I had PSS9 and I also got some scrapes on the pan, so I got the Porsche skid plate. Then that got dented up...haha...so it's off right now.

pdobbs

Funny, so you add the protector plate and then that gets all dented up and scraped. I suppose that's better than the oil pan itself. I'll give it a shot. Thanks for the info.

Darren

Looks like we're twins, yellow headlights and all....

pdobbs

Yeah, except your car looks about twice as bada** Very sweet. Love the cup wing and factory aerokit.

I actually had to take the yellow lamin-x off because it was a bit dim driving at night. I loved the look, but just wasn't practical enough for night driving.

redridge

the skid plate actually lowers the profile even more....

Darren, Nice Glenn Photo.

Van

I have the skid plate. Seems very straight forward and is a good idea.

I take it off when I do oil changes (3 bolts) - otherwise I seem to dribble a little oil into it and it gets extra messy.

SH || NC

+1

AudiOn19s

+1. It creates a mess when you're changing your oil. And it actually blocks the rear jacking point if you choose to use it to lift the car. I got sick of taking it off for every oil change or every time I wanted the car in the air and eventually just bent the skid plate with the jack so that I could jack the car with the skid plate still on there. (best of both worlds)

My car was pretty low and it never once scraped the skid plate? I had pretty stiff springs in there though.

Andy

jyoteen

I have it. No issues.

Zookie

+1 http://www.e-partssales.com/miva/mer...e=996EXHAUST36 First Mod i did, before i even did the Suspension... Took me 3 Oil Pans on my VW 1.8T before i spent some $$$ and got a Skid Plate for that

Tippy

Get a room you two!