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Slider design

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sliders

Post by def90 »

go for a slider that both protects door and sills, make sure you bring the tube up on an angle to help clearence and insure good that you leave good clearence under your door opening incase somehow you beat the tube up and can't open your door, but with good construction this pretty hard to do...
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Post by shanegtr »

beebee wrote:
shanegtr wrote:I dont know weather or not my idea is going to end up a pain in the arse or not, but I'm thinking about having an aluminum(to save some weight) bolt on step so during everyday driving I have the function of a step. Then when going wheeling I can unbolt it so it doesnt hang up on anything. Like I said dont know if its going to turn out a PITA or not, but I'll see how it goes.
It will be a major pain in the ass! What makes you think that the same object that will cause your aluminium sliders to get hung up wont bash the crap out of your sill with the sliders removed? I'd prefer to keep the protection in place ;)
Didnt explain myself there. The slider will be underneath, with the step bolted on over the top for everyday praticalitys
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Post by just cruizin' »

shanegtr wrote:I dont know weather or not my idea is going to end up a pain in the arse or not, but I'm thinking about having an aluminum(to save some weight) bolt on step so during everyday driving I have the function of a step. Then when going wheeling I can unbolt it so it doesnt hang up on anything. Like I said dont know if its going to turn out a PITA or not, but I'll see how it goes.
Just make sure that they are as easy to remove as possible or you'll get to the point where you couldn't be bother taking the off and that will be the day you should've. Great idea.
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Post by V6XtraHilux »

Youd want to go option 2 which has checkplate cover to stop rock damage to the doors. To stop the bars from bending upwards when leaning down on a rock etc, weld some thick gussets from the mounting plate to the bar, the full length out from the chassis to the bars, will help with the bending upward forces.

All bars shown are excellent quality, good to see aussie know how at work....better than the $800 from shops!!
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Post by iwannabeapirate »

What type of steel (diameter, thickness, etc) is best to use for sliders?
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Post by defender kev »

iwannabeapirate wrote:What type of steel (diameter, thickness, etc) is best to use for sliders?
I use 40mm nominal bore medium black pipe.
Has a wall thickness of 3.2mm
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Post by AndrewPatrol »

Kev do you bend up the ends of the pipe, or buy them ready made bends and weld on?
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Post by defender kev »

AndrewPatrol wrote:Kev do you bend up the ends of the pipe, or buy them ready made bends and weld on?
Bend the pipe myself.
I just use one of those chinese el cheapo pipe benders paid only $125 for it with dies all the way up to 50mm nominal bore.
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