My truck is a daily driver and my GF is , well, not tall.

She is already ticked that I have no running boards but perked up when I told her about sliders.

I know Stubbs can be made at a slightly higher angle to make it more step friendly.

And I know a step is not the primary function of a slider but to be fair, my GF rocks pretty hard so I am happy to appease her

What have you got and how step friendly is it ?

Thanks

David

 

:bounce2: (for a kid friendly step)

 

ive got allpro rock sliders and they stick out well far enough to provide enough step, my wife uses them all the time. course mine are like 6 years old and they may have reduced how much they stick out past the door sill area... i dont know.

you can always weld a piece of chain to the bottom of the slider... provides a step but wont get hung on anything...

 

My 15-deg Stubbs provide nearly as good of a step as the running boards. I use them all the time to secure kayaks to my roof. Of course this isn't why I bought sliders, but they are very functional for day-to-day stuff as well as offroading.



If you get 30-deg sliders, they won't as useful as a step.

 

i just got bentup square tube sliders. perfect for a step. http://www.bentup.com

Russell

 

4Crawler's sliderz are very step-friendly. So are the ones 'boogyman' mentioned.
Round tube sliders are probably more shin friendly though.

 

x2 for the rounded sliders (at least on the outside)

I have the Stubbs deluxe sliders and I've used them many times to avoid stepping in large puddles, etc to get in my door. It kinda depends on how high your truck is already sitting since any angle is only going to make it 2" lower at most for a useful slider.

Putting grip tape should help keep her feet from slipping off the relatively smooth top if you go with a rounded tube design.

 

I am very happy with my Trail Gear sliders. $135 shipped!
I put some grip tape on the tops & they are virtually slip-proof now.

 

x2 on the trail gear sliders!

disregard the paint job, they've been touched up since welding.
the thing with them is they come with the legs DETATCHED! that way, you create what ever angle you want...i believe(correct me if im wrong) 1985 runner left the legs the "stock length" where i cut several inches off mine to get the "tucked" look for my runner.
if you know some one to weld for you, do the trail gear sliders, if not, stubbs is your best bet and have some muffler shop weld those on for about 30-40 bucks...i wouldnt trust them to set angles and so fourth with the trail gear sliders.

you plan on bolting or welding them? if weld, make yourself (or buy) scab plates and gussets.

 

Just about any slider you can use as a step if it is angled right.
I do not use mine as a step, as the rig is not tall enough to worry about.
However...try crawling into mytruck's '84 rig, you gotta use his, it is pretty high.

I just ordered a set of Bentup sliderz, and I am not sure of the angles, but they are the same as the ones on this yellow FJ.
http://www.norcalttora.com/~andy/fjs...os/photo64.jpg
They look like they can be used as a step.

 

ive got trailgear sliders from BCC. when i got em, the mounting arms werent welded to the sliders so i could have had pretty much any angle to em. originally i got em mounted pretty snug/low profile. the inner bar was directly beneath the pinch weld, and the outer bar lines up with the limited flares. i didnt want em to stick out too much, but enough to protect when using trees to pivot around.

now that i have my BL, theres quite a noticable gap. ill get them remounted again, but this time ill notch out the pinchweld where the arms will be...



stubbs, trailgear, bentup, all pro...imo doesnt really matter. unless youre running a single bar type slider, any of the above will work well as a step.

 

they all look the same almost! price is pretty much the only factor aside from reputation. im sure these guys have their reasons for going with bcc, stubbs, trail gear! i did it based on shear price and havent looked back yet. they rock!

 

I cut about 3" off of stock length, but because I used a scab plate & gussets on the frame, I can cut these off & adjust them if I ever want to.






No problem at all supporting the entire weight of one side of the truck...

 

"dOubledown" what length are your sliders? Are they the 58" or the 67" ones?

 

I really like these! Think I'm gonna fab up a set, and keep the parking lot posers doors from hitting my scratched up door's.