They look great.
Blackdog's slider build
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Amazing, can't wait to get a pair!!!! Yeah I know the feeling I'm driving mine down to springbreak lifted so I def know how you feel
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... the decision to wrap the frame by the cats instead of using the plate attached to the 4 bolt holes cost some time.
3 years later these were back in the shop for some warranty work. That bracket around the cat was a bad, bad idea. It flexed and the sliders made body contact - soooo, cut the legs off, spaced them out 1/4" and replaced the stupid frame bracket with the usual 4 hole plate.
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Ran out of welding wire in the middle of the night last night so I ran home and lunch and finished them up.
Brian, I will bring these to the meeting tonight if you are going to be there.
Brian, I will bring these to the meeting tonight if you are going to be there.
Blackdog
"Y'all smell that?"
Nice work. I have let this slip to the bottom of the DOODOO to DO list. Do I need to grab any kind of hdware on the way?
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nope, I've got all the hardware.
Land Speeder
InstaH8R
Where?! The mall?!
Blackdog
"Y'all smell that?"
Ouch!!!
The main beam of the slider BARELY touched the pinch weld and "buzzed" all the time. Worse when under a load like pulling a hill.
The main beam of the slider BARELY touched the pinch weld and "buzzed" all the time. Worse when under a load like pulling a hill.
ClankBang
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Fixed it
Blackdog
"Y'all smell that?"
First real test
Thanks Matt. My sliders took a testing in a ditch this past weekend and saved my truck a hefty repair bill. Passenger side slid into a ditch of a rut (almost window level on the PS) and had to be winched out. The only thing that saved the PS sheet metal and flares was the kick out on the slider. Only took a small ding in the bumper corner and a scrape on the flare.
Thanks for the "warranty work" and the quality you built into them.
Thanks Matt. My sliders took a testing in a ditch this past weekend and saved my truck a hefty repair bill. Passenger side slid into a ditch of a rut (almost window level on the PS) and had to be winched out. The only thing that saved the PS sheet metal and flares was the kick out on the slider. Only took a small ding in the bumper corner and a scrape on the flare.
Thanks for the "warranty work" and the quality you built into them.
I watched it happen, and I thought there'd be body damage, at least on the flares. Sliders FTW.
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good deal, did you have any problems getting them installed again? Painted them first?
Blackdog
"Y'all smell that?"
They bolted right up. Casey helped get them into place and the plate lined up perfectly. I didn't have time to paint them yet and I am glad I didn't. I would only be retouching them again to cover the new scrapes. Anybody know what rattle can best matches the ARB powder coat black?
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semi gloss black
Those look really nice. Good job.
I don't care for powder coat on parts that get hit, personally.
I'm going to be building some sliders for mine soon. Fishing for ideas....
I don't care for powder coat on parts that get hit, personally.
I'm going to be building some sliders for mine soon. Fishing for ideas....
Land Speeder
InstaH8R
Land Speeder
InstaH8R
yes. I actually need to come get all that sometime this week.
Evening works, or I can leave them out in the back yard behind the gate if you want to come during the day. Just let me know.