im just wondering if anybody makes bolt on sliders for 89 REG CAB

 

Trail Gear does, as long as you buy the optional gusset kit. They require welding on the legs in the right spots though:
http://www.trail-gear.com/rocksliders.html

 

Here is another option:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...derZ.shtml#TSB

 

Just weld them on......that way you don't have holes in your frame if you ever remove them.

 

I don't know which would be worse, removing them and having holes or trying to remove them after they were welded on.

 

Well if you remove them after welding them on, all you would need is a sawzall to cut them off. Then just grind down whats left over, smooth it out, and paint over the frame....like nothing was ever there. No holes!!

 

weld on for sure. Well... do you wheel much cause if you do for sure weld them on. you could always go with smittybuilt for just nerf bars but if you want some protection dont bother with bolt on IMO

 

You can mount sliders with bolts and have them be just as strong as welded on.

 

Nothing wrong with bolt on sliders, I've run them for over 10 years w/o a single issue:



And I wheel some fairly tough trails:

Dusy:


Moab:


Rubicon:


And over the years, I have changed sliders, raised them up for a body lift, taken them off several times to work on the truck (installing rear spring hangers, pulling t-case, etc.) and had them off for repainting once.

And for removing the sliders, easy enough to put the bolts back in the holes. I used 16 self-tapping bolts on my first set of sliders and how use 8 self-tapping and 8 sleeved grade 5 bolts. And I have slammed down hard enough on those sliders to the point I actually saw stars and they held fine.

 

It all depends in the size, number and quality of bolts used.

The hardware pile on the left (12 self tapping bolts) was all that held my nerf bars on for 13 years, including emergency highlifting 3 times on the trail. The pile of grade 8 bolts and washers on the right is what is holding my sliders on.