I have done a great deal of research on the board concerning sliders, including the slider round-up.

It is decesion time and I will likley pick from Demello, Stubbs, Fox, or Maniac.

For those of you running these brands, please let the rest of us know why you do or don't like your brand. I am sure they are all great, just looking for your own personal observations after having run with them a while - you know, things like does your version stick out too far for your taste, or do you wish they had more of a slant or less, etc.

Thx for your time,

future slider buyer(s)

 

Let us know slider owners!



Brian

 

What? No Badland's in your list?

I can't find any complaints about mine, and the powder coat job is top notch.

 

No, no Badlands. I can't remember if the badlands were the one with the forked end or the larger end hoop on one end - either way, not a look I was "looking" for.

LOL & hope I did not offend anyone running with the Badland set-up & by all means, include any Badland comments.

 

Forked end?
I don't know, you'd have to look at the write-ups in the sliderz round-up, as there are about three of them in there.

 

"forked" end in the sense that one end has a clean hoop on it and the other end is hoopless - kinda like they ran out of material. It is a clean look, but I like symmetry.

 

I see what you mean.

Yeah, I dig 'em that style

 

i have the stubbs sliders. they are definatly high quality and made top notch. granted, i am probably a bit biased. im sure other sliders are just as good. i would say go with stubbs though cause he is a great guy to deal with an di would reccomend him to anyone

 

Hey y'all as an aside, anybody know what the stock running boards weigh? That is, I would like to know after taking off the RBs what the net weight gain to the rig would be?

I know that the Maniac's weigh 42 pounds per side.

What do yours & others weigh anybody know?

Hey, every pounds counts on that overall MPG!

m

 

I just yanked mine off like this week and they dropped on my chest when I took the last bolt off and I didn't curse...so it can't be much. 30-40 lbs a side tops!



Brian

 

Wow, if the stock boards re 30-40 pounds per side, then not much overall weight gain by adding sliders. Sounding better all the time. Someone chime in if they know something different.

 

Those things only weigh that much because the braces are actually solid metal. The rest of it is pretty flimsy once you take'em off. If they weigh more than that I would be surprised or else those FLINTSTONE vitamins of my sons are more potent than I thought and I don't know my own strength!



Brian

 

I'm going with 4crawler's design, because from what I've seen of all the sliders, his seem to be the most heavy duty, and his design sounds real good to me too. Read his page on it, and see what you think. He uses 3/16" tubing which is thicker than most.

Chris

 

I second Roger's stuff!

Although if I didn't get them, I'd probably go with Stubbs.

 

I'm placin my order for some badland sliders tomorrow

 

How about it. Any body else want to venture a guess on the weight of either their factory boards or their sliders.

Inquiring minds want to know!

m

 

When I had mine off last October to get them powder coated, I'd say close to 50 lb each.
They are beefy.

 

I also went with the Badland Sliderz. I really like them and everyone drags mud, sand, etc across the powdercoat and I am shocked at how well they hold up. I went with the same weld on with removable feature that Corey has.

I have the "forked" end as you described, but am sure he could make the front and back match if you really want the symmetrical look.

 

My old running boards (from 2000 4Runner) were lying in my garage, so I tossed them on the scale. They are 20lbs each.

 

Derrick,

Thanks so much for taking the time to weigh the boards. It helps me with my decesion a bunch. Much appreciated,

m