Cadin

Hey Gang,

A local fellow, Matt, from Washougal, build a set of sliders and a bumper for me recently based on a design on here for an '85, and I'd thought I'd share.

atlastrekker

That looks great, do you have any other pics to share?

Cadin

Sure, any specific angles you want to see?

atlastrekker

Mounting points and a side view so that it's eye level in the pic, if that makes sense? Thanks!

Cadin

That makes sense, I'll take a few shots in the morning. The sliders are welded to the frame, and the bumper uses the stock frame holes for the tow bar.

atlastrekker

Thanks, sliders are coming up on the list for my build and I'm looking for ideas now.

Also, I would recommend getting some good paint on that stuff real quick. I painted my rear bumper with a couple coats of rustoleum and my front bumper got powder coated, the difference is pretty amazing. I think that powder coating is very worth it, if you can swing it.

Cadin

I hear you on the paint, my plan is to use picklex as a surface treatment, followed by zero rust, and a UV resist top-coat.

gtct10b

get them powder coated, you'll be verffy happy with them if done right. there is 2 or 3 places where I live that does powder coating so I can pick and choose what and where I wanna go to. Gonna have the steel wheels done like that, get them prepped and powder coated it'll last long than the frame does, lol

Cadin

Well, I was on the fence with powder coating. I think it looks much nicer, but as this rig was made to be used so I worry about scratching the powder coat and re-coating being a pain. I've already had to use it quite a bit.

I ended up going with John Deere Equipment primer (High Zinc), and a gallon of their blitz black ( I have lots left over for other stuff!).

I plan to recoat later today, and I will snap a few more pics.