Fj45 lwb slider options

[65swb45]

Ok, so I am safe and sound back from Tx and time to start planning for getting the 45 out to Moab. I’ve pretty much settled on the final shape for the rear bumper that Simon built for me. Now I’ve got to start thinking about some sliders for the part of the bed between the rear wheel well and the rear bumper. I’ve got 22” of ground clearance to the sheet metal, and that’s not going to improve soon; I’ve got to get the 4 speed in before I can look at bigger tires, and those ain’t gonna happen b4 Moab.

So there are a couple of options. One is to do a side protection tube that attaches to the rear bumper, kind of like the fj60s run [a big, wrap-around bumper]. I would make it so it bolts into the frame behind the rear wheel well and bolts to the rear bumper. This option would probably cut my already pathetic ground clearance by a couple more inches.

Second idea would be to take a traditional angle iron approach to the slider and bolt it into the bottom of the sheet metal, reinforce the inside to the underside of the bed and to the frame. These would have the advantage of more ground clearance and being independent of the rear bumper, but would mean drilling a few holes in the bottom of both skirts.

Third idea would be to use the angle iron but figure out how to make it ‘float’ independently of the skirt, but close to it, in order to keep most of the ground clearance but not drill into the skirt.

[keep in mind that this is my DD, so I think I would prefer to have something that I could remove from the truck for the 99% of the time that I am NOT wheeling it]

 

[65swb45]

Anybody? Do I have to move this to the regular forum? So much for imput from fellow 45 owners! ;p

 

[IDave]

That's what you get for asking over on Pirate a day earlier. You got your answers over there!

 

[Chef]

I'd run 1" 1/4 wall tube from the bumper and tie it tinto the frame...Better to lose ground clearnce than bash up the bed. I personally don't care for the angle iron on the bed idea, but that's a personal prefernce bias on my part.

 

[65swb45]

That's what you get for asking over on Pirate a day earlier. You got your answers over there!

Where you had nothing to offer either!

 

[IDave]

Ok, how's this: I think you should paint it blue to match the body panels!

 

[2badfjs]

drive it to colorado

i'll build you some

 

[Landpimp]

Not sure if this is what your looking for, but some pics of what Mike is making for the Jimiwag. I know nothing about whats good and bad about a slider, but my 1st thought is that these are good.

 

[65swb45]

Those are badass John! But like I said, my rig is staying sua and a dd for now, so that's a LOT more metal than I'm interested in dragging around with an F135.

 

[tornadoalleycruiser]

So John? YOu gonna wheel that jimmiwag?
Mark, How bout a reverse receiver hitch type protection.. Slides into the back of the receiver hitch and goes out to the edges. You can have it slide into some receiver type hitches behind the rear wheels as well to mount on the frame as well. can be removed when your not wheelin and using it as the shop truck and when your using it as the shop truck you can use the receiver hitch as well! .. Just ideas. you were asking!

 

[Landpimp]

nope, i sold it to my best freind who is building it for a daily driver/wheeler......I'll let him do the work and then when he is tired of it.......but it back

John

So John? YOu gonna wheel that jimmiwag?
Mark, How bout a reverse receiver hitch type protection.. Slides into the back of the receiver hitch and goes out to the edges. You can have it slide into some receiver type hitches behind the rear wheels as well to mount on the frame as well. can be removed when your not wheelin and using it as the shop truck and when your using it as the shop truck you can use the receiver hitch as well! .. Just ideas. you were asking!

 

[65swb45]

So John? YOu gonna wheel that jimmiwag?
Mark, How bout a reverse receiver hitch type protection.. Slides into the back of the receiver hitch and goes out to the edges. You can have it slide into some receiver type hitches behind the rear wheels as well to mount on the frame as well. can be removed when your not wheelin and using it as the shop truck and when your using it as the shop truck you can use the receiver hitch as well! .. Just ideas. you were asking!

Removable for sure Eric. That's why which ever way I go, I am going to mount it with Faultline's two-piece mounting system [same one I used on the sliders] 4 1/2" bolts sticking out of a 1/2" plate welded to the frame, so I can actually change the design from time to time without cutting and grinding on the frame repeatedly. I'm starting to think about Chef's idea some more too.