Step. Wife and kids. While tube sliders have enough to stand on, it's not a true step that's good for the kids or enough of a platform for the chica in heels. We tried tube sliders with grip tape on the former truck and it didn't work out.
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White Knuckle Sliders. Why? I prefer a Slider that will protect the door panels if you slide laterally into something ( in the SE slick mud, it can and will happen). I like being able to use it as a step. The kickout is useful offroad but small feet can slip right through and bruise the shin. I also like the huge slider rail (widest I've seen on a 100 slider).
I think a well designed low profile slider would be great. Look up sincity's 100. He has a set of super low profile sliders. They look great. For maximal clearance and little sacrifice I think a low profile slider is best for 95% of us.
If you want a tucked slider, I would go with a White Knuckle with no tubing.
Step. Wife and kids. While tube sliders have enough to stand on, it's not a true step that's good for the kids or enough of a platform for the chica in heels. We tried tube sliders with grip tape on the former truck and it didn't work out.
*obligatory search comment, several other threads with your exact same question
White Knuckle Sliders. Why? I prefer a Slider that will protect the door panels if you slide laterally into something ( in the SE slick mud, it can and will happen). I like being able to use it as a step. The kickout is useful offroad but small feet can slip right through and bruise the shin. I also like the huge slider rail (widest I've seen on a 100 slider).
I think a well designed low profile slider would be great. Look up sincity's 100. He has a set of super low profile sliders. They look great. For maximal clearance and little sacrifice I think a low profile slider is best for 95% of us.
If you want a tucked slider, I would go with a White Knuckle with no tubing. I've looked at the WK's and considering esp. since they are 33% less than Slee's.
I'm going to have Mike at BIOR custom make some for me. I plan on adding one of Spresso's 1" body lift kits to my rig some time next year, so I'm going to have mike redesign the gussets and tubes to take up the extra gap from the lift.
I haven't even really begun the process of spitballing designs, but I'd like to have something that tucks up close, but maintains a nice kicked-out shelf that can be used as a step. I like Slee's step sliders. Great design and very functional for getting the fam in and out. I'll have to see what Mike and I can come up with. Luckily he's only about 1.5 hrs away so I can shoot up there and test fit stuff.
I think I am going with the MT sliders. I had them on the 80 and they are the real deal. I have seen the entire truck lay on one rail and it don't give a s*** (like a honey badger).
Another vote for WKOR...I have seen them all (except MT) in person and I think WKOR look the coolest. If I were buying today, I would give MetalTech a really long look. I haven't seen them in person but they appear to have the most "technology".
The Step sliders where great when my kids where younger and are wife friendly. Plus based on the way they sit, the step is closer to the ground than the tube which is angled up. The Tube surface is slick and you can slip, while the step is not. The step sliders I had lasted me for years and were used heavily even as an anchor point on a rock to pivot in more than one occasion.
On my new truck, I have the tube sliders. I added black textured tape to the top to take care of the slippery surface issue. My daughters are now in their 20's and both have trucks with Tube sliders, so not an issue for them. My wife is use to getting in and out of a lifted truck by now and so it's not a concern. It is a bit higher for her to step. These sliders came on the truck when I bought it
Both sets of sliders and even the ones on my daughters truck are slee. I know MT makes a great slider as well
For me, my personal preference is the tube slider, BUT and its a big one, the Step sliders are much more family friendly and provide great protection. Even now, if I was buying I would by the step sliders to make it easier for the wife and this is the vehicle we take when we go somewhere together. If it was just my vehicle and she never rode in it, likely the tube sliders.
Kind of depends, my wife is tall, we have a medium lift, the step slider isn't low enough for either of us to use as a step and sticks out just far enough to drag our pant legs over getting in and out. We would vote for tucked in.
If my wife were shorter things would be different, if we had a different lift things would be different.
I went MT because of exactly that- step meets tube.
Romer your tube sliders are still steps, as you can attest to with the grip tape, they're not as tucked in as some. "Tucked" sliders are the worst, IMO... yes they protect rockers but they make getting in and out of the vehicle worse than no slider, and when it's messy out you'll just get dirty pants. Get something you can easily stand on, it's the one mod you'll actually use every time you get in and out of the truck.
Damn...I just saw the $200 off deal on the MT sliders. I am going to revise my previous comment and say that if I were buying in the immediate future, I would 100% go with the Metal Tech sliders... And at $600, they are a phenomenal bargain...I may just pick them up anyways and sell the WKORs...TaylorO...Wanna buy some sliders?
It is still the same style as our 80 series sliders, we just flatten the rub rail. The rub rail not only acts a step now but also utilizes our signature 2 stage rub rail design to help kick you away from tree and rocks while wheeling. The main body is still our unique design of being laser cut and cnc formed into shape.
For those that are unsure of the strength and durability of our sliders I would suggest hoping on over to the 80 series section and doing a search. You'll see the long history of our sliders being beaten on 6,500+lbs rigs for over 7 years now. Out of all the companies mentioned in this thread Slee and ourselves have been building the sliders the longest time for the Land Cruiser community. We unfortunately took awhile to develop the sliders for the 100 series, should of been more proactive about getting these released sooner.
It is still the same style as our 80 series sliders, we just flatten the rub rail. The rub rail not only acts a step now but also utilizes our signature 2 stage rub rail design to help kick you away from tree and rocks while wheeling. The main body is still our unique design of being laser cut and cnc formed into shape.
For those that are unsure of the strength and durability of our sliders I would suggest hoping on over to the 80 series section and doing a search. You'll see the long history of our sliders being beaten on 6,500+lbs rigs for over 7 years now. Out of all the companies mentioned in this thread Slee and ourselves have been building the sliders the longest time for the Land Cruiser community. We unfortunately took awhile to develop the sliders for the 100 series, should of been more proactive about getting these released sooner.
Damn...I just saw the $200 off deal on the MT sliders. I am going to revise my previous comment and say that if I were buying in the immediate future, I would 100% go with the Metal Tech sliders... And at $600, they are a phenomenal bargain...I may just pick them up anyways and sell the WKORs...TaylorO...Wanna buy some sliders?
I went with BIOR tubes, kinda wish I had gone with steps. Thankfully BIORs have a kick-out at the rear which allows me to step up and access my roof easily.
It depends on who will be using the truck and where you will be 4-wheeling. On my 100, I am thinking of step sliders, as I still have little girls who have a hard time getting inside of a stock height truck, plus we use the roof rack a lot for camping and it makes it nice for moving stuff up there around. On our 80, I am thinking of tube sliders, with kick-outs, that are not necessarily step sliders. This is because the truck is mainly used by my 6'1" "little" boy and myself, and it does not have a roof rack, so steps are not needed. That is the beauty of having multiple after market vendors supplying similar items on the same trucks - OPTIONS!
