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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: beast5680 on December 13, 2004, 21:05:14

Title: rock sliders
Post by: beast5680 on December 13, 2004, 21:05:14

hi has anyone got any piccies of rocksliders and how they fit etc as i,m a tightwad and dont want to pay so will make my own

cheers in advance

Title: rock sliders
Post by: Paul on December 13, 2004, 21:20:29

Some photos in my Gallery: http://members.mud-club.com/profiles/paul/gallery/Disco/0/229056-1078181669.

Title: rock sliders
Post by: Andy. on December 13, 2004, 21:26:23

Some here too of Piglets and Pauls old ones  :D

Mantec Rocksliders (http://community.webshots.com/album/176287891fDZUTl)

Title: rock sliders
Post by: Thrasher on December 13, 2004, 21:34:46

Check http://videos.mud-club.com and see the Piglet repairs one for moving pictures of sliders being fitted ;-)

Title: rock sliders
Post by: beast5680 on December 13, 2004, 21:41:32

thanks very much chaps i will have a look

Title: rock sliders
Post by: Arightpest on December 13, 2004, 22:32:33

Hello All

If you can make it don't buy it.

A member of the tightwad fabrication company

Arightpest

Title: rock sliders
Post by: Arightpest on December 13, 2004, 22:44:09

Hello all

Very impressed with the video it answered a lot of questions for me thanks.


Arightpest

Title: rock sliders
Post by: strapping young lad on December 13, 2004, 23:23:15

yeh i think a set of rocksliders is next on my shopping list (and tyres too! )

Title: rock sliders
Post by: beast5680 on December 14, 2004, 23:32:44

is there another type of slider with different mounts? i,ve heard talk of ones that dont mount by bolts thru the sill but mount on the chassis outriggers.
got those nice plastic bits off today during a slack period at work and horror! :shock: theres a hole in the sill and rust oh well out with the welder

Title: rock sliders
Post by: gords on December 14, 2004, 23:36:05

Quote from: "beast5680"

got those nice plastic bits off today during a slack period at work and horror! :shock: theres a hole in the sill and rust

Oooh, don't say things like that :shock:  You've got me worried now 8-[

Title: rock sliders
Post by: beast5680 on December 14, 2004, 23:41:39

haha you know when you start poking a screwdriver into that little tiny bit of bubbled paintwork, no i,m surprised its not that bad really i think its been caught in time, i had a rangie i started poking at not so long ago and before i knew where i was it had no floor no footwell and no inner wing , rotten as a pear all crumbled out i think only the paint and underseal was holding it together

Title: rock sliders
Post by: ChrisW on December 14, 2004, 23:46:48

I've got a very early set of Southdown sills - one on, one in the workshop waiting to go on. They are the ones that fit onto the chassis mounting bolts only.
Can get some pics when I'm there on Friday.

Only drawback I can see to them is they tend to pivot upwards until they meet the bottom of the doors then start to lift the car when being jacked.

I'm fitting them with bolts through the arms/chassis outriggers to stop them moving though.

There is the theory that because the body is mounted to the chassis via bushes there needs to be some flexibility between the two - bolting sills on that go on via the chassis mounts and that bolt through the sill create a solid link between the body and chassis which may lead to cracks/warping.
Then again I think this has been discussed a fair bit and those that have the sills that bolt to the chassis/body haven't experienced any problems either way, so you pays your money...!

Title: rock sliders
Post by: Andy. on December 14, 2004, 23:48:09

As can be seen on my WebShots I found the same  :(

Filled, primed and coated, quickly got the rocksliders on, what you can't see don't worry about  :lol:

One day the rocksliders being as heavy as they are will just drop off  :lol: