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Offline Mr Alford

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It has begun! Rock sliders
« on: February 06, 2009, 19:07:23 »
Thanks very much to Boss for supplying me with cad digrams and pics your are a <edit> legend

it has begun been at it all day!
gna make the mounts tmrw to fix it to the chassis, will be welding a bracket to the chassis then bolting it onto that











look wonky on there because the jack aint holding them up straight!



« Last Edit: February 12, 2009, 22:26:26 by Paul »
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2009, 19:11:53 »
Looks excellent mate. Pity I've already got some.  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2009, 19:52:01 »
Lookin good Alford, keep the pics comin, I need some inspiration :)
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2009, 20:55:40 »
Looking great wish i had taken more time with mine will make another set one day. Boss's tutorial was very helpful  :D
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2009, 21:46:56 »
looking good pal :thumbup: are you going to taper the ends in a bit? i chopped mine a little too much but they look good if you manage to get them to follow the same sort of line as your wheel arches
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2009, 23:08:41 »
Quote from: boss on February 06, 2009, 21:46:56
looking good pal :thumbup: are you going to taper the ends in a bit? i chopped mine a little too much but they look good if you manage to get them to follow the same sort of line as your wheel arches

already tapered the ends and plated it up, making the chassis brackets tmrw
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2009, 11:27:25 »
gna whip up some pics of the chassis brackets later  :dance:
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2009, 20:14:48 »
heres the finished product









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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2009, 21:45:41 »
Well done mate good job

What orange Is your disco mate?


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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2009, 21:56:34 »
 yea very tidy job .
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2009, 23:32:28 »
very very nice  :clap:
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2009, 07:38:34 »
Quote from: Bobtail-Jay on February 12, 2009, 21:45:41
Well done mate good job

What orange Is your disco mate?


Jay.

bought a few tins off this dude on fleabay, half a tin with thinner will do whole car, i did 2 coats with a mini foam roller and the pait is hard as nails

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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2009, 18:37:58 »
god damn it i should start selling them! top job mate look bloody awsome :thumbup:
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2009, 19:10:05 »
Quote from: boss on February 13, 2009, 18:37:58
god damn it i should start selling them! top job mate look bloody awsome :thumbup:

i decided to do different underbody fixing to urself as i wanted it to be something i could happily mount  a cage off which will be started 1st of march = payday :-)
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2009, 16:07:15 »
Mounting to chassis...  hummm.. I take you are figuring on doing a body lift anytime soon?

Would result in a 2" gap between body and the sliders...
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2009, 16:30:36 »
hell no got a suspension lift thats plenty big enough my centre of gravity is already too high wudnt wana mess it up nemore
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2009, 20:11:26 »
how many rock sliders are there anymore that wrap around the sills clover? look at any body lifted disco and you will see 90% of them dont have sliders on them.
IMO body lifts are crap anyway, the disadvantages greatley out weigh the advantages
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Re: It has begun! Rock sliders
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2009, 22:42:42 »
Quote from: Mr Alford on February 13, 2009, 19:10:05
Quote from: boss on February 13, 2009, 18:37:58
god damn it i should start selling them! top job mate look bloody awsome :thumbup:

i decided to do different underbody fixing to urself as i wanted it to be something i could happily mount  a cage off which will be started 1st of march = payday :-)

Before you go fixing a cage onto the sliders, how much downwards force can those sliders withstand?


In normal operation when rock slider is supporting the weight of the vehicle the the bulk of the load is transmitted to the sill (if the slider rests against it) or to the out riggers and the resultant force where the slider is fixed to the chassis is relativerly small. The fixing the sliders to the chassis prevents the sills from being subjected to a twisting load.



However if you roll the vehicle with the cage fixed to the sliders and the sliders attached to the main chassis rails only, with no fixing to the sill/outriggers then the load applied to the chassis will be a significantly high torque.



Take a moment to compare the difference between the standard out riggers which support the body and your outriggers for the sills.


The standard out rigger is relativerly a lot taller where it is welede to the chassis which spreads the load over the chassis where as smaller height outriggers on the sliders will concetrate the load over a smaller section of the chassis.


I'm not saying you can't fix a roll cage to the sliders, but before you do consider whether the current method of fixing to the chassis is strong enough to take the force from the cage when if discovery gets rolled and effectively gets dropped on its roof. Altering the sill out riggers to copy the body out riggers should spread the loads better.
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