Rockslides

[Juan]

Rockslides R2500
See on ad Nissan Patrol 1998 EFI For Sale on this site
Juan
0827007315
021-8016744

[Russ Kellermann]

Hizit Juan,

Im interested in these for my 2007 Patrol Pickup. Do you think they would fit? Pickup uses same chassis layout as wagon up till tail section as far as i know. I would come by today but i injured myself surfing yesterday at kometjie so i'm house-bound for a while.. eish.

PS: What diameter are those sliders? and could you post a better pic of how it attaches to the chassis. It'll help me alot.

[Peter Connan]

Hi Russ

Those are G-Man's rocksliders. They bolt onto the body, not the chassis.

Doubt if they will fit as-is?

Get well soon!

Oh and by the way, how is your fight with Nissan coming along?

[Russ Kellermann]

I thought they were G-Mans.

How does a slider bolt to the body? surly that will compromise the sill if the weight of the vehicle rests on it?

I have won my fight, nissan (mayfair actually) replacing entire gearbox. details of such to be broadcast to the world soon.

[Peter Connan]

Yeehah Russ, I am so glad for you!

If the rockslider rests on the whole length of the sill, and is strong enough, then it does deliver more than adequate protection. This is the way virtually every rockslider for Jeeps are made, and they are after all the originators of rock crawling?

Anyway, I have had a good look at G-Man's sliders, and i know they work well. However it is critical that the mounting is done correctly, so that the slider bar fits into the corner between the seam and the flat section at the bottom of the sill. On the Y61 wagon suitable mounting points exist already, but this is not the case with the Y60 and I don't know about the pickup.

However, I would not recommend this approach for a pickup, because the cab and load bed are seperate and move independently. The rock sliders would thus have to be shortened to fit on (and protect) the cab only, and not the load bed, and if necessary seperate rocksliders could be built for the load bed, but I doubt whether mounting points are available on the loadbed. It might thus be better to trim the loadbed sides so that sliders are not required, and maybe build toolboxes or something in there instead to give an obvious visual reason?

[Russ Kellermann]

What i want are sliders that secure on the chassis, that way i can run them the entire length from wheel to wheel. I definitely dont want sliders attaching to body at any point.

[Herrie]

I also have G-Man's rocksliders and both of them have already touched the sil behind the front wheels and caused a dent - not impressed!!

[Russ Kellermann]

Herrie, just modify it with some square tubing arms that locate at the chassis, that would remedy things.

[Grootseun]

My sliders are body mounted and have been Moegatle tested and not a single problem

[Tinus lotz]

check nicely the brackets form the chassis some time gives hook up points for rocks ect . what you need is a tubing that runs under your body that you can slide on with as little possible hook up points i will fit body ones too