Sliders or Skids First?

Skids are 3/16" steel by Relentless. And the sliders are Relentless also.
Thanks, but my Taco is already seeing someone.

The wife's car.

 

I bought sliders first. I figured I would try not to drive over things that I needed skids and instead would skirt things with sliders. Being able to open the doors after you get home is always a good thing. I need to get a real lift first then that's when I plan on buying skids.

 

Happy I did do skids first. Was driving through a muddy drainage thingy and hit a rock on the other side that i couldnt see..put some good scratches in the steel skid..luckily i had already upgraded it

 

so quick question. im on the fence of either getting sliders or n fab nerf bars. do they both protect the sides? and im sure u can use the sliders as a step anyway....

 

skip the nerf bars, and just get your sliders custom made at a 0 degree pitch instead of up, problem solved


remember that nerf bars will actually cause more damage if the contact is harder



OP its best to get skids first IMO

like spoonman said would you rather pay 2 or 3 thousand in drivetrain repairs or body damage, atleast you can still drive the truck while the body is messed up

 

Nerf bars will not protect your truck from anything more then a shopping cart or a car door. And a hard enough hit from one of those will dent the .065 wall tube the Nfabs are made of.

If your not taking your truck off road the nerf bars are fine.

 

thanks guys.

 

Maybe you've never actually wheeled before.

Your argument is complete bogus there buddy. KOH drivers are experienced. Do you see them skipping skid plates? Not a fucking chance.

 

It seems to me that if you weren't so to rock climb your truck, there are still plenty of off-road situations where sliders and or skids are going to save you. For that matter in New Orleans, our pot holes are like rock climbing and kill vehicles daily. It all depends on what you're going to do. I personally don't have either, but don't do very challenging terrain yet. I'll probably get sliders one day and if I get into real uneven/rocky stuff I'll get some skids too.

 

We need a zombie emoji for necro thread posts @tcBob

 

Never understood the dead thread thing. The information is still as relevant as it was in 2013, is it not?