Sliders: 0° vs angled. Pros/Cons & pics

I am looking to add sliders to my rig in the near future. I'm currently trying to decide whether to get 0° or angled sliders. Any info, opinions and pics on each would be greatly appreciated.

 

I’ll share my personal experience. I bought 0 degree sliders with the intent of using them as a slider and as a step, but it’s not very good at either. As a step, they sit up too high and too close to the body. They also aren’t wide enough to be used as a good step. As a slider, they sit too low, and too far out. I’ve hit rocks that i would’ve never hit had I gotten traditional sliders.

If you absolutely needed a step and there was no way around it, I’d say get a local fabricator to build you something you can clamp on/off to the slider. I would never buy a 0 degree slider ever again.

 

I had a local shop make some bolt-on 0° sliders for my truck that stick out wider. Work well as a step and idiot protection in parking lots, in the first months I already had some nicks from others' doors that would have hit my sides. I do very little off-road but they have saved me a little on a rock or two, I can't really comment to being a real asset or hindrance as they are on the trails.

 

Got any pics of those custom sliders? More specifically, ones that show how far they stick out from the sides? THANKS!

 

If you wear boots, the 0 or 5-degree sliders make a good step, otherwise its hard to get your toes in there. If you are in Los Angeles area, @Shmellmopwho can customize the angle on his and does a great job building and installs them as part of the deal (local pickup only).

 

Regardless of degree you're standing on a round tube. It's going to feel the same on your foot either way unless you fill the hole with plate. I personally don't see any benefit to 0°

 

As I remember they where wider then the bolt-on's I saw when i was shopping around about 6 years ago. Maybe I just didn't do enough research at the time.

 

It’s useful to be able to stand on the bars when packing the top of the mule. I think 0° Is too shallow, so I went with 5° as I couldn’t get my foot any further than the toes of my steel toed boots, mudders, waders and Sorrels on the bars orherwise- they just don't fit well on bars that are higher up and I couldn’t stand on them with the arch of my foot. Try standing on a bar with just the balls of your feet or on toes only for a while and you will see what I mean.

 

Just put 5 degree sliders (RCI) on my truck. I wasn't sure they were going to be helpful as a step for my wife, (sub 5'). She states it is easier to get in the truck and that the slider offers about 5" of assistance, ha ha, as opposed to no slider. I think she appreciates the effort on my part, FWIW. To me 0-5 degree sliders don't look as clean on the truck and seem to emphasize the seam under the rocker panel instead of covering it. Have not been off road with them yet. Happy with purchase and outcome, so far. Lastly, wish I would have just gotten the sliders powder coated for $150 extra. I spent easily $80-100 on spray primer, paint, sandpaper, acetone, wire wheel to prep and paint. It doesn't look bad but not perfectly even coat.

 

I have 25 deg sliders. I personally wanted just the protection as I have no issues getting in my truck. I wanted them to be out of the way as possible. I did get a kickout on the back which helps to get up on my roof rack if I need to.