Rocksliders

Bullbars, roof racks, suspensions and other accessories relating to vehicle performance
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Post by Peter Connan »

I have finally finished my rock sliders.

As most of you have probably noticed by now, I have two great failings professionally.

The first is that I struggle to finish projects. Before one is finished, there are at least two more in the pipeline.

The other one is that iff there is a well established way of doing things, I just have to keep fiddling until I find a less obvious way. Modesty says that the disadvantages often outweigh the advantages, but at least there is always a reason. :biggrin:

My rocksliders are not the prettiest, but they are seriously strong, and give a good sliding surface so that you don't get hung up easily. The sliders are made from 75x40 channel iron, with the hollow at the bottom. The ends are flared for looks and a piece of 40mm square tube is welded to each end, the intention was to use these as hi-lift points. The mountings are made from 40x40x5 square tube and 60x8 flat bar.
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They are mounted in three places. The front and rear mountings incorporate mounting points that bolt to the body mounting points:
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The reason is that this is the place where the chassis is closest to the edge of the body, thus reducing the length of the mounting arms. These are also the points that are longitudinally closest to the wheels without interfering with the suspension, so that the sliders are supported as well as possible close to the wheels where I want to jack.

There is also a middle support, but tjis is just a cradle around the bottom of the chassis member and doesn't have any bolts.
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I have had the one slider on for several months, and have purposefully abused it several times, noticeably at Rust de Winter's bundu trial, and it show no damage. So this weekend I closed the gaps where the channel was widened, made the second one, painted and installed them.
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Post by Wilfred Moore »

Seriously nice Peter, I like the way it comes forward, closer to the wheel arch. It sometimes happen when you go over a rock with the wheel and the tyre falls of the rock, it damages the body. This looks like it will protect the body just behind the wheel.

Well Done !!

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Netjies gedoen man! baie goeie werk!! :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Regte ysters :thumbup:
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Excellent Peter :thumbup: , dit lyk erg professioneel :woo: , wat is hul gewig ? en dan die groot vraa gaan jy hul ook kommersieel beskikbaar maak vir ons GQ ouens soos die pensplate.

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Nog 'n uitstekende produk uit die Barbarian stal! :biggrin:
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Jules wrote:Excellent Peter :thumbup: , dit lyk erg professioneel :woo: , wat is hul gewig ? en dan die groot vraa gaan jy hul ook kommersieel beskikbaar maak vir ons GQ ouens soos die pensplate.

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Jules ek het hulle nie geweeg nie, maar ek reken hulle weeg seker so 20-25kg elk.

Die ander vraag is baie moeiliker om te antwoord. Hierdie is flippen baie werk, my skouer is nou nog so seer dat ek amper nie my GQ se stuurwiel met hom kan draai nie (en daar skort niks met my power steering nie). Ek moes ook redelik meet en pas. Verder het ek ook nog 'n familie wat bietjie aandag soek. En 'n huis wat baie aandag soek.

Wat ek dalk bereid sou wees om te doen, is om 'n soort van 'n "kit" te bou, wat relatief maklik deur iemand daar aanmekaargesweis kan word, as daar vyf of meer ouens is wat regtig belang stel. Hierdie aanbod geld net vir GQ eienaars, want ek dink nie die goed gaan pas op GU's nie.

Op die GU is dit egter baie makliker om 'n rockslider te bou, en ek dink ek het 'n baie nice idee vir hulle. Dalk leen Tinus vir my sy kar vir 'n paar weke dan gebruik ek hom as 'n proefkonyn :biggrin:
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Wanneer kan ons hom aflaai?
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Post by Aries66 »

Hallo Peter.

Baie mooi hou ook baie van die idee. Sal in spanning wag op jou en Tunis se weergawe.
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