Basic Box Sliders (1 Viewer)

[Krazykevin]

I made some simple box sliders for my 470. I do some moderate crawling and wanted some door protection. I also do not love tube sliders, so I decided to weld some up myself. All in around $400, and I have a couple things I still want to change. I will say that the Slee sliders were a bit of inspiration:

Anyway:

I started by 3D scanning the frame rail and getting a handful of dimensions. This is just photogrammetry with iPhone.

I did a little CAD of the frame plates and square/rectangular tubes. I measured many times to try to nail this. I talked to a local metal supplier and they do cuts for free. I decided to trust my CAD and got all of the stock cut to my final Dimensions

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A local plasma cutter cut the plates out same day.

Mocked up the outside rail to match my measurements.

More details and photos to follow.

 

[Krazykevin]

Legs added, I went with 2 per frame plate.

I welded it up and hit it with a grinder until it was presentable.

I sanded and acetone-ed until they wiped clean. I went with a etching primer (cured 2 days) and then went with a single stage epoxy chassis paint. Hopefully it holds up, and it is easy to touch up if needed.

Done and mounted. They are about .5" below the bottom door seal, and about 1" below the door frame.

They are tucked tight and obviously protect less than wide sliders, But that is how I wanted them.

I did jack up on side of the car with them and they just barely touched the door seal after both wheels were off the ground. I think I want to add a little extra strapping to the frame plates to tie into holes on the bottom of the frame. The bottom of the plate pulled away from the frame about .125" when I had it jacked up. Overall I'm pretty happy with them. I think they will meet my need.