Home made sliders
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Home made sliders
so im pretty much done with my bumper .. so now some sliders .
heres what i got done today.
picked up the steel.
1 1/2 x .120 hrew tube 20' $35.38
2 x 2 x.120 sq tubing 20' $61.00
started cutting and bending .
heres what i got done today.
picked up the steel.
1 1/2 x .120 hrew tube 20' $35.38
2 x 2 x.120 sq tubing 20' $61.00
started cutting and bending .
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Cool!! Great start!!
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I used a jd2 tubing bender . I only have one die 1 1/2 so thats what i used .
Thanks Jason..
Thanks .. i hope i able to go , usually when i plan things something else comes up at the last minute..
forget about that , to much work on these things.
and with trail gear in business i dont see how anybody else can make money selling sliders , their prices are so low .
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ok so i was able to put the sliders on my truck . I used 4 legs to mount them to the frame . 3/16 angle iron and 2 pieces of 1/4 plate near the crossmember.
Ill get better pics of them installed after i paint them.
Edit : I put them 1/2 inch from the pinch weld seam of the body.
and they ended up being 65" long measured from the top of the 2x2 from end to end.
Ill get better pics of them installed after i paint them.
Edit : I put them 1/2 inch from the pinch weld seam of the body.
and they ended up being 65" long measured from the top of the 2x2 from end to end.
Last edited by RMA; 07-03-2010 at 08:49 PM.
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Very nice. Jealous!!
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thanks and i was jealous of your softop so i ordered one on thursday.. the guy said i should get it on wendsday.
Thanks , ive been trying to get me a small lathe but the good ones that are cheap go super fast.
Thanks , ive been trying to get me a small lathe but the good ones that are cheap go super fast.
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You might not ever put it back on!!! Once the night time temps get set to drop below 40f, I swap back out. You on the other hand, might not get there.
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Yea .. i was just telling a friend of mine that i might sell my hard top .. its now in the way on the side of my house ..
But im not sure how well those softops hold up in the rain and cold during the winter.. so i might just hold on to it ..
But im not sure how well those softops hold up in the rain and cold during the winter.. so i might just hold on to it ..
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The guy I talked to said it's fine in the cold, as long as you didn't mess with the windows when they froze. Once it got warmer you could open them. I don't want to take the chance cracking the vinyl, so I made a nifty storage spot between mine and my neighbors garage, out of the way so I could keep the hard top as well.