|
Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
10-01-2011, 03:04 PM | #1 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 80
|
Hi guys,
Sorry if this is a repost or just a stupid question... What is this guard under the front of my car? Seeing as how i've managed to rip half of it off, is it worth getting it fixed or should I just pull it off? What does it do/protect from? Cheers, Alex |
||
10-01-2011, 03:12 PM | #2 | ||
Giddy up.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kramerica Industries.
Posts: 15,639
|
Just a splash tray, you could try a wrecker's or FTG auto on here.
|
||
10-01-2011, 04:44 PM | #3 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Brisbane, Qld
Posts: 683
|
Mine fell off so i used tech screws to hold it on. Its a ***** to get off now but at least it wont fall off.
__________________
AU XLS. |
||
10-01-2011, 05:54 PM | #4 | ||
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: searching for cubes
Posts: 6,672
|
It is a very necessary part of the car for a few reasons so go to Ford and buy a new one - they are "one size fits all" and won't cost you a nut.
|
||
10-01-2011, 09:10 PM | #5 | ||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 22
|
i just screwed mine back on with the help of a mud flap washer i picked up at Bunnings.
the problem was the screw hole in the guard had been ripped/stretched and the screw didn't have enough plastic to press into to keep the guard in place without the use of a wide washer. |
||
10-01-2011, 10:26 PM | #6 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 474
|
LXL15. They are called a radiator deflector if i recall correctly, my work sells a few of them every day! They are there to force the air that goes in through your front bumper inlet to go through the radiator, they will keep the car running cooler on a hot day, and without it the cars aerodynamics will be affected and you will have more front end lift. You could go as far as saying that its also a guard.
From memory they retail for around a couple of hundred, be sure you buy the correct fitting clips etc and inspect the underside of you car for if any of your other under car plastics have also been damaged. T3man. They are not a one size fits all, unless you mean that there is one for a AU and one For a BA etc. etc.
__________________
****el's drive Rotaries, Four in-line is a waste of time, Six in-a-row just won't go, If you really want something great, drive a great big Ford V8! God made Holden's to keep w*****'s out of Ford's, and yes I'd rather push my Ford than drive a Holden! |
||
10-01-2011, 11:05 PM | #7 | ||
Flairs - Truckers Delight
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brisbane Northside Likes: Opposite Lock
Posts: 5,731
|
Take it off and don't bother with it. The only time it ever makes a difference is it gets in your way when you work on your car.
__________________
Current: Silhouette Black 2007 SY Ford Territory TX RWD 7-seater "Black Banger"
2006-2016: Regency Red 2000 AUII Ford Falcon Forte Automatic Sedan Tickford LPG "Millennium Falcon" |
||
11-01-2011, 08:23 AM | #8 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Riff
Posts: 12,422
|
if you dont want to buy a new one, drill a few small holes in the main part of it and a few in the broken peice- and cable tie it back together for the time being.
__________________
FGII XR6 IN LIGHTNING STRIKE R52 SIII IN GUN METALLIC |
||
11-01-2011, 10:22 AM | #9 | |||
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: searching for cubes
Posts: 6,672
|
Quote:
However as you mentioned something like $200 I bothered to ring my Ford dealer to check - list price $128.25. WTF?!!! That's more than 3 times as much as I paid two years ago. So even though my price is $88 I wouldn't be buying a new one when the old ones are more often than not quite easily repaired with some light sheet metal supports or bracing. Mr Hardware> The part is very necessary particularly for the proper cooling of the engine. It also aids the aerodynamics of the vehicle alleviating front end lift at high speeds (probably doesn't concern a lot of people LOL). Also without it the front bumper isn't supported correctly and it will allow excessive deformation of the bumper from a front on hit. It also supports the inner guards which in turn support the guard and bumper at the bumper rear upper mountings. Hard to imagine one small part doing so much? - well believe me it does. Structually (even for a weak piece of plastic) it ties the whole front section together into a "boxed" unit - which is the only way it achieves any strength at all. Take one side of the box away and the box collapses. PS urbancowboy> Please tell us you don't work at Klosters - charging $200 a pop for the undertray is a bit excessive even for those robbers! PPS and please refrain from using terms such as "BA" in here - there may be children about and blasphemy will not be tolerated! LOL. |
|||
11-01-2011, 11:53 AM | #10 | ||
Flairs - Truckers Delight
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brisbane Northside Likes: Opposite Lock
Posts: 5,731
|
I'll take your word for it t3man, but we ran cabs for half a million kays without them on. If we ever had a hit hard enough to bend the bumper it would have done so whether it had that tray on or not. For cab purposes when they're on the hoist every 28 days, the practical applications of them were completely overshadowed by how much of a pain in the **** they are when working on a car. Plus the cabbies did so much gutter hopping that if we didn't take them off, they'd do it for us.
__________________
Current: Silhouette Black 2007 SY Ford Territory TX RWD 7-seater "Black Banger"
2006-2016: Regency Red 2000 AUII Ford Falcon Forte Automatic Sedan Tickford LPG "Millennium Falcon" |
||
11-01-2011, 02:18 PM | #11 | ||
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: searching for cubes
Posts: 6,672
|
I understand exactly what you're saying. Thankfully most owners treat their cars better than cabbies LOL.
|
||
11-01-2011, 03:30 PM | #12 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 80
|
Wow okay, I think I'll go fix it with some cable ties and screws. Hard to believe that one piece of plastic does all that, that's quite impressive really...
Cheers everyone! |
||
11-01-2011, 03:49 PM | #13 | ||||
AU DIE HARD
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Between 2nd and 5th gear
Posts: 5,073
|
Quote:
__________________
........Age and treachery will ALWAYS overcome youth and skill....... CORTINA 250 2V POWER soon to be AUXR8 Windsor pwrd .............WINDSOR WARLORD WHO CARRIES THE CLEVO MAFIA AND BROKEN BOSSES... .................................................. Quote:
|
||||
11-01-2011, 07:20 PM | #14 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 474
|
T3man - Sorry i couldn't tell you had your tongue in cheek! I get a very similar price as you do and i figured retail would be at least twice that from memory!
I tried to tell them about all the things it did, but got shot down! thanks for the back up! Knowledge in number's win's! I will watch my fingers whilst typing and try to avoid that two letter profanity again! LOL I hadn't considered how it may in fact hold all the front end together, i think you are spot on and this would explain why my front bar has some distortion to it's shape! And finally, Okay i won't tell you who i work for! Lol
__________________
****el's drive Rotaries, Four in-line is a waste of time, Six in-a-row just won't go, If you really want something great, drive a great big Ford V8! God made Holden's to keep w*****'s out of Ford's, and yes I'd rather push my Ford than drive a Holden! |
||
11-01-2011, 10:26 PM | #15 | ||
meh.
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Was Central Coast, Now Sydney NSW
Posts: 8,584
|
Read my signature for those two letters :P
hehehehe
__________________
Previous - BF XR6T - 325rwkw, 6 Speed Auto, Process West, X-Force and Turbosmart gear |
||
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|