manufacturing sliders for discos

[Disco_Stu]

Yes, I would be interested in a set of sliders with pushers a la Boss for a 5 door D1.

:)

Stu.

[boss]

right o few people have said they would like a set of my sliders, i am happy to make these but i dont want to get into buying lots of materials and equipment and only selling 3 sets or something. prices will not be exyautionate maby 150 a pare if that, but here is the question......will anyone buy them?

i do have a few other ideas such as gearbox guards/skid plates, trailing arms and some other secret things im not disclosing on a public forum.

any ideas/pointers would be appreciated :D

ta
boss

[Disco Matt]

I would be hesitant about making suspension components such as trailing arms, mainly as I'd be worried about other people trusting their lives to my welding.

I do think there are a few gaps in what's commercially available for a Disco. For example, barring buying a winch bumper there doesn't seem to be an easy way to add front recovery points which aren't below the bumper (where they invariably end up buried in mud when you need them).

It may also be worth looking at bits for the Disco 2 - there doesn't seem to be much for them at the moment, and with prices dropping more are likely to be used off road.

[william127]

are you thinking about making them for range rover classics as well?

[boss]

matt- see the secret ideas bit ;) and the arms i have in mine will be machined and no welds will be presant :twisted: but then again i am an approved welder.

i am well aware about the bumper predicament this issue will also be adressed when/if i get my feet on the ground!

this is what i mean about it all, if i were to invest in a mig set would there be a call for products which would require this!

will- i see no reason why not. the disco and RRc chassis are baisically the same :D

[william127]

thats what i was thinking, depending on a sucsessful mot next week id be very intrested :)

[L90OOK]

Boss

I want a set of tree bars to weld to my existing Southdown sliders for my 110.
I am sure there must be others out there like me who want to upgrade without going to the expense of buying complete new bars.
Is this something you may offer?
Cheers

[boss]

im sure we could sort something like that out.

another service i would like to provide is BOBTAILING DISCOS a few people have asked me about this and because of where i am located  could not.


there is an old long gone 4x4 company which i might try to buy the name/website from. not saying which one as i dont know, but it would be nice. sending emails off now about that. i dont even know if you can but the name of a company which has seaced trading, anyone know?

if anyone has any more ideas on what they would like to see could you please pm me, i know there are several retailers on here and dont wish to give them any ideas :lol: dont mean that in a bad way but you know what i mean.

[carracarra13]

well id be intersted in a winch bumper tubler one to fit a disco 1 as long as you are not too greedy lol

[boss]

not having made a bumper yet i cannot say how much it will be. i wouldnt have thought it would be much less than other manufacurers but we will see :D

[Disco Matt]

Regarding bobtailing, I suspect there would be a market for bobtailed and fully SVA'd Discos. The paperwork seems to be designed to be incomprehensible to most people so if you can make sense of it I suspect it'd make people seriously consider having you do the work instead of doing it themselves.

[Disco-andy]

regarding the slider, I have not seen many people selling a weld in replacement sill's with a slider on it. It some thing I would buy.

As for Bob tailing there a place down this way that do a very nice job for you for £1000 that's with out sorting the fule tank ect just the body and rear x menber. He also pumps out a lot of bobtails and insists that he has cheeked and they don't need an sva.

the other thing i would buy off the shelf is any form of role hoop, weather that just being two legs for a fount hoop joined to a hoop inside behind the drivers seats,  or some thing more elaborate.

If you could make a high level bumper much like the comp ones from devon  for a defender, also available to suite a 50mm body lift? i was after one for a while and never found what i was looking for. 

Any way just my 2p's worth

[boss]

yes, hi rise bumpers to suite body lifts was an idea.

and i hate to brake it to you but if you play with anything structural on a car it needs an sva. overland were trying to convince me that if you use landrover chassis replacements ie defender x-member it wouldnt need one........all in all better to be safe than sorry.

i was also thinking about having stages of conversion such as;

stage 1- bobtail conversion...thats it
stage 2- bobtail conversion with alli tank and underbody protection
stage 3- the above but with roll hoops and winches
stage 4- conversion, winches, cage, protection, tank, weight saving power increase

i would also like to make roll hoops, not nessasaraly out of CDS because that stuff expencive and there isnt as much of a call for comp spec stuff.
i would like to be able to manufacture 1-off parts.....i already have an idea for a winch that you will ALL like!

no idea on price yet it is all just thoughts floating around at the moment......but as there is a great deal of interest i might be pushed into doing this properley!

[Crispywombat]

If the company has ceased trading then it's just a matter of registering the compnay with Companies House, that is if you intend to go limited. If you're not bothered about being limited then you can simply "trade as" any name you like aslong as you are not using another company name i.e Land Rover Rock Sliders

[boss]

hmmmmm.....on second thoughts i think it would be better to come up with my own thing, i wouldnt want people to say things implying that the company has improved or worsend since it changed hands. got an idea for a name, comeing at it from a slightley different angle aswell. now as for ideas for products could people please pm me with them instead of posting them on here!  :lol: :lol: :lol:

[william127]

what about bars that join the bull bar/ winch bumper to the sliders, protcting the wings and transfering impacts from the front in a collision, ive seen them for landcruisers but not landies? :-k

[boss]

will....no. i have a slightley different user friendley idea for wing protection. the 48hour build session with my co driver is this weekend so we will be mulling the ideas over as she is my usual partner in crime :lol: