Rock Sliders

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There is no way I would spend $600 on sliders. And I can barely imagine why some sliders would be near $800!!! (Not to mention shipping...) Ya, of those mentioned, some look real nice and maybe have some nice laser-cut adds incorporated into them, but you could easily find a local metal fab shop in most areas that could build you just as nice a product for much less. A fab shop doesn't need to know didly-squat about cruisers to build sliders...sliders are pretty much a no-brainer. And who the hell cares if it's powder coated--that s***'s just gonna scrape right off the second it is put into use.

I'm not trying to rip or pimp anyones s***, I just don't see why anyone would pay that much for something that is so easy to make. And whoever said time is money, they're definitely right. I spent two days (off of work) getting the sliders and fender bars positioned correctly, welded to the frame and painted -- so my recommendation is that if you get the ones that I got, either have some kick ass tools to work with or kick ass bros to help you (and heat so you aren't freezin' your ass off while you're workin'), or get bolt on ones, or drive your truck down to the shop and have them put them on for you.

Anyway, there's my 2 cents.

-Ferg-
 
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There is no way I would spend two days (off of work) positioning my sliders. Because time is money. That's why I ordered Slees, bolted them on, took a nap, and went to work that afternoon.
 
time is $$$$$$$$$$

but as a hobby, and to offer a quality product for a 1/3 the price. why not pass your skills on to others. i dont make any $$$ on my sliders, my labor is dirt cheap. probably less than minimum wage :eek: BUT! i love to fabricate! soooo when DOC gets his set i'm building for him, i would hope he post up a reply.plus my bolt ons shouldnt take more than a hour or two to install. :D
 
2badfjs said:
when DOC gets his set i'm building for him, i would hope he post up a reply.
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You can darn sure bet the farm on that one. :)
 
Cut the rockers out and stick some 2x4 in. I charge $499 to do that.

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Speaking of sliders.....
Has anyone else had this happen? We got some snow the other day. Yea, believe it or not. Anyhow, I drove to work and got the sliders covered with a bunch of road slush. The truck sat the whole day and the slush froze up solid. When driving home, my truck had the nastiest case of squeaks you could imagine. I finally realized that ice had formed between the body and the slider. When the body moved relative to the frame, the ice rubbed on the body a made a horrible noise. Once the ice melted, the noise was gone. I had no idea how much movement the body mounts soak up.
 
2badfjs said:
hand made with LOVE
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Not too much love.... I don't want sticky sliders! ;p
 
Oh Yea!!

60wag said:
Speaking of sliders.....
Has anyone else had this happen? We got some snow the other day. Yea, believe it or not. Anyhow, I drove to work and got the sliders covered with a bunch of road slush. The truck sat the whole day and the slush froze up solid. When driving home, my truck had the nastiest case of squeaks you could imagine. I finally realized that ice had formed between the body and the slider. When the body moved relative to the frame, the ice rubbed on the body a made a horrible noise. Once the ice melted, the noise was gone. I had no idea how much movement the body mounts soak up.
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when i first got mine all welded up, you could here them vibrate on the body. the little lip that hangs down off the rockers.prybar the seam up and out of the way :D [but you wont have to do that to yours DOC!] ;)
 
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I make various sets of sliders either just a "D" shape or a kicked out one there made of 2" hrew tubing .120 wall three outriggers to body and ubolted to frame with 5/8" ubolts or can be made to be welded directly to frame. I'm based out of Saskatoon saskatchewan Canada - Flatland Fabricating check out "thedudes" new bumper for his hj61 a couple of posts down thats my handy work you can see the kicked out profile on his pictures contact me at "flatlandfabricating@hotmail.com" I'm alot cheaper then the prices you listed . Ryan
 
i like those

teamflf said:
I make various sets of sliders either just a "D" shape or a kicked out one there made of 2" hrew tubing .120 wall three outriggers to body and ubolted to frame with 5/8" ubolts or can be made to be welded directly to frame. I'm based out of Saskatoon saskatchewan Canada - Flatland Fabricating check out "thedudes" new bumper for his hj61 a couple of posts down thats my handy work you can see the kicked out profile on his pictures contact me at "flatlandfabricating@hotmail.com" I'm alot cheaper then the prices you listed . Ryan
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i need to get a bender. nice work! :D
 
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