New sills and sliders made today (pic heavy)

DiscoNickY · Sep 13, 2013

Pics would be good. Cheers bud.

Taylorzdisco · Nov 16, 2013

Done exactly the same today rock solid. Just got to make the sliders to weld onto box section. May use one continious piece of tubular steel and get a friend with pipe bending machine to bend to shape

Marko46 · Nov 17, 2013

they should last a few trips great job

pocketrocket · Nov 17, 2013

Just thought id post a couple of pics of my rock/tree sliders, there made out of box but are 80x120x5mm, i wanted them to go way below the doors so that i could get the tree sliders on and also protect my chassis out riggers as ive got a 2in body lift too, the drivers side was quite bad and had to cut most of the floor away and also had to notch the bottoms of the doors to get them to shut as the extra width fouls with the doors, anyways a few picys of mine

turbominij · Nov 17, 2013

Both sets look good What siZe round tube did you use ??

pocketrocket · Nov 17, 2013

turbominij said:
Both sets look good What siZe round tube did you use ??

I dunno, it was just what was knocking about at work, ill measure in the morning if you really want to know :lol:
They also double up as a step as the mrs was moaning like hell that she couldn`t get in all that easy after the body lift and no steps!

turbominij · Nov 17, 2013

Mins +5 suspension lift so have the same issue. Have done the box section sills just not got round to the steps/tree bars yet it's about time I did it

DiscoPol · Nov 18, 2013

pocketrocket said:
Just thought id post a couple of pics of my rock/tree sliders, there made out of box but are 80x120x5mm, i wanted them to go way below the doors so that i could get the tree sliders on and also protect my chassis out riggers as ive got a 2in body lift too, the drivers side was quite bad and had to cut most of the floor away and also had to notch the bottoms of the doors to get them to shut as the extra width fouls with the doors, anyways a few picys of mine

I like the tubular sliders,I did mine in box because that was all my local stockist had in on the day, but since then I have discovered that the box makes a better step with its flat top, purely accidental result but function over form is the rule with my disco. As I sayi think they look way better on tube though.

turbominij · Nov 18, 2013

What about tube with a flat top functional and prity ?? It would be a bit more work lo.

DiscoPol · Nov 18, 2013

turbominij said:
What about tube with a flat top functional and prity ?? It would be a bit more work lo.

Yes could easily work but is it worth all the extra effort? As I said I really think the tube looks nicer but my box is strong and functional and on my old dog it didn't seem worth the effort or wait to get tube and I'm glad I didn't now,I was out in a friends motor the other day and Herr has tubular sliders, shop bought, and when climbing back in after slipping through mud I found the tubes harder to use as a step as my foot slipped off if I didn't get the angle of attack right. Granted it only happened a couple of times until I had got the measure of them.

pocketrocket · Nov 18, 2013

DiscoPol said:
Yes could easily work but is it worth all the extra effort? As I said I really think the tube looks nicer but my box is strong and functional and on my old dog it didn't seem worth the effort or wait to get tube and I'm glad I didn't now,I was out in a friends motor the other day and Herr has tubular sliders, shop bought, and when climbing back in after slipping through mud I found the tubes harder to use as a step as my foot slipped off if I didn't get the angle of attack right. Granted it only happened a couple of times until I had got the measure of them.

Yeh they do get a little slippery in the wet, im tempted to rivet a piece of ali checker plate to the tops but don't really want to be drilling into em and getting em filled with water/sh*te

3.5 efi · Nov 18, 2013

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pocketrocket · Nov 18, 2013

hmmmm, :scratching_chin: not a bad idea, dunno how long it would last after a days laning and jet washing but for that price its worth a go!

3.5 efi · Nov 18, 2013

grippier than chequer and lasts fairly well. quite sticky.

Dippypud · Nov 18, 2013

Skateboard tape was used by someone, can't remember who tho -

worked well and as far as I know is still going ...

3.5 efi · Nov 18, 2013

same stuff dippy.

pocketrocket · Nov 18, 2013

may just have to give that a go, seen as its been tried and tested, thanks lads

3.5 efi · Nov 18, 2013

and lasses.

StuRox · Nov 19, 2013

Dippypud said:
Skateboard tape was used by someone, can't remember who tho -

worked well and as far as I know is still going ...

That was me

And yes, still going strong

Dufty · Nov 19, 2013

Was thinking of using tubing myself and found some interesting anti-slip paint which could also work nicely in the boot and footwells.

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