In conjunction with a rear bumper and tire carrier, I also had Bump It Offroad build me a set of basic sliders. These are the standard BIO 100-series slider, but without the bump-out. I took delivery of these in bare metal, and had them powder coated locally to match my Slee front bumper.
The mounted up easily, with the exception of a minor clearance issue on the center mounting arm on each slider:
There was a 1/16" to 1/8" gap between the mounting surface and the frame rail. I shimmed this gap with some metal strap I cut down to make the fit perfect. I don't know if this is a common occurrence with 100-series sliders, but it's an easy fix.
Also note that I completely removed my AHC system. An AHC equipped LX mounts sliders differently (with two mounts per slider as opposed to three). These were built for non-AHC Cruisers.
The sliders are well made, cleanly designed, and sturdy.
My only complaint is due to the nature of typical tube sliders and the LX body cladding:
The front tube runs too close to the lower body cladding, and contacts it if you snug the sliders up high enough. I anticipated this and had Mike at BIO move the junction of the tube back slightly on the main rail, but it's still too close in my opinion. It's more the fault of the LX body than the slider--the body cladding sticks way out there, and needs something to protect it. I've opted to run the slider right up to the cladding. We'll see how that works out...
The mounted up easily, with the exception of a minor clearance issue on the center mounting arm on each slider:
There was a 1/16" to 1/8" gap between the mounting surface and the frame rail. I shimmed this gap with some metal strap I cut down to make the fit perfect. I don't know if this is a common occurrence with 100-series sliders, but it's an easy fix.
Also note that I completely removed my AHC system. An AHC equipped LX mounts sliders differently (with two mounts per slider as opposed to three). These were built for non-AHC Cruisers.
The sliders are well made, cleanly designed, and sturdy.
My only complaint is due to the nature of typical tube sliders and the LX body cladding:
The front tube runs too close to the lower body cladding, and contacts it if you snug the sliders up high enough. I anticipated this and had Mike at BIO move the junction of the tube back slightly on the main rail, but it's still too close in my opinion. It's more the fault of the LX body than the slider--the body cladding sticks way out there, and needs something to protect it. I've opted to run the slider right up to the cladding. We'll see how that works out...
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