Does anyone know of any skid plates for a 2012 that will cover or heavily obscure the CATs? There has been a heavy uptick in theft of CATs in the area around my office recently, and mine were stolen on Monday. I was hoping to find a skid plate (or similar) that would block a thief from getting a reciprocating saw to them to cut them off.

2012, 4x4 supercrew with the 5.0 if it makes a difference.

Thanks,

 

Without using some heavy gauge steel, your typical skid plate isn't going to do much.

I can tell you, my 20v DeWalt cordless sawzall with the right blade can make quick work of something like a skid plate let alone a CAT. It might hinder them 30-60 seconds longer if that, and potentially make them more upset and do even more damage (hack wiring, etc).

It's funny, way back when I was in high school (mid 2000's), I think it was Bosch that was competing with DeWalt's 36v line with their own 36v line. They cut an entire mid-size sedan in half with 2 batteries and a few blades. It took a guy like ~30 minutes to do it or less. And that's an entire car! --- Sawzall blades weren't even made to the quality as they are now. They had the demo at a local Home Depot. It was neat to watch.

Where I'm going with this -- Just let it happen and have the insurance take care of it. That's why you pay for insurance.

Also, see about adding a camera or two to your vehicle. See if they come back again or what not. You'd be surprised. You'd be doing a help to your local PD to help catch those evil thugs!

 

The guy dropped his wallet under the truck and the local PD is still hasnt looked into it a week later. I would just let insurance take care of it but at $500 plus every time for my deductable, and the potential for increasing premiums, I would like to try to be proactive.

I figured it wouldnt be enought to stop them if they really wanted it, but I was hoping if it would make it take long enough that they would move to a quicker target.

 

Guess I could always weld some AR500 steel to the back of a skid plate

 

Google Catstrap, it is an alarm that might deter them.

 

lower it

 

There is absolutely nothing that is theft proof. If they (bering them) want it bad enough it's gone.
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I know this is a super old thread, but I made a plate for my truck, and can make more if someone is interested.