Building my own sliders and plans for LR

[Lentsnh]

I'm new to this site but I have some MIG experience and am willing to tackle building rock sliders for my 2004 Discovery SE.

I plan to make a "protector rock slider" which goes right under the plastic rockers. About an inch and a half between the rocker and top of the slider.

I will be making it out of 2X1 square tubing for the slider part, 1 1/2" round tubing for the supports and then 3/4" sheet metal for the base to weld onto the frame.

I may also make my own variation of a Equipe 4x4 front bumper, I just have to get plans for it.


After Christmas, Im still saving up and waiting to buy a Rovertym 3" suspension lift with Bilstein shocks. Cragar Streetlock D hole wheels and 265/75/16 Firestone Destination MTs.

[Lentsnh]

I'm new to this site but I have some MIG experience and am willing to tackle building rock sliders for my 2004 Discovery SE.

I plan to make a "protector rock slider" which goes right under the plastic rockers. About an inch and a half between the rocker and top of the slider.

I will be making it out of 2X1 square tubing for the slider part, 1 1/2" round tubing for the supports and then 3/4" sheet metal for the base to weld onto the frame.

I may also make my own variation of a Equipe 4x4 front bumper, I just have to get plans for it.


After Christmas, Im still saving up and waiting to buy a Rovertym 3" suspension lift with Bilstein shocks. Cragar Streetlock D hole wheels and 265/75/16 Firestone Destination MTs.

[AxeAngel]

I made a set using 2x4 3/16" tube and some angle iron to sandwich the frame. The sliders need to curve to follow the lines of the truck, a shop press should handle this.

There are a few southeastern guys who have experience with building sliders, michaels comes to mind. Might wanna hit him up for info. AFAIK we both used the same set of plans to build our sliders.

I subsequently sold mine and bought a pair of prefabbed sliders that incorporated the curve I mentioned. They aren't as beefy as what I made but the price was right.

-Sam

[94Discovery]

Go to www.discoweb.org and click on tech and scroll down fro hidden sliders you will have a full write up and pictures .

[Wander]

Nice looking 04-sounds like you are going from a street/custom look to a more offroad look.

Where did you learn to weld, that is something on my list of things to learn.

[Lentsnh]

Nice looking 04-sounds like you are going from a street/custom look to a more offroad look.

Where did you learn to weld, that is something on my list of things to learn.

Well its all stock now. I love the look and what it lets the LR do, capability wise.

I cant wait to make it my own.

And I'm a high school student and at our school we have career prep programs. I've been in Welding, Framing and finishing (woodworks), Industrial systems maintenance (build dune buggys, hovercrafts, and more), Intro into manufacturing and a few others.

It is alot of fun once you learn it. Take it easy and get the patterns down with stick and then move to MIG. TIG is alot of fun too, but its VERY complex.

[Lentsnh]

I made a set using 2x4 3/16" tube and some angle iron to sandwich the frame. The sliders need to curve to follow the lines of the truck, a shop press should handle this.

There are a few southeastern guys who have experience with building sliders, michaels comes to mind. Might wanna hit him up for info. AFAIK we both used the same set of plans to build our sliders.

I subsequently sold mine and bought a pair of prefabbed sliders that incorporated the curve I mentioned. They aren't as beefy as what I made but the price was right.

-Sam

do you have any pictures of your sliders?

Sounds like those that you made wouldn't budge. And where they weld on or bolt on?

Go to www.discoweb.org and click on tech and scroll down fro hidden sliders you will have a full write up and pictures .

awesome! Thank you!

[Lentsnh]

do you have any pictures of your sliders?

Sounds like those that you made wouldn't budge. And where they weld on or bolt on?



awesome! Thank you!

side note- I would like for mine to show. I would like to build a full rocker slider or a "nerf" style.

[Wander]

Well its all stock now. I love the look and what it lets the LR do, capability wise.

I cant wait to make it my own.

And I'm a high school student and at our school we have career prep programs. I've been in Welding, Framing and finishing (woodworks), Industrial systems maintenance (build dune buggys, hovercrafts, and more), Intro into manufacturing and a few others.

It is alot of fun once you learn it. Take it easy and get the patterns down with stick and then move to MIG. TIG is alot of fun too, but its VERY complex.

Wow-sounds like a great program!

[AxeAngel]

I will dig up a pic of mine as well as the plans I used. They stick out from the sill a bit, the reason I initially went with 2x4 is to avoid using a nerf. Bottorf fab uses a 2x2 tube with 1x1 nerf that is a little over 1" offset.

Hicountry uses a 2x3 with no nerf(this is what I run now purely because I sold my old sliders)

RTE runs a 2x3 or 2x4 maybe with a nerf as well.

I didnt want mine to stick out too far, just enough to provide protection and give a little lip to help shorter people access the roofrack.

Only negative about the nerf, is it hampers your ability to do narrow trails and some will argue about the inherent additional torque from the longer lever arm, I don't really think it's a big issue unless thr added length is significant and you drop your truck onto it.

Mine bolt on through the sill. Grade 8 bolts. As do most of the sliders, one company does do weld on sliders to the frame, but that's a longer lever arm, I don't like the look, if you do a body lift you are going to run a gap as well.

-Sam