Texas BS Thread

Is this the truck y'all are talking about?

 

Yeah, that's Barbara's.

 

Purdy kewl

 

Very true about the bolt on HREW sliders. I ordered bolt on sliders last week that I only have to drill 1 hole for. All tough my truck is a 2015 with 1200 miles on it and don't need to weld to the frame yet.

 

You could always just weld the bolt on's on later

 

Someone in the SOS Concepts thread showed a pic of their entire truck being held up by jacks on the sliders. Not sure if I'm going to do that "test", but I figure they'll be plenty strong for what I have in mind. Not planning on going crazy wheeling this truck, but want to be able to find some roads/trails less traveled in search of photography opportunities. There were plenty of roads (or what was once a road) that I didn't venture down in the old GMC for its lack of 4wd and general lack of ground clearance. The Sliders and everything else is for that "oh shit" moment that may or may not happen - I just want to be able to say "what the hell" when I see a trail that I wouldn't have dared in the old truck.

 

Bolt on sliders are just as strong as weld ons if built right.

 

So tried to go out and get some shots of the truck with the new wheels, but got chased around town by a rain shower instead. By the time it cleared out the sun was gone, but still managed one decent shot.

 

Sweet photo. How much of that is editing vs just the camera? Looks like you have some awesome skills. Time to color match that chrome!

 

QFT. My bolt-on sliders support my fat ass when I stand on them.

 

There's a fair bit of editing on that shot to bring out the details. If I had a couple grand to spend on lighting and a crew to work / hold / etc all the gear I could do more in camera and less on the editing side. Mostly though, brought up the shadows, covered some blown highlights in the sky, corrected white balance the best I could (late evening light plus parking lot lights made for some funky blue tints), pumped in some dynamic contrast to make things pop, lens distortion correction, sharpened, exported. Not necessarily in that order.

I shoot RAW, so posting SOOC isn't really fair because it hasn't even had the normal in camera once-over that point and shoot camera shots get, but here it is just for anyone curious: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GnBq0hONDHQ/VOQaYc7iz5I/AAAAAAAAl8I/LwR_Es5CgZ0/s912/_MG_9812.jpg

 

So do mine, but they won't support the truck. I want to use a high lift and know things won't get damaged. I didn't know I was going to lift it when I got mine. Then I found you people and things got out of hand.

 

If they're real sliders and not truck steps.. Yes even bolted on, they will support the truck.

 

They bolt to the step holes. They're made out of the right material, just the wrong attachment. Adam and I have swapped some emails. See what happens.

 

Color matched grill: http://parts.camelbacktoyota.com/pa...e&partid=1118073&siteid=214329&catalogid=9000

 

Holy poo. That's so way over my head! It's cool to see the edited and the initial image compared. I'm very impressed

 

I think we've found our designated photographer for the next DFW Bridgeport meet

 

Haha like Rich? At least he is 4wd...

 

So you know what I'm talking about....

 

Well then of course not. Running boards aren't sliders nor meant to be used as em.