Bolt or weld sliders?

They already have the truck, but I will tell them! I have a feeling it's going to be one of those things where if you want it done right you have to do it yourself, but we'll see. I'm busy with work most of tomorrow too, so I can't go by! thanks for the tips, good stuff!

 

you admit to not knowing welding then dispute a metal fabricators claims? i hate TW

 

This cracks me up. How often I see people say this crap, but yet continue to invest time here at TW

 

so fun to troll when its a slow day at the parts counter

 

The only metal fabricator I know in this thread is mobtown. as soon as he said theres no advantage I said OK, Thanks. not sure who you think I disputed but I got the answer I was looking for, thanks.

 

really? because @JLee is the go to for a company that may know something about metal since their name is bay area metal fabrication

 

Ok well I wasn't farmiliar with him. all he said was no need to weld them and tacks would be worthless. still don't see that i disputed anything he said. either way this thread has run its course. thanks for your contributions

 

Captain Bolt vs Super Weld

 

I'd be very Leary of welding on a new truck, especially with Toyotas frame record. My mobtown bolt on sliders are plenty strong

 

As a mechanical engineer who welds and built a crawler, there are not enough face palms in the world to satisfy me when I go on automotive forums sometimes. I just tell myself I used to be a stubborn teenager who screwed up his truck once too (not referring to the OP though, his posts make sense). It's like when I did my first research paper in high school and my teacher told the class, "you can't cite 'the internet' as a source," you have to sift out the BS.

 

In many many cases they are and they do. Welding is often just a convenient, cost-effective and practical way to assemble things that just don't fit a bolt application. Just my two cents as a mechanical engineer.

 

Be careful of AllPro quality. Once welded on, they are on there for the life of the truck. At least with bolt-ons, if they are crap, you can take them off with no damage to the truck.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/all-pro-sliders.19930

 

The welding would be stronger than the bolting, as long the welding is done by a qualified welder. Being in the welding industry (training, certifications, & education), I see a lot of people say they can weld but can only bubble gum thing together. They would use GMAW process and many welders/people do not follow the basic fundamentals of the process. So if i were in your shoes, I woud not be afraid of welding them on as long as they are fully certified, quailified, insured, & can produce WPS welding prcedures specifications for the application. All of these are used for quality control! In short, would you want joe blow welding or a welder/shop that can produce the documents/proof that they know what they are doing!!