Quote Originally Posted by marshall_mosty View Post
These plates are ABOVE the exhaust, in the rear seat pockets, forward of where the upper control arms used to mount. There is NO way I would ever drag these on the ground. There is at least 10" between the ground and the underside of the plates. This could never be considered anywhere close to a skid plate.

I figured spreading out 80lbs on each side of the car was the "safer" thing than 300# all in one place. Again, four 20# plates per side, each 10"x16"x0.25 thick.


I'm not taking any of this as a personal attack. I understand that folks are concerned with safety (theirs and others).

I see Glenn also made a comment about the location ... not necessarily discouragnig it, but ....

I feel relatively confident in saying had someone other than me or Glenn pointed it out, the response would have been something like "Wow ... never considered that."