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The biggest issue is that the paint is so pretty you have to wrap them up to prevent scratches. I must have put one next to something hard because it wore through the paint to bare metal. Oh well, I'm over it now so onto using them more!

3rd the Wavian cans. Bought two cans last Christmas, impressive quality, absolutely no smell on week-long trip to Big Bend.

Yes. You would need two gaskets to seal the head. Cometic is the way to go.

If the head was warped and you had the face milled flat, the camshafts are now running in misaligned bearing paths. It will work for a while but essentially the camshafts are being flexed/curved each revolution. I was in a similar situation and elected to find a flat head to start from a true...

I mounted mine on the firewall up high on the driver's side.

It's my understanding that they no longer make the original MT sliders. The website is a bit deceiving... they call the powder coated sliders "MetalTech Sliders" and the raw ones "OPUR Sliders". I've emailed and called to confirm that both are indeed the new OPUR slider design. The sales guy...

It was mentioned above that the MT sliders stick out a lot... When we first mounted these things we were like, whoa! They stick out past the fender flares! If we end up reworking the angles we are going to cut out like a 2" chunk on the braces to bring them in closer to the body so they don't...

There is no freeplay in the mounting holes to move them up or down. Also if you try to move the right side up, the braces would hit the body seam. Moving the left side down a little would be possible but then the gap between the body seam and brace gets larger. We tried adding a wedge at the...

Left side. Door trim hits slider about 1.25" down from top. Right side. Door trim clears top of slider.

Here is a sketch of the issue. The braces extending from the frame mount are correct, they just miss the body seam by about 3/8". The angle where the 2x4 rectangular tube meets the braces is about 6-7deg more on the left which makes the outer tube higher.

Using the distance between the rear door trim and slider doesn't require the truck to be level. The only issue would be if one door was bent or mounted higher than the other and that's not the case. I did also measure the distance of each slider from the ground when I had the truck level...

After reading all the reviews on mud, my buddy and I finally made the plunge and purchased a couple of sets of OPUR sliders from MetalTech. After prepping, priming, and painting we mounted the first set on my 95 LC. What we noticed was that the left slider was 1.25" higher than the right...

I meant how you manufactured the parts? CNC, EDM, etc. Do it yourself or out-source it?

Awesome work! I might have missed it earlier in the thread but how did you make the aluminum adaptor/hub on page 1?

I have a leather cover waiting to get stitched... just curious about the silicone layer to make it thicker/smooth out imperfections. Link?