Builds Big Green Buffalo Build Thread

[Broski]

Looks good !
How many inches to the bottom of the sliders ?

 

[Wermz]

Looks good !
How many inches to the bottom of the sliders ?

Ill have to get it off the jack stands and fully
loaded with gear again. I plan on taking it to a “landcruiser feature” offroad truck show this sunday, so maybe ill do some measuring then.

 

[Wermz]

Got the drivers slider fully done. Ill have to get some pictures of the inside, what a bitch to weld.. The fender has been re-trimmed, much more round to match the rear and cut off to accommodate the slider. I made a mount and drilled some holes to secure the lower part of the fender.

 

[Wermz]

Also got it back on the wheels (on a much shorter rear spring) and drove it around the block, feels good to take a spin.. Im taking it to a landcruiser feature off road car show tomorrow, should be cool..

 

[thatcabledude]

Does your sunroof drain still terminate in the rocker under the A-pillar?

 

[Wermz]

Does your sunroof drain still terminate in the rocker under the A-pillar?

Now that you say that, it probably doesnt

 

[Wermz]

**** it, ill just shave the sunroof.. thanks a lot hahaha

 

[thatcabledude]

f*** it, ill just shave the sunroof.. thanks a lot hahaha

Haha. You could drill a drain hole on the bottom each end of the slider. Also, if you look on the floorboard just outside of the A-pillar kick panels there is a grommet you can re-route the drain tubes to. I haven’t done it, but I know they reach.

 

[Wermz]

No progress in a while, been doing a ton of yard work while the weather is nice and did lockers and gears in a buddies LX..

 

[Wermz]

drove the truck around for a week or so.. now its back in the garage.

 

[Wermz]

Metal work has to get done asap, paint is happening on memorial day!!!!!!

 

[jkeithw]

drove the truck around for a week or so.. now its back in the garage.







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those Ferraris will not age well.

- and, are you cutting the sliders?! If so, why? (oh - are you filling the gap?)

 

[Wermz]

those Ferraris will not age well.

- and, are you cutting the sliders?! If so, why? (oh - are you filling the gap?)

Im mocking up the right side slider, the left side is done already..

 

[Wermz]

That 2x6 will get pushed up all the way to the body and welded on, its just sitting on the cans in the pictures, there will be no gap between..

 

[GW Nugget]

Do you plan to lower the rig, now that you increased your clearances & uptravel?

 

[Wermz]

Do you plan to lower the rig, now that you increased your clearances & uptravel?

Yes, in time.. Ultimately the front will be 3 linked with ORIs. The rear will remain fairly stock, for now, ill have to find an appropriate spring for it.

 

[OffRoadScott]

Im mocking up the right side slider, the left side is done already..

How are the sliders attached to the body or frame, I know you welded but I am interested in having our fabricator do something similar for me.

 

[Wermz]

How are the sliders attached to the body or frame, I know you welded but I am interested in having our fabricator do something similar for me.

Its just a 2x6x3/16 welded to the body, rocker cut off and replaced with big steel. The 2x6 is attached to the A,B,C pillars each with a piece of 3/16 plate, to beef up the structure a bit. I have no fantasy that this is stronger or better than a frame mounted slider. This does add some ground clearance and a long smooth flat surface to actually slide across rocks, with no mounting brackets to get hung up on the very same rocks, nothing attached to the frame.. but pros and cons ya know.. THE single biggest reason i did this though, i watched my german shepherd get out of the truck and put his leg right through the hole of my white knuckle slider, the future of him breaking his leg like that flashed before my eyes and i knew right then….

 

[OffRoadScott]

Its just a 2x6x3/16 welded to the body, rocker cut off and replaced with big steel. The 2x6 is attached to the A,B,C pillars each with a piece of 3/16 plate, to beef up the structure a bit. I have no fantasy that this is stronger or better than a frame mounted slider. This does add some ground clearance and a long smooth flat surface to actually slide across rocks, with no mounting brackets to get hung up on the very same rocks, nothing attached to the frame.. but pros and cons ya know.. THE single biggest reason i did this though, i watched my german shepherd get out of the truck and put his leg right through the hole of my white knuckle slider, the future of him breaking his leg like that flashed before my eyes and i knew right then….

Pictures? I was in the Navy and we used pup up books... LOL!!!

 

[Wermz]

Pictures? I was in the Navy and we used pup up books... LOL!!!

Pup up books?? Go back a page or two, posts 496 and 499.. more pics to come.