builtnotbought89'

ya tell me about it! I think it will be fine with the 2 mounts wrapped all the way around the frame rails!?!? idk

Desert Rat

Your wrap around will probably achieve the same result, I just get nervous about the strength of that Uni, ha ha!

alwaysxj

i guess i should of been more clear my bad. what i was saying is the slider it's self will not bend. when you come down on a rock hard it will flex up a little and hit and denting the rocker. if anyone has read this then it will tell you what i am talking about the same thing that happen to eric's jeep happen to me. what he did is make a brace that went to the control arm mount and if i remember right he added a third leg to the frame. but anyway if you do not have this book i would recommend it to anyone.

alwaysxj

hey are any of you on xjtalk.com if not you should check it out. we need more people from utard

builtnotbought89'

Ya idk I'd rather beat my rocker up or rip the unibody, than take the chance of damaging the control arm mount!!! that way at least I can get myself off the trail...

alwaysxj

i guess you don't get what i am trying to say. im not trying to say that your design is not bad im just saying the hole purpose of making sliders is to not put dents in the rockers. i would try to find the book and read about what i am talking about. when you make something to protect the body and the unibody you want to make it as strong as possible the first time so you don't have to remake things or even rebuild a whole new jeep beacause you have done somthing to the unibody. so you can take this how ever you want im not saying don't build these im saying if you are going to build them build them as strong as you can.

builtnotbought89'

I did a quick search on that book looks pretty sweet!!! (tons of input & mods) thanks for the input I'll have to look into it more...

Desert Rat

Going to look into picking this up, thanks for the tip.

alwaysxj

i dont get on here that much but i think i will stick around so i thought you might like to know who i am. i know they have a place for this already but i want the people who live and i would wheel with to see this not some one like 10,000 miles away from me. well my name is alwaysxj aka steve i live in hyrum, utah. i drive a 88 xj that is a work in progress right now.
here is some shots of it.

Desert Rat

Good tip on the builders guide alwaysXJ, I looked at this back in September but kind of forgot about it. Just ordered one off E-bay yesterday, I just bought and started building my latest XJ in Sept and am working on a build plan, I'm thinking this guide will be invaluable.

builtnotbought89'

Welcome to the site steve! Are u gonna be running the snakes with us on the 28th???

alwaysxj

i would love too but i need to get some new steering before i can drive it on the freeway. i would never make it to the snakes i would be rolled on the freeway before i could get to the trail.

builtnotbought89'

No worries u'll have to come on the next run!!!

builtnotbought89'

We went to wendover over the weekend & had a blast! Lost about $600 on sat. & down to my last $40 I won back about $800 on craps!!! So for the next run I'm thinkin if I get my WJ up & running we should take the PET all the way out there?!?!

Desert Rat

UPS delivered my Rusty's sliders today! The quality is remarkable, the pics on the website don't do them justice. Remarkable welds, the finish is fantastic, I can't wait to get 'em mounted up.