Slee SliderStep

[Jacket]

Meh - what's another grand on a $30k rig?

We're never going to get Christo to start making Tacoma bumpers if you keep bashing his sliders....

 

[cid 96]

taco bumper

No kidding Christo, please design and build (at least one) "Short-bus" Tacoma style bumper. I know you hear this all the time, but you can use my truck as the "alpha" test.

Sid

 

[soonenough]

Just bashing the price then

Only because of deep-seated anger issues arising from not having a set

 

[soonenough]

Only because of deep-seated anger issues arising from not having a set

...and by "set" I'm of course referring to the sliders :xxrotflma

 

[Bighead]

...and by "set" I'm of course referring to the sliders :xxrotflma

Suuuuure.

 

[tacollie]

You also have to remember you set your truck down on a $900 set of sliders once they have paid for themselves. My slee sliders on my 02 taco saved me from 3 t-bones and who knows how many trails.

I went with armorology to save a little money(I have a welder friend and I powder coat). Otherwise I would have gotten the slee sliders. Next time I am doing it myself(I now weld).

My point is if I am going to pay to put something on a $30k truck I am going to pay to have it be right.

 

[ginericLC]

I haven't seen the Slee Taco sliders in person but I imagine they are decent quality (like his LC line of stuff). One thing I've noticed about Taco stuff as I've been searching for it on the web is there is a huge variance in prices. And seeing some of the stuff in person makes me realize that some of these bargains aren't that great. It gets even worse when you look at FJ Cruiser stuff. Why pay $1100 for a front bumper when you can buy one for $600? Well if you have to replace that $600 bumper after the first trip you will probably wish you would have made a better investment.

 

[xcmountain80]

No kidding Christo, please design and build (at least one) "Short-bus" Tacoma style bumper. I know you hear this all the time, but you can use my truck as the "alpha" test.

Sid

Heck ya and if it fits a Taco I can make it fit a 4Runner. I would swap the ARB for a Short bus SLEE. You get what you pay for and it shows. Quality is hard to come by and thats why it cost so much.

Aaron

 

[taco chaser]

I'm sorry, Slee quality or not, paying bumper prices for a pair of really basic sliders, square tube and two bends on a piece of tubing and the square tube doe's not even double as an air tank, that's just seems ridiculous, bolt on or not. $895 should buy you 2 sets of non powder coated, basic sliders. It doe's say Tacoma on the side, not $$LandCrui$$$$$er

 

[taco chaser]

You also have to remember you set your truck down on a $900 set of sliders once they have paid for themselves. My slee sliders on my 02 taco saved me from 3 t-bones and who knows how many trails.

I went with armorology to save a little money(I have a welder friend and I powder coat). Otherwise I would have gotten the slee sliders. Next time I am doing it myself(I now weld).

My point is if I am going to pay to put something on a $30k truck I am going to pay to have it be right.

No offense, but I've seen a pair of $130 weld together units, TrailGear or Marlin, take a ton of abuse on my friends rig for the last 5 years.. He could have set the step angle flat and cut some plate, they would be lighter, cheaper, and just as strong. Plus the weight of 4 - 6 ft long x 3/16 square tube sliders and the fact of them being mounted anywhere around 7" to 11" off the frame, under the weight of the vehicle this acts as a big lever twisting on your thin wall 95 - 04 frame or C-channeled thin wall rivet frame 05+ and this can result in weld on units even with frame plates and gussets to dent, pull, and stress crack the frame.

 

[Life_in_4Lo]

No offense, but I've seen a pair of $130 weld together units, TrailGear or Marlin, take a ton of abuse on my friends rig for the last 5 years.. He could have set the step angle flat and cut some plate, they would be lighter, cheaper, and just as strong.

that is not a fair comparison. That's like putting a M5 next to a Corolla and saying the Corolla wins because it's cheaper. Sure it wins on price, but there is more too it.

It's a totally different market. If you want to DIY, that's awesome and there are great options... for some people, time is money and they just want to focus on other things so finished, bolt on sliders are a good choice.

For a fair comparison, tell me how much it would cost you to make the same product as Slee offers?

Plus the weight of 4 - 6 ft long x 3/16 square tube sliders and the fact of them being mounted anywhere around 7" to 11" off the frame, under the weight of the vehicle this acts as a big lever twisting on your thin wall 95 - 04 frame or C-channeled thin wall rivet frame 05+ and this can result in weld on units even with frame plates and gussets to dent, pull, and stress crack the frame.

so the leverage of $150 tube sliders on welded on (in comparison) tiny scab plates will be better for the frame than Slee's full length bracing?

Leverage is leverage and the weight difference of the slider isn't going to tear your frame up, it is the design of the mounting because once you start dropping onto them or leveraging off of them, I would guess a full frame brace is much better than several 1.5" dia welds going into one side of the frame.

I've seen cheap, round tube sliders on older, lighter Tacomas bend up and become useless. So, in that case, is doing it twice cheaper than once right, the first time? You don't want sherman tanks weighing you down but you don't want sliders that are inappropriate for the length and weight either.

Not starting an argument but just pointing out that price is relative and many times comparisons can be misleading.

DIY= more power to you. But offering a product for sale is a different story than a one-off made to satisfy yourself.

 

[Overland Hadley]

Not starting an argument but just pointing out that price is relative and many times comparisons can be misleading.

DIY= more power to you. But offering a product for sale is a different story than a one-off made to satisfy yourself.

I think that summs it up.

 

[tacollie]

No offense, but I've seen a pair of $130 weld together units, TrailGear or Marlin, take a ton of abuse on my friends rig for the last 5 years.. He could have set the step angle flat and cut some plate, they would be lighter, cheaper, and just as strong. Plus the weight of 4 - 6 ft long x 3/16 square tube sliders and the fact of them being mounted anywhere around 7" to 11" off the frame, under the weight of the vehicle this acts as a big lever twisting on your thin wall 95 - 04 frame or C-channeled thin wall rivet frame 05+ and this can result in weld on units even with frame plates and gussets to dent, pull, and stress crack the frame.

Thats why I have started brushing up on my metal skills.

 

[sleeoffroad]

I'm sorry, Slee quality or not, paying bumper prices for a pair of really basic sliders, square tube and two bends on a piece of tubing and the square tube doe's not even double as an air tank

Not sure if you actually looked at our design, but there is a little more to it than what you are describing above.

Just as a FYI all our sliders are welded to function as air tanks.

 

[taco chaser]

Ok point taken, never said it wasn't a good product, just a little steep in price in my opinion and that seems to be the theme of the thread.. I did not notice the frame plate or the option of the air tank.