Jeep unlimited RokMen sliders

[BIGdaddy]

I'm having a shop put a set of Rokmen's Mercenary "body-mount" style sliders on my LJ.

http://www.rokmen.com/mercSl2.JPG

I HAVE to have a shop do it, cuz they're doing the body work associated with my accident earlier this year, and the check from the insurance co. is made out to them...lol. no worries. i figure the damage will be repaired and the sliders will be installed professionally, which will give me and my wife peace of mind when we go offroading.

So anyways, I started prepping my rig for them tonight. they are full length body mounted sliders, and as such require you to remove any trim pieces or side steps that might be there.

for me that meant: fenderlets and the stick on diamond plate trim, since my
side steps went to the landfill long ago.

here goes:
1.Remove front fender flare-let's(next to bottom of front flares. -these were held on with three screws and came off in like 5min's

2. Remove purely decorative faux, black "diamond plate" metal "sticker" from rocker panels. -I used a flat crowbar, and a screw driver, leapfrogging to slowly spread the panel off the side of the car. I then had to peel the rubbery/adhesive strips off the side of the car...took about 20mins.

3. RE-finish my fender flares. -I've been wanting to paint my fender flares for some time, and did so, tonight. I took some Krylon "fusion" satin paint, masked carefully and basically rattlecan'ed them carefully. CAME OUT GREAT!!

heres some before pic's....

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/DSC01816r-1.jpg

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/IMGP5981.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/IMGP5980.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/IMGP5984.jpg

and here's some after the "flare-let" removal, "trim" removal and F/R flare re-finish.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/IMGP5982.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/IMGP5986.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/DSC02182.jpg



thats all i got done tonight, before my kids woke up from their nap and demanded that we go hot-tubbing...lol.

my sliders are supposed to be in tomorrow or monday, so I'll post up pics ASAP of as much of the process as i can...

regards,
Brian
:sombrero:

[mrchips]

Rokmen makes awesome stuff, I have their Mercenary bumper, on my LJ and it is made very well. You will like their products.

[BIGdaddy]

Rokmen makes awesome stuff, I have their Mercenary bumper, on my LJ and it is made very well. You will like their products.

great to hear, i've heard stories of their studly-ness, and I've seen a few videos to prove it.

i like fact that we'll have door to door ding protection from boulders w/ our LWB Heep, a step to load/un-load our canoe/cargo, and even side impact protection from stupid's on the street, all in one purchase...nice.:ar15:

[Trail Monkey]

I love my rokmen products on my LJ, tough as nails...

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg266/jamesmroy/200.jpg

[BIGdaddy]

well, I'm officially jeepless. :smileeek:


my blue beauty, (i know, i know its just a jeep..lol) is at M.I.T overnight so they can get started early on my sliders.


Teresa at M.I.T showed me them briefly tonight, and OMG, those things are freakin' beef, dude!

they came in bare steel and they are going to just hit them with some rustoleum hammered paint tomorrow before mounting.

I'll post up some shots when i get it back!

[CA-RJ]

Nice! Can't wait to see some pics.

[BIGdaddy]

okey-dokey...i'm all excited, cuz apparently as of 11am this morning my truck was done. :sombrero:


I have to wait for my wife to get home from work to go pick it up...so pictures to soon follow.

The shop told me there was a gent wanting to see the finished product cuz he was thinking about the setup, too. nice!

Teresa, at M.i.T was very positive about them, saying they went on very easily and look stout as heck.

perfect!

as i said, i'll shoot some photo's this afternoon. :REOutArchery02:

[BIGdaddy]

here you go. I am SO stoked with the quality of these suckers.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/DSC02241.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/DSC02226.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/DSC02249.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/DSC02242.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/DSC02240.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/DSC02238.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/DSC02237.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/DSC02236.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/kodiak1232003/DSC02232.jpg

[nwoods]

HUGE improvement in looks Brian. Now put a skoosh more lift on her, and rub on them less :-)

[CA-RJ]

Man that looks great! That's exactly what I want for mine.

[BIGdaddy]

HUGE improvement in looks Brian. Now put a skoosh more lift on her, and rub on them less :-)



i'm gonna have to take your man card for saying skoosh, dude. :D


I'm still wavering between the Old man emu lift and a simple budget boost from teraflex or the like. I figure i'll do that, and a 1" body lift/motor mount lift to clear a Belly up low-pro center skid, and call it done.

that with some 31's, will give me about 4-4.5" extra at the belly pan...nice. :)

[CA-RJ]

Go Old Man Emu. I had it on my last TJ and it really was great. I had 32's on my TJ with the kit and it was perfect. I'm not sure how long you're planning on waiting to get your lift but if you can wait a few months I'll sell you my Rubicon springs.

[nwoods]

There's a great thread in this Jeep forum from a guy (in Australia?) that put on an OME lift and got fantastic flex out of it, and the height was about perfect. It was about 5 or 6 months ago.

On all the Jeep forums I have read, everyone praises the ride and performance of the OME lift. Pretty much the only reason why it's not universal seems to be because it's "only" a few inches of lift, and for some it's too expensive.

[nwoods]

i'm gonna have to take your man card for saying skoosh, dude. :D


LOL,it wasn't my first choice of words....I was just trying to be gently encouraging. :-)

[BIGdaddy]

LOL,it wasn't my first choice of words....I was just trying to be gently encouraging. :-)


lol...thats funny, thats what i tell my wife about you, " that Nwoods, he's so gently encouraging"....

:D