Seems one of the first mods everyone does to their 80's, lots even before suspension or bumpers, is sliders or slider steps. I'm one more making that my first mod. I've been doing searches on this forum and others, and in the tech sections, and I've found some good stuff, but it's here and there and everywhere. I don't know what the rules are on FAQ's, but I sure would like to see one started on sliders. Photoman has those cool rotating ones, George Scolaro has some nice fab pics in the tech section. Somewhere I saw some simple designs that don't involve tube bending, ect. ect. One FAQ for everyone to post pics of thiers would be really handy - hopefully for others in addition to me.
I started on the plates for mounting the outriggers last night. Boy that frame is tall! I always knew they were built tough, but dang!!! Anyway, I drilled the first holes in the plate, and threw some pieces of angle iron on to make building it easier - I can just throw the plate up and it stays flat to the frame, and I'm sure it'll add some tortional rigidity too, but it if it only makes building easier - it's worth 10 minutes and 2" of angle iron. That's also when I realized the frame isn't parallel to the body - so back into the house and start searching the web to see how others delt with it. That's when I started thinking - "Boy, if everyones slider was just on one FAQ, it'd make my life easier."
So, how do we start one?
I started on the plates for mounting the outriggers last night. Boy that frame is tall! I always knew they were built tough, but dang!!! Anyway, I drilled the first holes in the plate, and threw some pieces of angle iron on to make building it easier - I can just throw the plate up and it stays flat to the frame, and I'm sure it'll add some tortional rigidity too, but it if it only makes building easier - it's worth 10 minutes and 2" of angle iron. That's also when I realized the frame isn't parallel to the body - so back into the house and start searching the web to see how others delt with it. That's when I started thinking - "Boy, if everyones slider was just on one FAQ, it'd make my life easier."
So, how do we start one?
Much better than fiberglass fender flares do. 
