4KQ SKID PLATE

[Shawn Manny]

i looked for these and had NO luck, even e-bay struck out...our local
dealers are snobs but I will keep trying. Thanks guys


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:30:19 -0500, Steve Sears
<steve.sears at soil-mat.on.ca> wrote:
> Shawn,
> Visit your local Merc dealer and ask them to call you when a customer who
> orders an ML puts the "bush bars" on the front - they discard the aluminum
> skid plate.
> 
> As I posted on November 8/04:
> 
> Paul,
> Funny you should ask.  I saw a 4kq a week ago with a _serious_ skid plate.
> The car was set up for ice racing, and the plate came from a Mercedes ML
> SUV - apparently they remove the skid plate to put on those bush bars to
> protect the SUV from...um...errant shopping carts?...and so the skid plates
> just sit around (they're very heavy gauge aluminum).  You have to make up a
> bracket to attach the back of the plate, but the front just bolts in.  I'm
> contemplating visiting the local Merc dealer to see if one would fit under
> my 5ktq.
> Cheers!
> Steve Sears
> 1987 Audi 5kTQ
> 1980 Audi 5k
> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Shawn Manny <shawn.manny at gmail.com>
> > Subject: 4KQ SKID PLATE
> > To: quattro at audifans.com
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> > HELP! Im looking for someone whose BTDT, I've followed some links here
> > and there to REALLY high dollar nice stuff, but alas I dont have a
> > Grouppe B budget, hell Im not even grass roots Im grass seed
> > motorsports...Looking for some info ,I have the euro etka diagrams,
> > but am looking for dimensions, mounting points etc...help if  ya
> > can..TIA
> > Shawn
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