Beedon Sliders, v1.2

[Doc]

2badfjs was kind enough to let me be his beta tester for these babies! They arrived today, and the wifey called to let me know that the UPS man had woken her up by draggin 'something' up the sidewalk and dropping them on the deck.

Well, he sure as heck didn't hurt these!

Very nice stuff- thick, thick, thick mounting plates and nice legs!

They even came with spacers for the fuel lines on the passenger rail, hardware, and even instructions!

Check out the underside supports!

I coated them with a spray on bed liner product from duplicolor, not really 'griptiony' enough for my taste, so they'll probobly get some skateboard deck tape for extra gription along the step area. The bed liner spray went on well, but I stopped after two cans as it was getting COLD outside and I needed to let the coats dry under the shop lights.

I'll put another coat of bed liner spray on each slider and fit them this weekend.

 

[dmwberg]

What are the brackets coming from the slider rail for?

 

[HZJ60 Guy]

What are the brackets coming from the slider rail for?

To bolt onto the frame I suspect.



TB

 

[Doc]

What are the brackets coming from the slider rail for?

A super-secret, need-to-know-only kind of thing.



Ok, I cave.

It's the anchor points for a removeable step. Put the step on and you have an even lower point of entry for the very preggo wifey. Take the step off for wheelin'. The step is made from the same square tube stock with L brackets so it hangs out and below the main rail by (help me here Jim) 6"?

 

[Doc]

the brackets are only on one rail because I don't feel that I need an extra step on the drivers side. Plus, they're on the top of the rail so that the don't get banged up during wheeling.

 

[dmwberg]

Nice! Good thinking; I'm sure the wife will be thankful!

And yes , I know how sliders are mounted!

 

[2badfjs]

just measured

the brackets are only on one rail because I don't feel that I need an extra step on the drivers side. Plus, they're on the top of the rail so that the don't get banged up during wheeling.

from top of slider to top of step.4 inch drop.

 

[Benji]

Man, those things rock!

 

[Liam]

how hard are those bizniches to put on??

 

[Doc]

how hard are those bizniches to put on??

Well they seem fairly straight forward, I think the hardest part will be moving the fuel lines on the passenger rail, as 17 years of rust as surely taken it's toll.

I'll be puting the drivers side rail on tonight and the passenger side over the weekend.

Pictures will be forthcomming.

 

[Liam]

sweet, I think sliders will be my next purchase..

 

[2badfjs]

not to bad

how hard are those bizniches to put on??

you might need alittle help holding them up to start the bolts, or a set of jack stands would help, maybe an hour or two at the most. doc will post his experiance i'm sure

 

[Doc]

I got the drivers side up:

Jim wanted me to post an honest review and feedback up, so- here it is. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

First- the sliders are overbuilt. (That's a good thing) There's no way these things are going to bend.

Drivers side installation was a breeze. It's currently snowing and I'm putting off the passenger side until it warms up to at least 45 degrees. The U-bolts were correctly sized for the frame rail, and went on smoothly. Hardware was adequate and correctly sized. One complaint on set up- the bottom u-bolt nut on every leg ended up pulling the u-bolt so close to the leg of the slider that you can't fit a socket or box end wrench on the nut, you have to use an open end wrench to tighten the bottom nut. Not a huge deal- but I had to get up and go get my open end wrenches.

If you're looking for a full step/slider then look elsewhere. You can use the slider as a step when entering the vehicle, but from inside the truck the slider is not visable and is not redily accesable for an exit step. Doors flying open in the parking lot will still hit your door panels if the offending truck is high enough. Car doors will likely hit the slider- causing damage to the car door.

I jumped up and down on the slider a bit- not a bit of movement on the frame rail- good.

I've not pushed it up against a rock yet, but am very confident it will hold up very well.

I'm anxious to get the passenger side on and see how the outrigger step functions.

 

[Doc]

Oh, and I used a cardboard box to hold one end up as I attached the other. Worked great.

PS. I hate salt.

 

[Benji]

Nice, but DAMNNNNNN that salt on yo truck.

I hate it too.

It's prolly better they don't work as a step. That way you won't hit your shins .

 

[Doc]

PS, these things are great for loading the roof rack!

I think it was a seriously good move to get these, they'll definately protect the body a LOT- and in the even of a T-boning I'll be better protected.

PPS- went to sears tonight and got a 30 gal. air compressor and tools. Man- $250 for a 6hp compressor, an air hammer, ratchet, drill, and 30' hose. What a deal! Would have been nice to have this set up when working on the 80's suspension.... Hand tools are great- but I'm getting old!

 

[swank60]

When you get a chance, pick up a 3/8 butterfly impact air tool. That's about the best thing I've ever purchased as a companion to my compressor.

Talk about getting old...I did the lube job under the truck this morning, pulled the inspection plate to look at all the leaks, etc...being up under the truck wasn't so bad, it was getting up and back down that really sucked. I think I need to start doing yoga or something.

 

[Liam]

those sliders look good...exactly what i am looking for. I like the fact that you dont have to step over the slider when getting out of the truck. I am 6'1" and i never use running boards. But I always need a step up to put crap on the top of my rig. now where did I put that $295....

 

[2badfjs]

Thanx Doc!!

sorry about the lower bolts, but the instuctions said that a open end wrench is the only tool you'll need still i felt that by using a boxed outrigger it would be that much stonger. from what i've seen of slee off roads, it look like they use a c-channel outrigger.i also think the boxed o/r will still let you slide off rocks better than the c-channel. IMHO.HEY DOC!how long did it take to put on the drivers side?

 

[Doc]

Oh, I definately agree that the added strength far outweighs the use of an open end wrench.

It took probobly 25-30 minutes including the time it took to find a box that was the right size to hold up the end I wasn't working on.

I definately think it was a good addition.