Finally got em :) 500$ all said and done, painted with bedliner, bolted with 8 bolts per side, all 1/2 inch, extremely solid :)
He also said he didn't realize it would take him 11 hours, and next time he will be charging 800 if anyone wants these
Finally got em :) 500$ all said and done, painted with bedliner, bolted with 8 bolts per side, all 1/2 inch, extremely solid :)
He also said he didn't realize it would take him 11 hours, and next time he will be charging 800 if anyone wants these
nice, who built them?
Those look really nice. Would you care to share who the builder was? I am looking for someone local to do a set for my 4Runner.
Lookin awesome! Those things are going to open up so many spots for you without having to worry about wrecking your rockers/doors. Good buy.
any off camber turns and doors can still be toast. they are nice for pivoting around rocks and trees though.
mine have saved me many times though,
Yea a guy in sooke built them, Brad. Ill talk to him first and see if he's cool with you guys contacting him, I'll get back to you! And for sure these don't mean I'm indestructable, but for a long bed double cab Tacoma, these are very needed!
Those look sick Sam, good purchase.
thanks larry!
Those look great. Money well spent.
thanks Jas, indeed it was! got high centered this weekend haha, they worked extremely well :)
I'm curious too as to who the builder was. I did some drawings for sliders / steps for my KL that I am trying to find a local builder for. An Esquimalt welder wouldn't give me a price for them because they don't have a big enough brake former for the plate steel.
Hey Joe, yea I'll Pm you
Got mine, Got a really cool loaner as well while Brad installed my sliders
If he is open to making sliders for people I'd love to have his contact info
Transplant
Those look great. Nice and tight to the body. No clearance lost.
I don't think there's any secret about contact, These are from Island Armor in Saltair. https://www.cjstojks.ca/island-armor.html
As for clearance, I've got none to lose. These are the same level as the pinch seam under the door, but unlike the Rocky Road Outfitters ones (who's design I stole), these dont require drilling through the seam....which is a pain...so I've heard.
Next up...lifting the unliftable jeep :)
nice joe those are super awesome looking! are they bolted into the body or something? hard to tell!
how did you get a hold of a loaner, did brad lend you it?
I had to leave my vehicle there for the weekend and didn't have transportation back to Victoria, so Brad's wife let me use her Jeep. Free advertising for Brad, I drove it all over the place down here with Island Armor all over it.
The rails are bolted into nutserts in existing holes in the sheet metal rockers (holes were for clips for the plastic rocker covers that the car came with). I know it sounds sketchy but that's actually how the Mopar sliders are bolted on and they're pretty solid. There's holes in the vertical side of the steel rockers and in the underside (10 bolts on each side and 6 underneath each rocker). The hole thing is braced back against the pinch seam but not attached because the pinch seam was only 3/4" high and a 1/2" hole wouldn't have left much metal above or below. (1/8"), less if the holes weren't perfectly centred, plus the skid plates were in the way behind the pinch seam. Rocky Road Outfitters in Utah has a similar setup but they require the pinch seam to be drilled. I got the dimensions from various people who bought those and made up a drawing and we (meaning Brad) modified it from there. Its not a very modifiable vehicle, but once all the plastic is off there's a few possibilities. Next up is a bash plate for the bumper and preskid so I can tackle those stupid ditches people keep cutting across the logging roads :) like so....