Any slider recommendations for a '13 LC? Primary use is long camping trips, but I like to do a little rock crawling.
Slider recommendations?
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I would go with the Slee sliders. Always the best.....but not sure if they work for the '13. Might want to call them.
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Those look nice. Do they ever do group buys or offer sales?
bjowett
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I'm going to design some body mounted units to eliminate the ground clearance loss that comes with frame mounting. The 200 has a complete plastic rocker molding cover, if that is removed, there is a nice space under there that will lend itself quite well for mounting them up. Folks usually worry about strength, but IME it's not an issue. The structure in the rocker area is quite impressive.
I purchased some Slee sliders for my '11 200 that he said would fit. They did not. Talked with Christo and my mechanic (also a BSLCA member) and we had end up fabing some parts to make the sliders work. Fabing costs me around $300, Slee basicly said better luck next time and hopefully he'll have the right parts for the next '11 200.
You little tinkerer!!
Wow....well that was not my experience with him at all or ever when dealing with him. Sorry to hear that happened.
TJM has some very nice looking sliders for only $400, though they are not rock crawling sliders.
You might also want to check MetalTech, as they made some very nice sliders for my 08 200.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/200-series-cruisers/649673-metaltech-sliders-200-series.html
You might also want to check MetalTech, as they made some very nice sliders for my 08 200.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/200-series-cruisers/649673-metaltech-sliders-200-series.html
I have had Christo install his sliders on my 08 and 11. Everything went fine. I too am surprised you had issues.
Ditto. Mine fit like a glove and Christo sent mine down to me on the other side of the planet.
Unless your cruiser is a one-off or the wrong model slider was either ordered or supplied to you in error I get the feeling there's a little more to the story than you have conveyed. Eitherway I cannot believe his response was as flippant as you maintain.
Unless your cruiser is a one-off or the wrong model slider was either ordered or supplied to you in error I get the feeling there's a little more to the story than you have conveyed. Eitherway I cannot believe his response was as flippant as you maintain.
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Ditto on the Slee sliders. They're worth every penny. The first time you "accidentally" find you need them, you will be extremely thankful. Customer service with Christo was excellent.
sleeoffroad
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I would like to explain what happened here and just explain our side of the story. Footwork ordered sliders for a 2011 model and we have fitted them to 2011 models successfully in the shop and customer that had done the same.
The issue was related to the front mounting location on both sides of the slider. Toyota decided at some point to not install the threaded nuts on the holes on the frame that we use to mount the sliders to. I am not sure when the exact production date change was but in the 2011's we did, it was not the case. So when we stated the sliders fit a 2011 model, that was based on all the info we had at the time.
At the time of the install I spoke to the shop that did Footworks install and we discussed options. We suggested using rivet nuts in the frame and/or somehow make some nut plates that could be installed inside the frame. We did not have a 200 series available at the time to check or even provide a solution. However the shop seemed to be competent to be able to handle it and they made it sound it was not a big deal for them. I did say at the time that we would look at a solution as soon as we have access to a vehicle and send them any parts that we came up with. The 200 being a scare vehicle and not often modified, this would take some time. It is also not just a vehicle that I can go borrow at the dealer.
Unfortunately we are not in control of what the shop charges the customer for any installation. Had they discussed the money side with us before they embarked on this or expected us to compensate them for it, we would have considered the option and / or provided a different solution. We were never asked or even given an estimate of what the shop would charge for the custom work.
At no point did we blow them off, but we simply did not have an instant solution for the problem and it was going to take us some time to investigate and resolve it. Footwork had a wheeling trip scheduled and they proceeded to solve the situation the best way they could in the time they had. I am not calling anyone out here, just trying to explain that we did not blow it off, we just could not resolve it in the time frame they wanted. Since this was not a problem with our product and to the best of our knowledge it should have fitted that model year, but a change that was driven by a design change on the truck that we did not have knowledge on, we felt we handled it the best way we could.
We also checked with Toyota, but unfortunately these design changes on frames are not documented on a level that we have access to, or the dealer has access to. Normally these things are hashed out once people check their frames and post production dates. That way we finally get to a point where we can identify where the change happened.
Well, we have now solved the issue and we added a hole to the foot that lines up with a large hole in the frame. We have also now made nut plates that get inserted in the frame from an access hole that is located in the front body mount. In older sliders the solution might require drilling a hole in the slider foot.
So the front foot would require two rivet nuts to be installed and then the 1/2" nut plate and hardware to fit. It is probably a moot point now, but I can send the hardware to Footwork for retrofit if he so chooses. I never saw what his mechanic did, but from the sounds of it, it is probably not needed.
Here is the post we made back in 2012 on this issue when it first came up
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showpost.php?p=7952347&postcount=93
in this thread
https://forum.ih8mud.com/la-bayou-s...t-11th-14th-hot-springs-ar-2.html#post7952347
elkaholic
Left turn ...freakin wipers!
Christo - Have you installed any on 2013 models yet? Your sliders are on my list of upgrades.
gaijin
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sleeoffroad
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Yes, the do. We are just finishing up this truck.
elkaholic
Left turn ...freakin wipers!
^ Oh h--l. It looks like I might have to make an intermediate stop in Golden on my summer trip to the Rockies. I really like this!!!
