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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: ppltrak on January 22, 2004, 03:08:39 PM
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Has anyone talked w/ them about there "new sliders" comming out. I would love to see them soon.
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I e-mailed them about a month ago, and the said that hopefully they would have them in a couple 6-8 weeks, and I emailed them at the end of december, but I have not heard any thing else on how they are coming, email them, and let them know that you are interested, it might speed up production times.
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I wanna set like these, Made in the UK
but I'm going to have make these myself ÂÂ
:(  they never E-mailed me back ???
(http://wildcatent.freeyellow.com/side.jpg)
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Looks like a little too much metal=weight if you ask me.
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Those things look pretty intense.
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I don't know, these bolt to the body
and they don't have to be made of
1/4" if you want lighter, Me I always
over engineer my stuff, usually to
the point of being nuke proof ;D
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Better off doing it right the first time and not the second.
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Bomb Proof and High-Lift compatible,
Who could ask for more ;)
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I wanna set like these, Made in the UK
but I'm going to have make these
myself  :(  thay never E-mailed back ???
I think they are the Overland made items. They fix to the chassis rail with a large clamp arrangement.  They are both heavy and bulky I would expect the cost with carriage to the States to come to well over $500 so I should thing it would be way cheaper to get some made yourself.
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That's them Overland, I couldn't remember the name.
I think I'm going to make some similar, not quite as
bulky as those, and bolt to the empty holes that are
left from the plastic beauty trim that used to live there.
Thanks Rhino ;)
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I'm thinking those in the picture are decent enough. However, I'd add a little tube to act as a step. But not necessarily a step to get in/out of vehicle, it would be used as a step where a person can stand on while holding on to help ballast the weight through a slow crawl. Second, when off-camber, the extra sticking out would hit first before any body (most of the time), and act as a skid. Third can be used to skid around a verticle obstacle (ie. tree). Fourth, would help those in the back seat to be able to get in/out either via the door or through the open back end (conv't). Fifth, would help pull over a rolled-over vehicle. See many uses........
I think Shrockworks has this setup for the Sami and Xterra from their website.
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I'm not sure if uprighting a vehicle by pulling
on the sliders is a good idea, I just want mine
to be bolted to the sheet metal, not frame mounted.
My kids love to jump into the back by using the tire
when the top is off, makes a great step. :)
I want to make a set that more closely conform to
the body shape there, and probably from 1/8" stock
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thanks rock rails where on my list of "to dos" and i like those alot more then the ones i was going to build.
Stu
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I'm thinking those in the picture are decent enough. However, I'd add a little tube to act as a step. But not necessarily a step to get in/out of vehicle, it would be used as a step where a person can stand on while holding on to help ballast the weight through a slow crawl. Second, when off-camber, the extra sticking out would hit first before any body (most of the time), and act as a skid. Third can be used to skid around a verticle obstacle (ie. tree). Fourth, would help those in the back seat to be able to get in/out either via the door or through the open back end (conv't). Fifth, would help pull over a rolled-over vehicle. See many uses........
I think Shrockworks has this setup for the Sami and Xterra from their website.
You musta been readin my mind because these are all the reasons why we made our own the way we did.
~Nate
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You musta been readin my mind because these are all the reasons why we made our own the way we did.
~Nate
In review of yours, I see they can be mod'd a little more. There is a lot of space between the sliders and the bottom of the door. By raising them and still keeping them out, you gain ground clearance under the door sill. To what extent does it amount to, depends, unless you've mod'd the frame like Lil' Truck.....LOL. :o :o
And Yes, I've read how many times you've gone through with the body lift scenario...Now that's funny.... ;D ;D
(All stated with a little sarcasm...ok maybe a little more than little.....)
What I'm talking about is under the pages of Shrockworks. The square mounts come off the frame, and under the door kick panel. Then a tube is added not horizontal, but angled some to provide a slight increase in the protection as well as ground.
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I e-mailed them about a month ago, and the said that hopefully they would have them in a couple 6-8 weeks, and I emailed them at the end of december, but I have not heard any thing else on how they are coming, email them, and let them know that you are interested, it might speed up production times.
HE WAS TAKING EMAILS MONTHS AGO FOR A CONTACT LIST ONCE HE HAD THEM...HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET ???
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I wanna set like these, Made in the UK
but I'm going to have make these myself ÂÂ
:(  they never E-mailed me back ???
([url]http://wildcatent.freeyellow.com/side.jpg[/url])
THOSE ARE SWEET LOOKING ...HOWEVER $500.00 WOULD BE A BIT MUCH.....SO SHOCKWORKS ANY NEWS ???
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I'm thinking those in the picture are decent enough. However, I'd add a little tube to act as a step. But not necessarily a step to get in/out of vehicle, it would be used as a step where a person can stand on while holding on to help ballast the weight through a slow crawl. Second, when off-camber, the extra sticking out would hit first before any body (most of the time), and act as a skid. Third can be used to skid around a verticle obstacle (ie. tree). Fourth, would help those in the back seat to be able to get in/out either via the door or through the open back end (conv't). Fifth, would help pull over a rolled-over vehicle. See many uses........
I think Shrockworks has this setup for the Sami and Xterra from their website.
IF YOU MAKE THEM DON'T FORGET TO TAKE SOME PICTURES......
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In review of yours, I see they can be mod'd a little more. There is a lot of space between the sliders and the bottom of the door. By raising them and still keeping them out, you gain ground clearance under the door sill. To what extent does it amount to, depends, unless you've mod'd the frame like Lil' Truck.....LOL. :o :o
And Yes, I've read how many times you've gone through with the body lift scenario...Now that's funny.... ;D ;D
(All stated with a little sarcasm...ok maybe a little more than little.....)
What I'm talking about is under the pages of Shrockworks. The square mounts come off the frame, and under the door kick panel. Then a tube is added not horizontal, but angled some to provide a slight increase in the protection as well as ground.
Yah, the body lift has always been in contention for me. ÂÂ
Our rock guards/nerf bars are level with the top of the frame, not the bottom, so i got about an inch and ahalf above the bottom of the frame before it hits the nerf barfs.  If I had made upward angling brackets we could have made the nerf barfs closer to the body, BUT...
A body lift gets the body higher from the ground, away from damage and allows for neato things like larger tires which is good, but it also raises your center of gravity.
I think with the SAS conversion we are doing I can drop the body back down to just about an inch above stock and still have clearence for the lifted gas tank and lifted exhaust and then the 'nerf bars' will fit just right.
Jag-7, its neat to see that somebody actually looked at our design with some thought, because we had a hard time deciding how to do ours when we were building and this was one of those discusson topics.  It's like you where right there in my mind when we were there makin' em.
Always customizing..
~Nate
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Yeah Nate, I'm glad WE came up with that idea t mount them the way we did. Hehe! We designed the bars to be able to mount the bars with and wihtout bodylift. The only difference without, is the mounting plate sticks up instead of pointing down like it is on Heather's.
Manufacturing them once the measurements are figured out, isn't too bad. If you want them, I can make more, not a problem.