Rock slider install Q's

[RabidPony]

For those that have the Rock Road sliders, do the bolts to the frame go all the way through or do you tap the frame and bolt to it? Also, would anyone mind taking a few measurements for me? I'm fabbing my own and am using some design cues from them.

[Triathlete]

They go through. I have the Stric9's and they are welded on.
I would also recomend sleeving the holes if you have the ability

[Marlin]

They go through. I have the Stric9's and they are welded on.
I would also recomend sleeving the holes if you have the ability

Ummm, not they do not go through. You drill out a hole, and it comes with self tapping bolts that fit very snugly, not all the way through the frame.

I have had mine on for 1.5 years,and a lot of wheeling. I have had ZERO problems, excpet that rocky road made them way too long, and I had to cut off 2-3 " to fit 34s. They designed them for 29" factory tires, silly.

[Triathlete]

Ummm, not they do not go through. You drill out a hole, and it comes with self tapping bolts that fit very snugly, not all the way through the frame.

I have had mine on for 1.5 years,and a lot of wheeling. I have had ZERO problems, excpet that rocky road made them way too long, and I had to cut off 2-3 " to fit 34s. They designed them for 29" factory tires, silly.

My bad! I just assumed they were like all the other bolt on type sliders.


Psst, what real offroader would put larger tires on their rig?

[RamAirZ]

haha I'm gonna have a set of 58" long Trail Gear sliders at my house in the next week or so (payment from John for doing the MUA5 swap in his Amigo Chris. Which btw showed up today, that f'er was heavy pulling out of the back of a semi, over 300lbs including crate lol). I'll do a little write up on using them and welding them on. I used the long trail gear ones on my 97' Rodeo and I sectioned the middle to shorten them and sleeved them. They were on sale and I liked the 4 cross bar look over the 3, turned out great:

[RabidPony]

Could someone with the Rocky Road sliders please measure the mounting plates to the frame and get me the dimensions? Would be a massive help. Need FR, RR, FL, RL. Going to make them out of .250 flat stock.

[Marlin]

Could someone with the Rocky Road sliders please measure the mounting plates to the frame and get me the dimensions? Would be a massive help. Need FR, RR, FL, RL. Going to make them out of .250 flat stock.

If no one beats me to it, I will have it up for you tomorrow afternoon, my wife took the VX to work, so I can install her CB in the tow rig. I will post up some pics in Ramairz' thread later. Gonna be sweet!!.

I can't believe John gave up those sliders He was so excited when he brought them to hallowharrie and played with a welder a bit.

[RamAirZ]

Ya he was going to sell them to me but decided to just use them for payment, which I didn't want any payment for helping but he offered and I said sure! I've gotta move my CB back in the dash a little bit more, my in-cab winch control showed up so when I go to install that I'll move it some more

[RabidPony]

Heh, you guys are gonna love these sliders when I'm done. Beefy is an understatement.

[RamAirZ]

Nice! Looking forward to them

[Tookie]

lol, why cant more of you live in Hawaii I need to be friends with you guys and you need to live here so I can finaggle all these cool things from you lol.

[RabidPony]

Does anyone know the bolt sizes and thread pitch, as well as drill bit size, for mounting these to the frame and pinch weld?

[Marlin]

Does anyone know the bolt sizes and thread pitch, as well as drill bit size, for mounting these to the frame and pinch weld?

IIRC, they are the same bolts that the skid plate uses, just check on Isuzuparts.com. The ones from Rocky road came with some big self tapping bolts, just drilled out like a 5/8 hole and then the drove the bolts in with an impact wrench.

As for the body side, they were like 1/4" bolts, something small like that.

[RabidPony]

Sliders are done and on, pics will be up tonight.

[RamAirZ]

sweet!