Sequoia slow mild build

[sseaman]

So the word of the month for me was lighting, here is a link to the HID conversion I did as well as the LED swap on the interior. I also have replacment headlight bulbs from Daniel Stern in the mail.

http://www.tundrasolutions.com/forum...d/#post1765465

[sseaman]

I got the higher wattage bulbs in, it isn't a mjor change like HIDs but a nice improvement.

[JCMatthews]

The pic is showing up for me, is it still not working?

My oldest daughter and I took it out a couple week ago to Land Between the Lakes and hit some of the dirt trails to the lake, it was covered in mud when we got back.

Tonight I am still getting a red X. This is from home or work.

[sseaman]

I worked on the sliders this weekend, I went with 2" square .125 tubing for the rails and legs, 1 1/2" square .125 to connect the rails, and 1/4" plate to bolt to the frame with grade 8 hardware. I used factory holes on the frame and think it is plenty strong enough since I am not planning any rock crawling adventures. They provide a nice step for the kiddos have better clearance than the factory steps and should also give nice side protection. It ended up costing around $300 with the metal, cutting wheels and welding wire. It was all done with my Century 80 wire welder that gave good penetration. This project gave me a good opportunity to improve my welding ability, not much grinding needed.

Sorry the pics are bad it has been raining outside, I will upload better ones when the weather clears.

Here is a pic with the legs attached and most welding complete. Then with the rear door open, drivers door open, a full side view, the brackets underneath, and plate on backside of frame

[JCMatthews]

Looks great.

[Verde Rat]

Looks great.

X2

[Stick Figure]

I was reminded of your build when you posted in my thread and came back by to check it out. I wanted to make a couple of late comments about the sliders.

I love the look, and I'm tempted to do something similar since that is on the short list of mods that I feel really need to happen sooner than later on my 4runner. I am wondering if you have any gussets that I can't see? My concern is that if you used them as a jack point, or on a rock (i know you said you won't be rock crawling) that the vertical plate could bend and put the whole slider into the truck. I'm thinking either triangulate the mounting bracket, or make them "U" under the frame rail to give them some sort of lower anchor point. Of course all of this might not matter as you could have some gussets that I just can't see in the pics.

[sseaman]

No gussets at the moment but on the list to upgrade, thanks for the comments

[jim65wagon]

Nice looking sliders. I like how neatly they integrate with the lines of the flares.

[sseaman]

Nice looking sliders. I like how neatly they integrate with the lines of the flares.

Thanks that is what I was going for.