What did you use to cut the mounts that you tied into the unibody? Very clean!!!

 

Thanks for all the kind comments!

Don't think I can be without the 2-year old...she's kinda grown on me.

As far as materials go, I bought enough metal for two sets of rockers (one for me, one for a friend), my front & rear bumpers (with enough for another for a friend, if he wants). Total was around $250 for everything, plus whatever I spent for hardware and paint. I probably have $80 total in each set of rockers.

A Miller plasma cutter and el-cheapo Harbor Freight chop saw was used for all the cutting for the rockers, brackets, bumpers, etc. I use flap wheels instead of grinding wheels for smoothing out the edges and welds - they do a much better job and leave things a lot cleaner than the hard grinding wheels.

 

Finally, a thread with good, easy to follow pictures! Very nice work, I've been wanting to do some simple light protection and I think I'm going to take this and modify it a bit :P thanks!

 

I have some more pics, so if there is anything you need better angles of let me know. I looked around at several different manufacturers and picked things I liked about each, modified things to my own way, and had at it. They really are simple but should hold up very well.

 

clean work man. really nice job

 

Do you have any of the back of the pinch seam? Also what thickness are those tubes? Looks like I'm going to have to do a bit of shopping, I don't think my school metal shop has enough material, but I'll mock it up if I can today.

 

I don't have any pics of the back side of the pinch seam, but here are a few pics of the pinch weld brace/bracket (or whatever you want to call it):



The rails are 2x3x3/16" tube, the "legs" are 2x2x3/16", the brackets to the frame are 4x1/4" flat, and the pinch weld brackets are 1x1/4" flat.

 

I'm liking the sliders

 

Sweet! Got all of that save for the 2 x3, I'm thinking I'll make something to guard the old rockers out of some 1 inch pipe/conduit whatever you want to call it. makes me wish I didn't have next week off from school! I'll get it all planned out this week so I can blaze through it when I get back.

 

Don't use conduit for anything that will see any type of impact, it'll fold up like a pretzel on you.

Are your pinch welds drilled through and bolted? I mean, is it simply bolted to the pinch weld or is there anything else on the backside? Just curious, I'm debating a bolt-on slider like this or a rocker cut out and beefy slider set up.

These look nice, good work.

 

yes--good work!--ok-ok keep the kid---lemme order sum rockers--

 

I have to say that those are some of the best looking sliders that I have seen. Great job!

 

Thanks everyone!

The pinch welds are drilled and bolted with ten 1/4x20 Grade 8 bolts on each side, backed up with flat and lock washers on the back side of the pinch weld. I made sure to drill all the holes between the spot welds to limit any weakening of the inner/outer rocker seam. The ten bolts are the only attachment to the pinch weld itself. There are four self-tapping bolts to the unirail for the front mounting leg, two self-tappers and a 1/2" Grade 8 bolt through the front part of the spring hanger for the rear leg.

 

So thats that, I've got 3 others, I'm contemplating leaving the part on the leaf bracket off, does it actually add any stability? I also have the pinch brace cut to size, I ran out of time so I couldn't mock it up fully. Still need to get some 2x3 and some 1.5" OD for a slider :P just wanted to let you know I was serious about these haha, ill leave your thread alone and make my own when I'm done :P thanks a bunch!

 

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I'm contemplating leaving the part on the leaf bracket off, does it actually add any stability?QUOTE]

I'm sure it adds some stability, especially since I only used two bolts to the unirail for the rear bracket. Most upward impacts/stress would primarily be on the pinch weld of the rocker, but I wanted to make sure the attachment to the unirail would be secure as well. Tying the rear bracket in to the leaf spring hanger not only provides a little extra resistance to upward movement, it also helps keep the rear bracket from separating from the unirail. Unfortunately, there was nothing in front to attach to in a similar manner, but the four bolts on the front bracket should be more than sufficient.

Good luck with your rockers - I'll keep an eye out for your thread and check out the results!