New sliders for Rooies
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:51 am
Hi there
The original Toyota side steps on Rooies were nice to stand on but they rattled and didn't really give much protection to the body, so I decided to replace them with some similar to those fitted to a friend's Vigo. They needed to be closer in to the body, protect the bottom of the doors, have place to stand when you forget to lock the hubs before driving into the mud and incorporate HL jack points too.
Starting material is two 1900mm pieces of 38x76x3mm rectangular section. First step is to cut triangles out of the ends to create a bevel.
Then weld that up:
Then holes for HL jack points from 38x3 round tube:
Make cuts where the hole saw cuts meet the inside wall and weld in the round tube:
Then get short lengths of 38x3mm round tube bent at my local exhaust place:
Also added the brackets from 76x38 U-channel and 80x10mm flat bar with 5mm plate gussets
Cut and weld in the bends:
Check the fit and decide a center support is needed:
Weld in the center support, and discover I can actually weld occasionally :
And ready for test fitting:
Remove the old steps and discover someone once shot a hole in the floor of the cab, behind the driver's seat:
And finally finished, ready for galvanising and powder coating:
The original Toyota side steps on Rooies were nice to stand on but they rattled and didn't really give much protection to the body, so I decided to replace them with some similar to those fitted to a friend's Vigo. They needed to be closer in to the body, protect the bottom of the doors, have place to stand when you forget to lock the hubs before driving into the mud and incorporate HL jack points too.
Starting material is two 1900mm pieces of 38x76x3mm rectangular section. First step is to cut triangles out of the ends to create a bevel.
Then weld that up:
Then holes for HL jack points from 38x3 round tube:
Make cuts where the hole saw cuts meet the inside wall and weld in the round tube:
Then get short lengths of 38x3mm round tube bent at my local exhaust place:
Also added the brackets from 76x38 U-channel and 80x10mm flat bar with 5mm plate gussets
Cut and weld in the bends:
Check the fit and decide a center support is needed:
Weld in the center support, and discover I can actually weld occasionally :
And ready for test fitting:
Remove the old steps and discover someone once shot a hole in the floor of the cab, behind the driver's seat:
And finally finished, ready for galvanising and powder coating: