Rock sliders Price? and witch ones would you recommend

ok so i want to buy some rock sliders for my trucko i found these brand new for 160/180 with the brackets ready to weld on. Is that a good price or is that to expensive??? for some rock sliders???

 

Those look like trail gear sliders and are Chinese DOM and a soft compound. The price is great but I myself would not go with the cheapest sliders.

Three company's here that make great sliders are Elite off road (I have on my truck, RelentlessFabrication, And of coarse B.A.M.F (My company) Any one of those choices and you will have the strongest sliders. Hybrid design is way stronger then full round.

 

^^
OP, grab a set of Jerry's hybrid sliders
and then ship them to me.

kthx

 

Add 1 vote for Shrockworks. Awesome product.
http://www.shrockworks.com/

 

this is the description of the sliders...

Rock Sliders are a great way of protecting the rocker panels of your Tacoma pickup or 4Runner. Heavy duty design can take a pounding from the rocks while keeping body damage to a minimum. Strong enough to take the entire weight of the truck. A high-lift jack can be used anywhere along it's length for repositioning of rig or axle servicing. Sold in pairs. Made from 1 3/4" X .120 round HREW tubing. Bars come with the outer section welded but the legs are not attached. Legs are pre-notched and can be cut to length to allow for different mounting positions.

 

That looks like a stock photo of trail Gear sliders.

And I would buy Hybrid sliders 2 x 2 .120 square has nearly the same MOI as the 2 x 250 round, and is 35% lighter still (or 25% stronger and less than half the weight of the 1.75 x .5 round)




OD_ / ID_ = ....MOI........ Weight
.......... round square ,round square
1.5 /.120 = .125 , .212 , 1.77 , 2.25
1.5 /.188 = .170 , .289 , 2.63 , 3.35
1.5 /.250 = .199 , .339 , 3.34 , 4.11
1.5 /.375 = .233 , .... , 4.51
1.5 /.500 = .245 , .... , 5.34

1.75/.120 = .205 , .348 , 2.09
1.75/.188 = .285 , .484 , 3.14
1.75/.250 = .341 , ....., 4.01
1.75/.375 = .411 , .... , 5.51
1.75/.500 = .445 , .... , 6.68

2.0 /.120 = .314 , .534 , 2.41 , 3.05
2.0 /.188 = .444 , .754 , 3.64 , 4.32
2.0 /.250 = .537 , .911 , 4.67 , 5.41
2.0 /.375 = .666 , .... , 6.51
2.0 /.500 = .736 , .... , 8.01

2.25/.120 = .457 , .... , 2.73
2.25/.250 = .798 , .... , 5.34
2.25/.375 =1.01 , ..... , 7.51
2.25/.500 =1.138 , .... , 9.35

2.5 /.120 = .637 , .... , 3.05
2.5 /.250 =1.132 , .... , 6.01
2.5 /.375 =1.457 , .... , 8.51
2.5 /.500 =1.669 , .... ,10.68


http://mnhpva.org/tech/frame_tubes.html

 

OP...
cheaper isnt always better for protection. You would never buy the cheapest condom would you??

 

Forecasting this thread may go off topic pretty soon

 

its from a local company from utah call lowrangeoffroad.com not to far from my house so i just stopped by and asked what they had and thats about it but idk nothing about them so ya thats why im asking

 

i got a friend that build his own front bumper and i am going to ask him if he can help me build a pair but i just dont want to take his time off his other work he's doing, i'm gonna go check these out first in person and see how good exactly these ones are, heck maybe the picture is just one they grabbed from the internet on it mite just be and old pic of what they use to have

 

LongRangeoffroad is a Trail Gear dealer those are Trail Gear sliders.

You don't need DOM for sliders USA HREW is stronger then China DOM anyway so don't let the DOM fool you into buying.


I myself would not buy Trail Gear sliders and really not the HREW ones. I have installed the DOM sliders and the steel compound is a lot softer then USA HREW.



To the OP I would talk to your buddy and have him build a you a set of sliders they would be far stronger then TG but you can do what you want.

 

You also would have to buy the frame plates and gussets for that kit they do not come with them and here is a shot of the TG gussets compared to the vendors on this forum.

 

Although the weight of the 2.0 / .120 square is 30% heavier than the 1.75 / .120 round tubing..

Obviously the square hybrid tubes are going to be stronger, but maybe the extra size and weight is just over-kill. If 1.75 round allows the truck to be jacked up, more strength seems unnecessary.

If you think about it the weakest point of the sliders are the mounting welds and the gussets, and the gussets for all the sliders are 3/16 plates, so it's the same. Bending any kind of steel sliders is going to be nearly impossible unless its a major wreck...

And IMO the thicker sliders look to bulky and ugly.. When I buy mine I'm probably going to go with the cheaper ones because I really just want them to step up on and protect my sides from other drivers throwing their doors open..

And if I do my occasional light off-roading, I'm sure they'll still protect my sides from rocks and debris..

Although I'm not a 4wheeler so I wont actually be sliding down a giant rock wall...

OP just think about how you're going to use them and what kind of strength to weight ratio your truck will require and factor in how much you want to spend ya know?

 

Yeah but jacking up and dropping down on to a rock are two different things The Hybrid slider is a far better design then full round tube.

and if you look at the picture above not all 3/16th gussets are the same.

 

Those are the TG ones I have. I love em and you can't beat the price.

 

BAMF Sliders FTW

 

I always laught at how sliders are so hotly debated. And even more so, how so many people badmouth Trail Gear products just because they heard something about them. If you don't have first had experience with the products then it's nothing but opinion....at best.

I'm not badmouthing any of the other options out there, but I've got TG sliders on both my trucks and I've been beating on them for years now without issue. Sorry haters, but they work. Plain and simple.