Slider Project

I really wanted to get sliders for my truck but being a student its hard to be putting tons of money into my truck. for my senior project in auto tech chose to build some. I took a couple different designs from sliders I've seen on here, while still trying to keep it relatively simple. I did all the bending cutting and TIG welding they are not done yet but so far I'm pretty happy!

 

Looks good so far. Keep it up.

 

thanks, they should be done by the end of next week

 

I finished fully welding both. one side is on, one to go

 

looks pretty good! u didnt want to paint them before you welded them on? at least on the parts that won't have any welds

 

I see you're local. I might have to hit you up for a spare tire carrier

 

What kinda metal did you use?

 

I made then bolt on, so when everything is welded and fits ill take them off and powder coat them

 

.120 wall cold rolled steel

 

ahh ok, but if you offroad a lot, maybe just rattle can it so you can touch up easy?

 

yeah that is a good point..

 

Well, that's just what I do. It would be a PITA to have to keep powdercoating it

 

Road debris, salt, and sand sandblast mine and I have to hit them up with paint regularly... I actually wish I had bolt on instead of weld on... then I could take them off for maint.

 

i just bought some... bolt on for that reason. why make it harder than necessary on yourself?

 

I was going to powder coat a few other things on my truck as well so I just figured I would throw those in the batch too

 

those actually look really good, how much do you want for a set?

 

hmmmm. do you have some kind of hook up or something?

 

no the guy I go to just charges a flat lot rate and adding extra stuff is very minimal

 

wassup how much would 2 skids cost? LOL

 

I dunno I am going to try to get a quote next week for my rims and sliders and some other goodies