The riding I do around here varies greatly from snow and mud to rock crawling and trails. I was a little apprehensive about the skid plate protection that the RSX comes with from the factory, so I took the initiative myself and built my own.
A fellow down the road from me builds custom boat skid plates for aluminum jet boats, so I visited him and purchased a 4'x5' sheet of UHMW plastic (1/2" thick) for $200. He claims that his customers have not managed to wreck this stuff so far and they are pounding 4000-5000 lb jet boats onto rocks and gravel bars. I figured that its gotta hold up better the 3/16" factory stuff, since I have almost destroyed it in the first 500 miles!
A fellow down the road from me builds custom boat skid plates for aluminum jet boats, so I visited him and purchased a 4'x5' sheet of UHMW plastic (1/2" thick) for $200. He claims that his customers have not managed to wreck this stuff so far and they are pounding 4000-5000 lb jet boats onto rocks and gravel bars. I figured that its gotta hold up better the 3/16" factory stuff, since I have almost destroyed it in the first 500 miles!