Rock sliders - fitting trouble

[velcro]

I recently bought a discovery 1. It came with a new pair of rock sliders that were not fitted to the vehicle. Yesterday i got round to seeing how they fit but found that the ones i have are for a 5 door disco but i have a 3 dr :roll:. Could they be adapted to fit by cutting off the sill plate for the rear doors or will i need to by some 3dr sliders?

I held them up under the sills but they seem to have very little clearence between the tyres and the sliders. Are the 3 door sills shorter than the 5 dr and how much clearence shuld there be??

[jimthelandyman]

There is a small gap inbetween my sliders and tyres and it's a 5 door, depends how oversized your tyres are mine are 265/75/16's.

[mattyme]

ive got poormans old sliders off of hangover on my disco, jim. they just bolted straight on..... not much help for you tho dude, sorry!!

[Range Rover Blues]

I'm not a big fan of sliders that bolt to the sills anyway, so cut that bit off.

[THONG BOY]

hi i had a  5 door with sliders i the put them on my 3 door all i had to do was cut a bit of the plate of wher the bolts go through  think it was about 5 inches of the back

james

[velcro]

Thanks for the help guys, I'll cut the rear section off then that should normally bolt to the rear door sills.

I also need a set of the metal plates that connect the slider mounting brackets to the chassis. Any idea where i would get some from?

I think my sliders are these ones.....http://www.safari-equip.co.uk/index.php?page=51

[Range Rover Blues]

Thanks for the help guys, I'll cut the rear section off then that should normally bolt to the rear door sills.

I also need a set of the metal plates that connect the slider mounting brackets to the chassis. Any idea where i would get some from?

I think my sliders are these ones.....http://www.safari-equip.co.uk/index.php?page=51

They look like the ones fitted to Blue.  Take your time fitting them as mine weren't very well fitted and they are a bit pooTBH, any load and the flex into the wing.