Valhalla’s Shield theft deterrent/skid plates info and ordering post

All of this is shipping today.

Spent last night finishing welding the aluminum front skid plates with my powder coater friend and I have 5 sets at powder coat today. Steel front skid plates are getting welded likely tonight and they will be off to powder coat aswell.

I am pushing out a lot of plates this week. Currently trying to get out 3/16 steel this morning

 

@Classy63 Any 4x4 V3 plates going out yet?

 

Not yet.

I am going to make one by hand though

 

I will be posting the hybrid plates on the website today.

 

@Classy63 no issues or noise at all with the 2wd vertical plate. Noone has mentioned it yet that I recall but I did give the holes a quick spray with high heat paint once they were drilled.

 

Hybrid Cat plates for the 22+ tundras is live on my website!

 

@Classy63
Any chance I can get an update on order #R184585433

I appreciate it. Thanks for all you do.

 

I ordered a set Of a 1/4 inch aluminum bare for my 21 TRD pro two days ago. I work at a dealership in in the area and thefts seem to be on the rise. Dirtbags hit our wholesale lot couple weeks back and was chatting with the police. These guys are making their way around dealerships, commuter lots even hitting cars at the mall. . I patiently await my order Order: R124817668. And thank you Tyler for the quick response!QUOTE="G*MAN, post: 2874405, member: 70218"]Tyler any updates on shipping my order?[/QUOTE]

Tyler any update if you have it or shipped it out

 

This is being made now

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This is also being made now

 

I am having 2 of each thickness and material 4x4 rear cat plates made in this batch. Once these go out and I make sure they work (I really doubt there will be any issues) I will put it as an option on the website

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/PJcL4LYG65w?feature=share

 

Put the stock skid plate out of its misery yesterday with the installation of the Valhalla plate. Now I'm covered from soup to nuts. Don't think I'm going to go with any fuel tank shielding just yet though. @Classy63 's stuff is pretty nice. I appreciate the little touches like the cut out so the swingaway door for oil changes has the notches so as not to interfere with the cutout "Valhalla" design in the skid plate itself. Very cool.

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after:

 

Engine and front cat skids in bare aluminum ordered June 2nd. Got an ETA, @Classy63?

 

Very nice. I can’t afford all at once so I started with the skid plate. Looking like 8 weeks to get, which kinda sucks, but I totally understand and am fine with in supporting a local business. Hope to order the rest early next year.

 

Your, eh, "After" if missing.....lol

 

Same here, and don't feel bad. A couple days before Tyler told me that my plates were ready for pickup (I am like 20 mins from him) I chanced on a young couple not far from Tyler (!) that the dude traded his 18/19 Tundra for a, get this, 16 F150... (each to its own I guess) and was selling some parts, so I picked up a TRD front skid from him, and back then, I only took on the front and back cat cover from Tyler, but later on I was like, meh, I want a whole set, so of course, that was another goodness know how long wait, but in the end I was happy with the set as well as the vertical plate that protects the backside, too.
If I were you, front and back cat plate is a first must, front skid is very optional, but can come later. Vertical plate is more a good to have, especially if you are 2WD.

 

I hear ya on the CC plates. I am hoping we have a bit of a break around here.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...-beaverton-police-bust-theft-ring/ar-AA10zpDM

 

I will be honest, though, you bust one and ten more takes its place.
Just the way things are gonna be..... Houston is bad, but now that plates are on, it is lesser of a scare now....

 

Well… I was welding my last aluminum skid plate this morning and my garage started on fire… I was able to get it out by myself, and I am fine except for some minor burns to the feet. My spool gun and welding helmet aren’t doing so good. I am going to clean up today, check everything over and hook my machine up for steel again. I will have to figure out how to weld the rest of the aluminum…

It hurts more that it happened, I can replace equipment, but just sucks… I will be shipping plates again tomorrow.

 

Welder short out? Glad you're okay. Recover and don't rush back into it.

 

I had some packing stuff never to it. Some paper and plastic, I am assuming it lit up. I was welding and I felt alotta heat, I wanted to finish the weld, (probably could have made it not so bad if I had stopped).

 

Yeah that will do it. Most like from Sparks. Life lessons that we learn sometimes.

 

I'm happy that you are ok! That is the most important part. Luckily you didn't suffer significant property loss either. How bad are the burns to your feet? Close call!

 

Burns aren’t bad at all. I have have worse from welding. Well, spool gun is pretty much trash, I am beyond lucky my welding helmet some how is ok, I replaced the front lens and slapped some tape on it and it is good to go again. I am going to order a new shell but this will work on the mean time

 

Glad you're feeling ok classy !

 

Well, I have completed checking my equipment, welding machine was switched over to steel and besides a melted gas line, it worked great (I fixed the gas line). Spool gun is cosmetic, it needs a new shell, trigger and feed hose. All easy I am so surprised that it wasn’t worse. I lost some moving blankets, my FR apron I made out of a FR one piece suit and a few buckets and an plastic crate. Some stuff is still stuck to the floor, but it will come up eventually. I have a bit of a smokers cough, (gee I wonder why) but I will be fine.

 

I’m glad your ok man. I have an extra helmet you can have if you want and need and I actually may still have an extra spool feed system that you are also welcome to to keep you going man. I no longer do any welding since the injury to my hand a few years back when I used to help out my step dad I. His body shop. Just let me know man if you’re interested and I can run them by. By the way this is your friendly Asian Social worker.

 

If it is a Hobart or Miller, I 100% would take that off your hands. My helmet is good enough for now, I already ordered a replacement shell

 

Whoa - I’ve seen the effects of welding-related shop fires gone unnoticed for too long by the solo welder working blind under the hood - it ain’t pretty. Glad you noticed and got it under control before things got much hairier. You probably keep your combustibles well away from your welding space.

 

I have a pretty small work space to do everything unfortunately, this is where I weld, keep powder coated plates and ship out of