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Vehicle & Technical => Range Rover => Topic started by: blacknight on September 03, 2006, 23:37:43

Title: DIY Rocksliders
Post by: blacknight on September 03, 2006, 23:37:43

Hello all.

Has anybody out there made rocksliders for there Range Rover. If so how difficult was it.

Where do they bolt on to?
What size steel?
Have you any photo's?
Any other issues(for & against?

I have some engineering skills and can do some welding, but not gas.

Mine would be for a 3.9 EFI - 4 door.

Thanks - Nigel

Title: Re: DIY Rocksliders
Post by: Richie_EB4 on September 04, 2006, 10:08:56

Quote from: "blacknight"

Hello all.

Has anybody out there made rocksliders for there Range Rover. If so how difficult was it.

Where do they bolt on to?
What size steel?
Have you any photo's?
Any other issues(for & against?

I have some engineering skills and can do some welding, but not gas.

Mine would be for a 3.9 EFI - 4 door.

Thanks - Nigel

I am making a set for a disco and as far as i know there the same as a RR.........i am bolting mine direct to the chassis.
Box section 40x80x3mm

Title: DIY Rocksliders
Post by: Range Rover Blues on September 05, 2006, 03:30:29

Yeah, make some outriggers from the chasis, don't bolt them to the sills, that's amatuer night.

To get them looking right the box needs to curve very slightly.

Title: rock sliders
Post by: birdy on September 07, 2006, 21:21:09

made mine out of 100x40x5/mounts50 x4 t45 tube/8mm plate
bolted to chassis
mount them right and you get rock sliders and a step
weld some tube on and you have jack points to

Title: DIY Rocksliders
Post by: Range Rover Ron on October 17, 2006, 22:10:49

Hi there, I bought mine from Guardian for £90 a pair, at that price it's hardly worth the effort in making them.

Ron.

Title: DIY Rocksliders
Post by: Rustyrover on October 26, 2006, 21:48:40

They bolt to the outriggers I think ?

Title: DIY Rocksliders
Post by: Range Rover Blues on October 27, 2006, 16:49:30

What the Guardian ones?
I think I talked Tim out of a pair of those :?

Title: DIY Rocksliders
Post by: Guardian. on October 27, 2006, 17:23:34

THANKS!
remind me to do you a favour some day!

we have 2 fitting options,
1, bolt onto the chassis outriggers (what most people ask for)
2, bolt onto the chassis outriggers and through the sills.

as long as they are bolted on properly with the right size hole they are rock solid, if you have an oversize hole they can move under extreme load.
most people tell me they dont want the sill plates as it rots the sills.

i can see all sides of the arguement, so, do it bothways, hopefully then i can keep everybuddy happy.

Title: DIY Rocksliders
Post by: diesel_boy on October 27, 2006, 17:47:18

umm depends how u wanna make um too ive made my new sills out of 100x100x4mm box  so i dont need slideders thinks thers sum pics in in my photos  of the bobtail build ava look n see  :lol:

Title: DIY Rocksliders
Post by: diesel_boy on October 27, 2006, 17:52:30

jus looked not onther yet  ill put um on later  :wink: