Southern California Club Xterra
Southern California Club Xterra => SCCX General Discussion => Topic started by: SurferX on November 08, 2013, 01:51:36 PM
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Going to be fabbing some sliders this weekend for my X... Does anyone have any suggestions for builds?
My X is a 4x2 so I don't really plan on doing to much sliding, but I bent up the stock one's pretty good.
Going to post photo after we are done.. If everyone goes well, going to fab a rack for the roof.
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I would head on over to thenewx.org and search their site for slider blueprints and pix of before/after
Also, there's a couple of guys here who have fabbed stuff up on their own....I'd peruse some build pages and see if you can glean any info from that...
Good luck!
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I have a drawing of some that I designed and had built. I wil send you the pdf when I get home tonight.
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I have a drawing of some that I designed and had built. I wil send you the pdf when I get home tonight.
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Sweet! Thanks
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Just cause your 4x2 doesnt mean you'll wont need good sliders. I have full Armor and I have used it and I have done alot of things that 4x4 guys have done. So my recommendation is make strong and dont be afraid to use them.
And if you need anything with the roof rack let me know since I just built mine.
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I cant seem to send you the PDF. PM me with your email and I will try it that way
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Alright.. everything turned out pretty well. Take a look. A little pic heavy.
So we started with our material
(http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u566/SurferXterra/Image11_zpsc1273c92.jpg) (http://s1322.photobucket.com/user/SurferXterra/media/Image11_zpsc1273c92.jpg.html)
Cut to shape and made some smaller bars and notched them:
(http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u566/SurferXterra/Image10_zps195cbe35.jpg) (http://s1322.photobucket.com/user/SurferXterra/media/Image10_zps195cbe35.jpg.html)
(http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u566/SurferXterra/Image9_zps26eb8010.jpg) (http://s1322.photobucket.com/user/SurferXterra/media/Image9_zps26eb8010.jpg.html)
Then we tacked welded them
(http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u566/SurferXterra/Image8_zps4fd5d2d8.jpg) (http://s1322.photobucket.com/user/SurferXterra/media/Image8_zps4fd5d2d8.jpg.html)
then they looked like this:
(http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u566/SurferXterra/Image7_zpsd844dd20.jpg) (http://s1322.photobucket.com/user/SurferXterra/media/Image7_zpsd844dd20.jpg.html)
Cleaned them up and finished welding them then sprayed them:
(http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u566/SurferXterra/Image4_zpsb5624fe3.jpg) (http://s1322.photobucket.com/user/SurferXterra/media/Image4_zpsb5624fe3.jpg.html)
Let them dry and then confirmed measurements on the frame and tack welded them on:
(http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u566/SurferXterra/Image1_zps1189be6c.jpg) (http://s1322.photobucket.com/user/SurferXterra/media/Image1_zps1189be6c.jpg.html)
Everything looked straight so we finished up the welding:
(http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u566/SurferXterra/Image2_zps55dce564.jpg) (http://s1322.photobucket.com/user/SurferXterra/media/Image2_zps55dce564.jpg.html)
And voila, we are done:
(http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u566/SurferXterra/Image_zps9ba9c3af.jpg) (http://s1322.photobucket.com/user/SurferXterra/media/Image_zps9ba9c3af.jpg.html)
I am pretty stoked with how everything came out. They are welded directly to the frame and made from 2" steel. Super strong. We own a sign company so we got to use a lot of the equipment. This weekend I will be lifting my truck (PML, spacer lift) then the next mission is to fabricate a rack.
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Simple but look good. Keep us posted on how they do.
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Those came out nice. Makes me wish I had access to a welder.
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Very nice. Makes me want to so more fab work.
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