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And so after a lot of reading and brain picking project the rock sliders has begun. steel bought and all cut up



And the brackets welded up



Well at least a start has been made on the brackets.

WISH ME LUCK AND ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS

Good luck! Measure twice and cut once ...... (not like me, cut 3 times and find it's STILL too short! ). Post pics as you go along!

posting as I go along is the idea so that if I stuff up hopefully someone will be able to point it out.

Good luck - keep us posted

Going to be watching this one

What material are you using?

Bugzy wrote:What material are you using?

50x10mm flat bar for the brackets and 50x3mm thick square tubing as the slider and 50x3mm round tubing as a side step / secondary slider.

still trying to decide if I want to keep the secondary tubing slider at the same level as the square slider or to slightly raise the secondary slider / step.

comments on this idea welcome

Good luck and hope you don't have any hiccups a long the way

i see lot of steel pieces but gooodluck and i have

Slightly raise the secondary slider / step

Are you going to bend the ends? Or leave it straight?

janvg wrote:Are you going to bend the ends? Or leave it straight?

beveled (straight) with recovery points

Im keeping an eye on this post. Must make for my fortuner....just nearly done with bellyplate...

janvg wrote:Im keeping an eye on this post. Must make for my fortuner....just nearly done with bellyplate...

Please share belly plate details as that and a bashplate are next on the list

So Obelix is getting sliders,what's Dogmatix getting

Thunder02 wrote:So Obelix is getting sliders,what's Dogmatix getting

hopefully a repaired window washer nozzle pipe (remember post about rat in the kitchen)

and if she behaves maybe a service

What model is your hilux?

janvg wrote:What model is your hilux?

2006 4.0 v6

Which area are you?

Just remember,steel rusts

Thunder02 wrote:Just remember,steel rusts

and there was that issue with welds that contracted with the heat. So after much ado please refer to previous photographs for updates.

(and there is also the issue of the bedside tables that have to get finished for Dogmatix, ask no questions hear no lies )

Obelix and Dogmatix wrote: ........bedside tables that have to get finished for Dogmatix, ask no questions hear no lies .....

Quinten, jy is in die akkies But don't feel alone, we've also got that kind of problems

make sure you pics is the size we all can enjoy please.

Hilux 1 wrote:make sure you pics is the size we all can enjoy please.

hiding the bad welding!!! :evil: :evil:

Okay so you all thought that I let this one die a quite death!!!!!

NOT SO



So now it is the painting and final fitting which will hopefully be this Saturday.

And thanks to Alien that helped with the mounting of the secondary rail.

Lyk goed! Prime gou, anders mors die roes jou rond...

Oupa Stig wrote:Lyk goed! Prime gou, anders mors die roes jou rond...

TE LAAT!! het al die rust remover gekoop

HI OBELIX HOW MUCH DID IT ALL COST YOU IF I MAY ASK PLEASE

THANK YOU

About ten welding burns
Hundreds of welding splatter burns
Lip from Dogmatix

Not sure how to price the above but that can be offset by the sense of accomplishment

The rands value will be About R1500.00 thats including consumables, paint etc.