Anyone make a stainless skid plate?

The winter salt is rotting my skid plate out dues anyone make a stainless one for a 2017 with oil filter access? I don't see it lasting more then another year.

 

All of the ones that I'm aware of are powdercoated steel or aluminum.

 

I’m not aware of a SS setup.

Get aluminum if corrosion resistance is your upmost importance, over cost or strength.

If you need strength, but really do think you’ll keep your truck long enough to justify it and don’t mind a little extra cost, get a bare steel and have it zinc coated THEN powder coated. The zinc coating over steel will be like a poor man’s galvanizing.

Steel corrodes because of an electrochemical reaction that occurs when all four parts of a corrosion cell exist to allow a reduction/oxidation process to occur. Powder coating or paint works to try to prevent 3 parts of the corrosion cell (anode, cathode and metallic path) from coming into conductive contact with the electrolyte of the corrosion cell (moisture, dirt, etc in this instance).

The problem is the powder coat or paint fails in areas and allows that fourth part to make contact in localized spots eventually. The zinc, much like in galvanized metal, will act as a localized cathodic protection system, where the outer most coating fails, it will provide some protective measure to thwart off the corrosion reaction at a fast pace. It’ll still happen, but way slower and you’ll get a real good useful life out of your skid plates.

 

Thanks Aluminum and steel doesn't do well in salt country powder coat will help.

 

Aluminum should do ok, it’ll oxidize and become a bit unsightly (discolored white) but shouldn’t see any notable material loss at any ‘quick’ rate. The oxidation helps passivate it, to a degree.

 

Aluminum doesn't really give a shit about road salt. Look at your wheels. Like the scotchman says, just a little oxidation/discoloration.

 

Another vote for the aluminum. I've run them for several seasons in the salt belt with no ill effects. They don't seem to discolor any more than they do in FL. Powder coat anything on the other hand....sucks. I ran some steel plates on a jeep years ago (for 200K) in the NE and they held up ok with rustoleum, but I had to wire brush and repaint them every couple years. No major rot.

 

Having worked little bit with stainless it's very unforgiving and a pain in the ass to machine, bend, or weld and the price would be super expensive for a skid plate made out of say 3/16" stainless. I say go for an aluminum skid plate.