Your pic is on your garage floor so I guess it was a good "trail fix". I'm looking forward to some pics or videos of your trip.
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Outsane
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Only a little bent
You make me look slow……
Outsane
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But you both go up everything
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Now, it was bent enough that it was making contact with the front u-joint & binding on the Hydro ram before the trail fix.
Only when I have a functional rig! Thanks for motivating me.
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mudgudgeon
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Scrubs up pretty good!
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Thanks
I love that pivot on the rock slider. I'm pretty much convinced that welding to the rockers is the way to go for sliders if you're sure you don't intend to go back to stock. Obviously they're tough enough.
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IMO there a game changer on a 80 that rock craws !!
mudgudgeon
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Can attest to them being damn tough! Would 100% do it again if I was wheeling hard.
I don't know how hardcore I am at this point, but it just seems like a better way. Puts the protection where it's really needed, tucks them up as far as they can go, and saves the extra few pounds of tube that would attach to the frame. Win, win, win. I was a little skeptical when I first saw it, but I've watched plenty of video of Broski using them thoroughly, so I consider it a proven concept.
mudgudgeon
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Though not a lot there was weight saving in mine. I have tried to save weight throughout the build.
Not having the tubes running to the frame there's less to get hung up on.
Not having the tubes running to the frame there's less to get hung up on.
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Tie rod ends swapped over Hydro tabs welded on & painted. I set the toe and adjusted the steering stops ready to put it back in and send it. 
Rotating the tires, test drive and She ready to go.
Rotating the tires, test drive and She ready to go.
Just curious but, any concerns about long time excessive trauma/strain to the body mounts from repetitive pounding? Just seems like a weak link to this method. No disrespect intended, but traditional strategy was frame mount.
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None taking
Zero concerns from me.
What would you consider long term ?
It was the first mod I made on this rig and it’s coming up on 10 years of hard core wheeling/ abuse.
I would say they have proven themselves.
A similar question could be asked about traditional sliders, and the stress they put on the frame, They set 3+ inches lower, which means they get hit more often their cantilevered in additional 8 to 10 inches putting that much more stain on the frame.
At the end of the day, I would say the 80 series was one of the best built & engineered vehicles of all time, and I’m not the least bit concerned about either style sliders in the short term or the long term they’ve proven to hold up.
Ok, fair enough. IMO the kind of pounding sliders can take, frame is my choice but, I don't wheel like you do. Back to body mounts - they're meant to flex to isolate the body and cabin from chassis and drive train vibration and noise, right? And moves like pivoting on a boulder has got to stress the body mounts significantly more than they're designed for, not to mention frame flex from gnarly terrain. I agree that 80 series is well designed with more than enough body mounts, so all of them giving out at the same time to cause a catastrophe probably just won't happen. I'm wondering, though, about maybe a gradual wearing out, which could cause tranny or T/C linkage issues. Or fuel line, brake line, wire harness or any chassis to body failures. If you haven't already, it might be a good idea to put body mounts on your pre-trail check list. Maybe carry a few spares, JIC.
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I think your over thinking it !!
Again I have zero concerns with them !
The body mounts are designed to carry the full load of the body plus 7 passengers and cargo and I don't think there meant to flex isolate yes but not flex.
IMO there's zero concern with the brake/fuel lines or the wire harness do to the sliders being mounted to the rockers, it's just not a issue.
Again they have proven to hold up ! all the door, hood, back hatch and tail gate open and close perfectly with perfect alignment with zero rattles. it's just not a issue.
If I was to start over I would do it the same way with out a second thought
By all means feel free to mount yours to the frame !
Body mounts rarely break even in a rollover or collision scenario. I think they'll be OK. Biggest concern for me would be making sure water still drains out properly. I chopped the rockers off my old 60 for body-mounted sliders and it was a poorly-executed abomination, but that rig was already pretty far-gone with rust. 
