Hi, Im looking for a Skid plate for my Arctic Cat 700 2010,
I found on EBAY few option, and I've narrow it down to 2 products:

Arctic Cat 700 Skid plate Aluminum New
This one is includes all of this parts:
A-arm front guards,Front Main & Rear skid plate,Rear A arm

and this one:
ARCTIC CAT 700 650HI-08 FULL BELLY SKID PLATE ARMOR
which does not include front & rear stick guards & front skid plate

Any recommendation?

 

4mm is .1575, about 3/16", not too bad for skid plates, but a big heavy quad like a 700 Cat may bend those up on a rock. 3mm is .118, thats less than 1/8", pretty flimsy for anything but basic trail riding. If you dont do any rock or stump crawling,those should work, the stick guards will help deflect any damage to the boots. Two big names in skid plates are Ricochet and PRM, about 2x the money those eBay ones go for, but 1/4" belly plates and 3/16" a arm plates will take a ton of abuse and not bend or crease. Moose is another good brand to check, you can find them in most Dennis Kirk catalogs. This is just my opinion, but those eBay ones sound just a bit thin, I just put a full Ricochet set including footwell plates on my 08 700 Grizzly, paid 25 bucks extra for drab green powder coat, bill was about 480, but we are talking some heavy duty plates and a arm guards, with big stick deflectors and over 2x thicker that the ones you linked. In the end, its your money, but if you plan on doing some serious off trail boondocking, I would spend a couple hundred more to protect my quad.

 

I agree, I think those are a bit too thin and that you will end up being disappointed in the lack of protection they will ultimately give....if you were on something light like a sport bike, it might be fine, but a AC 700 is no lightweight

I have used a PRM belly skid on my 1995 TRX300 for 16 years, and it has taken all I could dish out. I installed it once (doing it right and using silicone adhesive to glue it to the frame as well as using mounting bolts) and it has never come off or even rattled once. The PRM swingarm guards on my 1995 TRX300 and 1994 TRX300EX have taken a lot of abuse as well, but I have removed them to do swingarm/axle maintenance on the bikes and they have always bolted back on and given great protection.

I used all Suzuki branded skid plates (maybe Yoshimura) on my 2005 Vinson and they have worked great as well.

Two years ago I mounted up a set of Ricochet skids for my TRV...using the glue and bolt method...and it hasn't rattled once, and has given my a-arms and belly all the protection in the world from the roughest and rockiest trails I could find on the Paiute Trail, including Trail 66

 

Silicone along the frame rails to glue/quiet the plates is a GREAT idea !! I had rattling problems with my son's 300ex with PRM belly plate, ended up making a rubber gasket to put between the plate and frame,no problems after that, but yours not only cushions it, it acts as a bond to the frame as well, so I like your idea for that.