Fuel Tank Protection

[rwo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close rwo]

Well after my first "off-road" outing on the weekend, I finally got around to cleaning her up and inspecting underneath for damage. The only casualty I found was the front fuel tank bash plate (and I use that term very loosely), which has copped a large dent forcing the front LHS back into the tank. I am still yet to pull it off and panel beat, that is my task for tomorrow. Hopefully there is no damage to the tank...

As I am about to purchase some proper protection from the engine/transmission/transfer, I got thinking about something to protect the front fuel tank better than the OEM tin plate. The front tank seems to be the lowest point on the car and very vulnerable to "ramp over" damage. Has anyone found a proper after market bash plate for the front/rear fuel tanks or even redesigned after market tanks that sit higher up in the car but don't loose capacity?

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Funny you should mention that. There was just a 120 thread created yesterday
http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...ank-protection

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Funny you should mention that. There was just a 120 thread created yesterday
http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...ank-protection

I thought it was amusing too. AMTS can you make larger more protected fuel tanks to replace the front tank? and maybe a bigger one to replace the rear tank also

maybe a ~140L front tank and a ~160L rear tank?

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Would be interest here too. Mines copped fair hammering. Rear one seems to get by alright, but the front tank took more hits than any of the other plates.

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Funny you should mention that. There was just a 120 thread created yesterday
http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...ank-protection

Hmmm, if only I read the 120 forum!

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I thought it was amusing too. AMTS can you make larger more protected fuel tanks to replace the front tank? and maybe a bigger one to replace the rear tank also

maybe a ~140L front tank and a ~160L rear tank?

See that basket over there with the label "too hard"....
At least the fuel tank bashplates are made from some sort of metal. The ones on the FJ are plastic.

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See that basket over there with the label "too hard"....
At least the fuel tank bashplates are made from some sort of metal. The ones on the FJ are plastic.

I would have thought a "hard" plastic would be better than thin tin anyway, at least they would make an effort to return to the original shape, the crappy tin just bends and stays there!