You and Jordan and the bloody flouro paint. Sheesh.
Rock Slider Mounting Options
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I hope you don't loose any sleep over this cam! It was just primer haha
I like pushing the buttons
Haha! Thats hilarous; you totally had me...
X2. (Bastard)
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Well here they are after a long but awesome afternoon/evening. Abel was awesome to work with and a huge help. Also did some plating of the frame as well while it was up on the hoist!
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Looks good man, amazing what he can get done in that cramped little shop of his eh?
i know, had to shuffle around. close quarters
Nicely done...slightly jealous!
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Thanks PeeZed! Gotta get on some slider yourself!
Agreed! If only I had 20' of tubing kicking around, a hydraulic pipe bender and some welding skills...they'd be on in a flash
G'day Franken60, those sliders look really good. I assume you ended up welding them on? Do you have any pics of the chassis mount / pads where the welded connections are? I am interested to know approximately the size and thickness of the pads.
I'm doing a set for my 105 and also wondering whether to weld or bolt. I've seen many variations of bolt on + brackets etc but very few pics of welded rock rails onto the chassis. I work for a welding and fabrication company so no problems getting it done, but speaking with one of our engineers, he mentioned (in his opinion) that welding a pad onto one side of the chassis would not achieve the same strength as with a full wrap-around bracket like this one below.
My 105 is a family tourer and not a competitiion rock crawling beast so I don't need ultimate strength, and I find the welded option more appealing as it is "fixed" onto the chassis - one less thing to worry about coming loose when travelling 1000's of corrugated kilometers in outback Oz.
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G'day Franken60, those sliders look really good. I assume you ended up welding them on? Do you have any pics of the chassis mount / pads where the welded connections are? I am interested to know approximately the size and thickness of the pads.
I'm doing a set for my 105 and also wondering whether to weld or bolt. I've seen many variations of bolt on + brackets etc but very few pics of welded rock rails onto the chassis. I work for a welding and fabrication company so no problems getting it done, but speaking with one of our engineers, he mentioned (in his opinion) that welding a pad onto one side of the chassis would not achieve the same strength as with a full wrap-around bracket like this one below.
My 105 is a family tourer and not a competitiion rock crawling beast so I don't need ultimate strength, and I find the welded option more appealing as it is "fixed" onto the chassis - one less thing to worry about coming loose when travelling 1000's of corrugated kilometers in outback Oz.
Hey Hendrik,
I pm'd you some details
Thanks mate, appreciate the info! After speaking with a few more people in the offroad fabrication business, I have decided to go bolt on with similar mounting to pic above in my previous post. Once done will post some pics.
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Cheers man, look forward to the finished product!
In the end I decided to use bolt-on brackets, some pics here of the sliders "trial-fitted" not yet finished or painted but looking good so far! I still need to fit gussets and fully weld the rest of the joins.
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In the end I decided to use bolt-on brackets, some pics here of the sliders "trial-fitted" not yet finished or painted but looking good so far! I still need to fit gussets and fully weld the rest of the joins.
awesome job! i really like the fender protection!
bolt on is a nice way to go....still not out of the question for me really if i wanted to pull them off one day
I don't think you can weld them on in Aus without an engineering plate added?
G'day Toshi, I think you a correct and that applies to most other Australian states though not here in WA. It seems that our isolation coupled with our relatively low population has kept us a good five to tens years behind the rest of the country. I'm sure it will change in the future but so far that I am aware (at the moment) we do not need an engineering plate for welding on the chassis here in Western Australia.