Where does the step go? I have people coming this weekend to look at the XJ one guy on friday says he wants but we will see. Not sure if I want to wait for the step or not. Do you have a drawing or anything?
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Where does the step go? I have people coming this weekend to look at the XJ one guy on friday says he wants but we will see. Not sure if I want to wait for the step or not. Do you have a drawing or anything?
I do not have a drawing but the step is going to be a flat piece of metal (most likely steel diamond plate for that little bit of traction) approximately 3.5" x 16" with the Steel Armadillo logo water jet cut into it, the step will be welded into the space between the two center supports and welded on all four side.
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The water jet logo sounds cool how much are the steps? I might have to wait for them. On the up side I sold my jeep!!! So Friday I'll have the money and if he backs out I had a guy trying to out bid him for it tonight but I refuse to make a profit on selling this Jeep so I told him no. So as soon as he pays me I'll put the money in the bank and order the sliders and some other stuff so keep one of those sets for me please :) My only concern now is will my smashed rocker panel cause any issues with installing the sliders?
Hammers and welders fix many things.
maybe not ripped off steps...
I took another look at the rocker. The pinch weld is fine and straight its the actual rocker panel above that has all the damage.
If the rocker is damaged, spray one of the stop rust products on the metal. Typical bedliner does not protect from any rust already started.
Wonder whatever happened to Jeremy... Lifted Up, because, I think he lived in Arizona... errr... or was it New Mexico? Either way - Those sliders look fantastic, it would be so awesome to get a WK in your shop so you can start working on some WK dimensions.
Well I ordered mine tonight!!! Can't wait to get them on and hit the trails. Now they just need to get here before Uwharrie closes
I'm so excited I could dance
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Lol, whats funny is was having a hard time trying to figure out what that dance would look like but you gave me a prerty good idea lol... I cant imagine ypu doing this dance.
I would like to see what it will look like with the step. Sounds like a great product if I can free up the money.
I'd like to see those pics. These are now on my list. can't decide to paint, powdercoat, or bedliner them.
I will be eye-balling your rock sliders very hard in a few weeks, sir - Sooo... might as well go ahead and get a WK set ready, lol.
Not if they lower side clearance.
Another idea about how to finish these rails, paint , bedliner , or what ? Remember, this is what I would do, only what I would do and not necessarily what Jon may recommend. The rails will be shipped in bare metal unless you have Jon powder coat them. First thing is to clean them with a de-greaser, wax and grease remover, paint thinner works fine. Then sand the metal a little . Use a scotch brite pad or some 400 grit paper. Its not going to be too critical because they are to be etched anyway for adhesion. Basically with sanding youre getting them nice and smooth and making sure there is no welding slag that was missed. ( sorry Jon :) ) Next, the bare metal will need to be Etch Primed. You can buy etch primer in spray can. I use DuPont brand but all brands are basically the same. After etch priming them I would use a rock guard spray, similar to what some car manufacturers use . I use a brand called TranStar. It comes in spray can also. This stuff seems to get harder than your spray can bed liner material and its probably cheaper and easier to touch up. One can will easily do two rocker panels but maybe take 2 cans to do the rails real well. It will take a couple of coats. After the rock guard I would use a satin sheen black spray paint. You can touch up this process easily and quickly. You will be scratching the sliders up on the trails and you wont have to re-do the whole slider just to touch up one spot either. I would do the rockers also before you mount the rails. Simply sand the rockers with a scotch brite pad. The red pads are 400 grit or you could use sand paper. If you simply want to paint the rockers without the rock guard, use 400 grit paper. If you want to use rock guard on the rockers then you can use 220 grit to 400 grit paper. You Do Not use etch primer on the rockers because they are already painted. Etch primer is only for bare metal. Since I work in a body shop I have the ability to paint the rails with automotive paint and clearcoat. I wouldn't recommend this because , 1- you wouldnt be able to do it in your shop very easily, 2- it is expensive, and 3- it is not easy to touch it up. Spray paint is where its at.
Thats an awful lot to read - you made me get up to check it on my computer. Unless powdercoating is stronger than bedliner - I'd probably just take it off and bedline it. Will that be an available option in January?
Not meaning to de-rail the thread so real quickly, when powder coating first came out it was advertised that if you hit the part with a hammer that you would bend the steel before you scratched the powder coating. After watching all the motorcycle shows on tv they are always scratching the powder coating. Maybe there are different grades of the coating ? Surely different shops doing the coating. My idea is the easiest and cheapest process to touch up because if you slide the rail on a rock it is scratching down to the metal no matter what coating is on it, in my opinion. Carry on.
The photos show the units in their current state, this is what Sal purchased and should have soon.
I will pick up a side step from the water jet shop and have them welded to my personal sliders this week, The step goes on top of the center section of bar and does not effect ground clearance.
I got a delivery today!!!!!! https://theultimatejeep.com/notfound.png
These things came packed very well even the UPS guy commented on how well packed they were.
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And after persuading my pinch weld back in place a little bit I slipped them in place with my Jack. They lined right up all the brackets went flush where there suppose to be I was pretty happy.. Not looking forward to the other side that pinch weld is in pretty bad shape compared to this side. I will add using vice grips to straighten the pinch weld was a lot easier and more precise then using a hammer. Here are some test fit pictures..
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On first inspection I am pretty happy with how these are made. All the welds have good beads to them and from what I could tell good heat penetration as well. They are heavy as well shipping weight for the pair was 130LBS so they are solid. There are a total of 8 bolts holding them up and the mounting brackets are wide spreading the stress out pretty well I think they will hold up nice.
Sal will put them to the test, I know. That was an issue with other brands, never seemed to have someone really test the stuff. Sal, I cant see your pics. Is that just me ?
Ok I fixed them the album was set to private
still nuttin
thats weird. my Windows Family safety filter was blocking the pics. Turned it off and now Im good.
Ok if this don't work I think its you.
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looking good, glad to see they arrived in the same condition they were shipped it. For the record, each slider is 50 lbs and the crate is 30 lbs.
im good now. nice wooden box. most places would just wrap em in cardboard
They look good! I hope you can get them on and test them this weekend at URE.