Topic: rock slider ideas

[norcalyoter]

i am going to be building rock sliders for truck and was wondering if anybody had some ideas and photos i was gonna use 2x2 sq tube and some 6 inch channel kinda like the 84runner has his photos and suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[RHG]

I used 2x2 for the rails from the frame to the sliders and used 2x3 for the sliders themselves. I angled mine so it stays tucked up with the body nicely. I like them. Smacked one pretty good this weekend with a rock and there was nothing more than a little scratch. If your going to do some heavy bashing on them then make sure to either plate the frame or make some kind of bracing so you dont tear the frame. Oh and all my tube was .120 wall. good luck

[Hyena]

Here are mine.  2x2x.120 wall.  4 2x2x.120 braces to the frame and one piece of 2x4x.250 wall.  45 degreed the ends and capped them.  I notched the lip on theb ottom of the cab to sit up a little higher.

[dj]

how do you like em

[Hyena]

I love them.  But if i new my truck body was gonna turn into a piece of crap then i would have cut the bottom outside lip of the cab off.  You know, the lip right under the bottom of the door line.  That would give me another 2 inches of ground clearance.

[norcalyoter [OP]]

i got one side fabbed up i used a 2x3 sq tube insted of the channel it was what i had in the back it lookin good

[Shoyrtt]

Marlin's $99 sliders are quite the deal. I just ordered a set. 8)

[norcalyoter [OP]]

i am almost done and i just spent 15.00 to make mine thats total with a new chop saw blade and black spray paint

[Hyena]

Mine were a total of $80 for the 20 feet of 2x2 i bought.  I did mine almost 2 years ago. 

[Volcom]

Marlin's $99 sliders are quite the deal. I just ordered a set. 8)

Same here, although mine were a birthday present from my parents 

[MiniSimp]

Mine cost a 30 pack of beer. 2x2x0.25 172" of material total.

Find a guy who knows a guy and build them.

Or just buy Marlins!

[norcalyoter [OP]]

yeah a good friend from snowmobiling has a metal shop so i got the hook up

[toyhatsu]

Mine...2X4...a little different

[RHG]

I like those...

[kneedownnate]

Not to thread jack, but toyhautsu, I totally dig your ride.  Being a weirdo I've always kinda liked the rocky, and wondered what it would look like if you built it up.  Are those stock width toy axles?

[RHG]

Never seen one of those...what is a Rocky?

[toyhatsu]

Not to thread jack, but toyhautsu, I totally dig your ride. Being a weirdo I've always kinda liked the rocky, and wondered what it would look like if you built it up. Are those stock width toy axles?

I've been meaning to put up a thread in the rig gallery just so that Marlin could document the first (that I know of) dual cases in a Rocky.  1985 4Runner front axle and 1991 truck rear.  Ya gotta be a wierdo to like or own one :-)

[kneedownnate]

RHG, it's a daihatsu rocky, an od looking stubby little 4by that sadly didn't really catch on here.  I test drove one once and was surprised by how much power it had, not gonna break your neck but more than you would expect from them at that time.