The Cruiser Build

[85cj7]

ya and custom fab is twice the price. Mac is the best place to go when you need more then a foot of anything and have always cut me whatever i have needed, just dont go in there acting like a hardass or a knowitall and you wont have and issue. Usually if you go in there and bull**** with Jake (the guy with the baird) about trucks and jeeps he will cut you a pretty good deal. As for DOM they usually wont make an order, due to their cost being high and people bailing on the order, they do however usually have a small stock of HREW at a very reasonable price.

Opinions are like a$$ holes. . . .

[96beast]

What do you guys think of this design? Looks like a little overkill.... I'd like to keep them as light as possible considering my front bumper weighs over 200 lbs.

http://george4wd.taskled.com/sliderd.html

http://george4wd.taskled.com/sliderf.html

[RCcola55]

Opinions are like a$$ holes. . . .

or the fact that i deal with each one on a weekly basis....

[85cj7]

or the fact that i deal with each one on a weekly basis....

Both opinions and a$$holes? Busy man!

[Sharpe]

or the fact that i deal with each one on a weekly basis....

What do you know?!?! Seacrest has bought steel new like twice, he's practically an expert.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Opinions are like my a$$ hole, wide and gaping. . . .

[tommy53002]

What do you guys think of this design? Looks like a little overkill.... I'd like to keep them as light as possible considering my front bumper weighs over 200 lbs.

http://george4wd.taskled.com/sliderd.html

http://george4wd.taskled.com/sliderf.html

I would not call that overkill. I have no idea if the "bolt on" design is typical of aftermarket sliders but I would personally prefer welding them to the frame (which you could easily do using those sliders) I just would not trust the bolts alone. Overall they look decent to me. One thing I did not like was the cat protection looked like a giant rock anchor but since you already moved your exhaust, you could get rid of that part anyways.

My .02, if you are interested in learning to fab stuff, sliders would be an easy (simple) place to start.

[breckboarder55]

I would not call that overkill. I have no idea if the "bolt on" design is typical of aftermarket sliders but I would personally prefer welding them to the frame (which you could easily do using those sliders) I just would not trust the bolts alone.

I'm not a fab expert by any means, but I don't like the idea of those sliders bolting on either.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Yep, the bolt that runs under the frame doesn't look right at all. Looks like a well thought out design for the most part though.

[96beast]

The u-bolts are the most common way these are mounted but plenty have welded onto the frame too. I've never heard of anybody breaking the bolts. I'll be shopping around in the coming weeks and will finalize my design based on the prices.

[Sharpe]

Breaking the bolts isnt as much of an issue as the inevitable give that is inherent with that design. Everything will wiggle enough that when you drop the rocker on something hard, the slider will bend enough to hit the body. Cook's sliders used to be like this until he tied them into his cage to reinforce em.

[96beast]

Eh, some movement would be fine, just need to prevent this from happening:

[breckboarder55]

Is there any reason for you to not drill holes and run the bolts through the frame?

[robertf03]

so colorful

[96beast]

Sweet.... what does it mean? Red=weak?

And what kind of unit is a "ul"?