Super Sliders

[LWM]

As far as quality goes check out this comparison:

The first photo is a Rocky Road Super Slider



This Second Photo is a Steel Armadillo Super Slider

[AJeepZJ]

Looks pretty awesome

[superacerc]

Does your model offer any better clearance than the rocky road super sliders? I was thinking about them but they actually are made to mount below the black plastic sills. It looks like your replace the sills and should offer more clearance.

[LWM]

Does your model offer any better clearance than the rocky road super sliders? I was thinking about them but they actually are made to mount below the black plastic sills. It looks like your replace the sills and should offer more clearance.

Your observation is correct, I wish I had measured before I took my Rocky Road Sliders off but I did not, I think you pick up about 2" of clearance with the Steel Armadillo Slider over the Rocky Road.

This is the Rocky Road:



And this is the Steel Armadillo:



You can see from the photos that the Rocky Road mounts from way under to the frame and sits under the body (I really bent up my rocky road supports) where as the Steel Armadillo Slider attaches to the side and under carriage of the body instead of the long reach to the frame.

Remember that the purpose of Rock Sliders is to protect the body of the Jeep from trail damage. By mounting to the Jeep the way we do the slider will not cause damage to the Jeep as I experienced with the Rocky Road sliders which bent upward and crumpled my black plastic side trim.

You have to remove the side trim to install the Steel Armadillo Slider, but I am working to see if you can trim the plastic piece to reinstall if you wanted too.

[Sal-XK]

Those are nice and the style I want but of course its the price that makes a big diff

[superacerc]

Thanks for the info. I liked the Rocky Road ones but not the loss of clearance. I don't have any plastic trim under there nor do I want it on so i'll most likely pick up a pair of the Armadillo ones once you get them into production.

[LWM]

Thanks for the info. I liked the Rocky Road ones but not the loss of clearance. I don't have any plastic trim under there nor do I want it on so i'll most likely pick up a pair of the Armadillo ones once you get them into production.

I am sure you will be please, I am going to Spray paint where the plastic used to be to see what that looks like too.

[Steel Armadillo]

Here is a shot of me welding on the newest version of the Rock Slider:



Notice the 2x4 steel foundation, this will be the toughest Rock Slider available for the Jeep Commander or Grand Cherokee.

[El Cid]

That's a lot of heavy steel, for sure.

I for one am looking forward to more vital details about the design, though, since the "toughness" of an accessory comes from a lot more than just the amount of steel involved: Just as important, if not more so, are the mounting systems, stress distributions, and other engineering factors. After all, sticking a steel 2x4 on a Jeep, engineered incorrectly, can do an awful lot of unintentional damage to the vehicle.

That's not to say that yours will fall into that mis-engineered category, of course. It's just to say that, well, a number of us are looking forward to some of the more important details about this product.

Speaking of important details, "Steel Armadillo" = "Doc in AZ," not "Knappster"? I'm getting terribly confused about who is actually running this latest show, and whose products these are.

[Steel Armadillo]

sticking a steel 2x4 on a Jeep, engineered incorrectly, can do an awful lot of unintentional damage to the vehicle.

I ran these at the last West Coast Camp Commander event and I can assure you the are rugged, stylish and properly designed to not damage the Commander

Speaking of important details, "Steel Armadillo" = "Doc in AZ," not "Knappster"? I'm getting terribly confused about who is actually running this latest show, and whose products these are.

The Steel Armadillo is a Company owned by Knappster, not Doc. Doc is the fabricator only and he builds SOME of the products for The Steel Armadillo (The Steel Armadillo owns the products/plans). Not sure how or why you are confused, we have stated several times who owns the company and that we have several business manufacturing our products for us.