Here they are:



Heres what happens when someone opens a door and lets a draft in, blow the shielding gas away from the weld and it looks like this


Heres what the bends ended up looking like from the muffler shop

 

heres my "good" weld

 

BOOGERS!!!!



Nice looking sliders dude!

 

those look really good

 

Good looking and cool you are doing them yourself. Did you get the 35's on yet?

 

There is no way he will fit 35s... maybe on the street for looks, but you will rub like a mofo.

Nice looking sliders though! Those bends suck, what happened there? Does nobody have a mandrel bender in boone or something?

 

Make me a set... I'll give 150.00 for a set

 

That will barely cover steel considering steel prices these days are out of sight.

 

I spent 80 on steel like a month ago and the prices have higher since then. Plus these things have been alot of trouble making the double angle miter cut for the outer tube was a bitch and then the support tubes were a pain as well. Plus i wont have access to a mig, plasma cutter, and chop saw after next tues. The bends were done at a muffler shop. I didnt want to have to pay to get them bent so i took what i could get. Plus i dont think it will affect their performance one bit.

 

oh yeh, the 35's were more of a thought than a decision. Im stickin to 305's and i havent got those yet. Waiting on the BL and wheels.

 

Ha, and you thought your mileage is bad now! Expect a 3-5mpg drop with all that stuff going on... oh yeah... oh yeah....

How are you going to finish the sliders? PowderCoat?

 

Mr. I don't have enough money to buy a STICKER...

 

I'd like to powder coat them but i would think it would be expensive. I might just stick with primer and paint.

 

If you want to powder coat them check with Mike ( mikeys87 )
He works for a powdercoater. maybee he can get you a deal.
He coated my wiper arms and they are awesome.

 

I know a buddy here in Greensboro who's borhter does powder coating. It's Darren, he's got a 98 LTD Runner, he joined 4ROC but he's not on here all that much. Awhile back he told me he could get me a great deal on anything I wanted powder coated. I just went the primer and paint method myself, I may talk to Darren latter about doing powder coating but it's just not in the budget right now. Just make sure to do flat black, it looks better and dries faster, no need to get bling done on something you plan on running over rocks anyways.

 

I went to the Charleston Forge warehouse right below my apts and talked to a guy. He said he would do both of them for $30. I think thats pretty cheap.

 

Very good deal!

 

That is cheep.......your sliders look good.

 

Hey sam, did you ever get those things finished and mounted?? or is that what we are going to be doing this weekend?

 

Id like to do that this wkend but other things came up and i cant make it.

I did however get them finished and i am now ready to mount them since i have my body lift installed! Just did it today. Ill get pics up as soon as i take them.