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 Posted: Fri Dec 10th, 2021 01:53 am
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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Hoping the axles will be ready this week
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Until then, progress being made and I have some time to post an update

[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]First up the new rock sliders
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]First impressions are well built good design, but the 3 "small" outriggers had some of us shrugging our shoulders, asking "shouldn't there be like 4 legs?", and "these mounts look on the small side of things, 1" square tube!"

[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Now I have had a chance to mount them up and it changed my mind slightly...let me show you why

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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]New rock rails mocked up, the front outrigger uses the stock two holes/bolts for the torsion bar cover
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]The rear two outriggers we must drill new holes
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]So I bolted up the front outrigger and used some clamps to pull the rock rail into position
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Then center punch the new holes, remove rock rail and start drilling
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Install is rather easy on these!

[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Now we can see the new rails mount up so the ranger floor pan / rocker sheet metal body seam rests right on top of the outrigger
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]The body seam is a very strong part of the rangers body
[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]This will allow these "sliders" to take quite a "hit" on the trail, easily supporting the weight of the cab and truck

[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]For hardcore trail rigs one might want to consider adding some tabs along the body seam to tie these sliders into the ranger body, stiffen things up. However we do not want to penetrate the powder coat and our truck is on rubber body mounts.... so it would not be a good idea to do anything of the sort on this build. A 1-2" body lift would help get some separation here.......

[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Once the truck is driving I will go twist up the suspension and see how the body flex works with these sliders being mounted so the body seam is touching the outriggers



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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]They fit very very well!! It really changes the look of this truck

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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Front most outrigger uses two factory bolt locations
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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Middle outrigger needs to be drilled, also i used a jack to raise it up into position so it aligns better with the bottom of the frame rail, then center punched the new hole locations
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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]The rear most outrigger mounts to the backside of the body mount bracket, a c clamp was used to pull it up tight, then the new hole locations center punched

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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]See what I am saying about the body seam resting on the new sliders? This should give added strength to the rocker protection if you drop down onto a rock.

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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]They fit the truck very well, all who have been in the shop notice how well they fit the Ranger, very good from a design standpoint!

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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Next I removed the slider and drilled the holes.

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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]front mounting bolts, no t bars on our truck
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[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]Holes will be coated with paint before slider install

[font="Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", sans-serif]I am working on the rear suspension so I cannot bolt the slider back on just yet.......

Last edited on Fri Dec 10th, 2021 01:55 am by Eddie Money



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