Pro Guard skid plate

Dennis Reinhart

Dennis Reinhart

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Many of you are not aware but Mercman took his Marauder into Pro guard located in Indianoplis Indiana years ago, they custom made a skid plate for the Marauder I have sold hundreds of these for the entire panther community, so for the next 30 days they are on sale to the site for 50.00 PS.
 
Smalldogg/03mm said:
Hope this isn't a stupid ??? What is a skid plate?? Any pic. Anybody..??? Thanks
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It helps support the back bumper most Police agencies use it, and it does help, I will post pictures. Many have it on there car and like others do not. Great deal for 50.00

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Can I install this without removing my trailer hitch??? This may be a dumb question but,I'm a dumb guy.:help:
 
bugsyc said:
Can I install this without removing my trailer hitch??? This may be a dumb question but,I'm a dumb guy.:help:
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Yes you may have to cut a notch it . I've seen it done before. It does help with airflow and keep debris out of there. If possible cut it so that your hitch helps support (is below) the Pro Guard.

If you want to support your bumper you need $10 worth of flat aluminum stock and angle. I used an adjustable jig on mine. Easy.

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tbone said:
It doesn't catch air and vibrate?
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Actually, it smooths the air flow somewhat under the rear and keeps the lip of the valance from catching air. Got mine after Mike mentioned my rear valance ballooning and flapping because of the air catching the lip. That was 6 years ago enroute to Detroit for MV III.
 
Bluerauder said:
Actually, it smooths the air flow somewhat under the rear and keeps the lip of the valance from catching air. Got mine after Mike mentioned my rear valance ballooning and flapping because of the air catching the lip. That was 6 years ago enroute to Detroit for MV III.
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Interesting. I wonder if mine does that.
 
tbone said:
It doesn't catch air and vibrate?
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Of course it catches air, just look at the pictures. For it to not catch air and act as a wind drag, the entire front edge would have to be sealed to the trunk bottom. All this does is keep the rear bumper from flapping as much at highway speeds. Does it vibrate? Yes, everything has a point of vibration when acted upon. Heck, even the drive shaft vibrates and it is a lot stiffer than this piece of plastic. Can you detect it? Probably not unless you mounted a backup camera under the car to actually see it in action.

Ya know, this would be a cool experiment if anyone has one of those cameras...
 
Dennis Reinhart said:
Many of you are not aware but Mercman took his Marauder into Pro guard located in Indianoplis Indiana years ago, they custom made a skid plate for the Marauder I have sold hundreds of these for the entire panther community, so for the next 30 days they are on sale to the site for 50.00 PS.
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Dennis -

How do we take advantage of this offer?

If you'd like, PM me with the details.

Thanks,

Mark
 
TooManyFords said:
Of course it catches air, just look at the pictures. For it to not catch air and act as a wind drag, the entire front edge would have to be sealed to the trunk bottom. All this does is keep the rear bumper from flapping as much at highway speeds. Does it vibrate? Yes, everything has a point of vibration when acted upon. Heck, even the drive shaft vibrates and it is a lot stiffer than this piece of plastic. Can you detect it? Probably not unless you mounted a backup camera under the car to actually see it in action.

Ya know, this would be a cool experiment if anyone has one of those cameras...
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What it does is diminish the wind drag so that it does not fill up the back bumper up, any one with some common sense can look at your back bumper that is totally open, then and the Pro guard it does prevent the same amount of volume of air entering the rear bumper, this is not rocket science, and it has been around for years, and many people like a few do not, if you do not it is real simple do not buy it.
 
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Dennis Reinhart said:
What it does is diminish the wind drag so that it does not fill up the back bumper up, any one with some common sense can look at your back bumper that is totally open, then and the Pro guard it does prevent the same amount of volume of air entering the rear bumper, this is not rocket science, and it has been around for years, and many people like a few do not, if you do not it is real simple do not buy it.
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I see what you did there... LOL!

Anyone with common sense can see that the face of the Pro Guard is open, just like the bumper. Just because you moved the opening 3 feet forward does not mean the same amount of air is not being grabbed by the bumper. What this mod does is attach the lower edge of the rear bumper to a sheet of plastic and then anchors it to the trailing edge of the evap system under the trunk floor with two bolts so that the bumper is rigid at speed. That is all it does.

And for the record, I did buy one from you, saw how it worked and then sold it because it really wasn't worth it.

Now, if you want to call me names, so be it. Just think before you type.
 
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