SeaRubi
Explorer
Sills
a) with the trim gone, the sills are totally flat on the bottom. I used them for years with the hi-lift and a small strip of plywood, about 8" long, to even out the load a bit. I can live with being redneck and out on the dirt versus stuck at home being a KB wheeler. For 7 years of off-roading I had one medium sized dent to show in the passenger side front door. I see a lot of rigs that have the same dents a little higher on the door where the slider couldn't have possibly protected anything.
b) what do you think the majority of the sliders bolt to? there are only a couple out there that actually appear to be frame mounted. and even then, I'm not sure it does a whole lot except to keep the slider from rotating once the step has caught on a rock and acting like a pry-bar on the sills.
c) If you're going to jack from the sill, you need to notch the plastic so that the tongue of the jack is making flat contact with the sill. If you don't, the sill will crush and won't sit evenly on the tongue and it very likely will slip.
d) lifting a 5k truck on bare metal slider with nothing preventing it from sliding off side-to-side isn't any less dangerous than jacking off the sill. I hate seeing people use the slider as a jack point in any case. if a tire settles on a rock it's going down, plain and simple. most front bumpers don't have good jackpoints, either, and yet I see people all the time trying to use them.
e) I don't give a rip how you blow your paychecks. if you think you need all this crap to go see some countryside that's fine. It doesn't change the fact that you actually don't.
f) if you're so afraid of a little body damage that you need to spend $3k on "protection" more power to you. If you gas up the tank, expect to sacrifice at least one body panel and break one drivetrain component on every trip you'll find that neither happens very often and when and if it does, replacement parts are cheap to be found. You'll also find your wallet a little heavier and a lot more scenery in your photo galleries than if you sat at home wishing you could be just like the other pimpled out rovers that are every bit as much of a street queen as the guys' trucks they berate over the internet.
The LR forum on here has changed into another dweb wannabe place that's all about the bling and belittling of others that don't conform to what a handful of people preach is the only way to use their rig. well, to hell with that. if you don't think that applies to you, you'd be correct. Fill up the tank and go, and just ignore all this crap.
-ike
a) with the trim gone, the sills are totally flat on the bottom. I used them for years with the hi-lift and a small strip of plywood, about 8" long, to even out the load a bit. I can live with being redneck and out on the dirt versus stuck at home being a KB wheeler. For 7 years of off-roading I had one medium sized dent to show in the passenger side front door. I see a lot of rigs that have the same dents a little higher on the door where the slider couldn't have possibly protected anything.
b) what do you think the majority of the sliders bolt to? there are only a couple out there that actually appear to be frame mounted. and even then, I'm not sure it does a whole lot except to keep the slider from rotating once the step has caught on a rock and acting like a pry-bar on the sills.
c) If you're going to jack from the sill, you need to notch the plastic so that the tongue of the jack is making flat contact with the sill. If you don't, the sill will crush and won't sit evenly on the tongue and it very likely will slip.
d) lifting a 5k truck on bare metal slider with nothing preventing it from sliding off side-to-side isn't any less dangerous than jacking off the sill. I hate seeing people use the slider as a jack point in any case. if a tire settles on a rock it's going down, plain and simple. most front bumpers don't have good jackpoints, either, and yet I see people all the time trying to use them.
e) I don't give a rip how you blow your paychecks. if you think you need all this crap to go see some countryside that's fine. It doesn't change the fact that you actually don't.
f) if you're so afraid of a little body damage that you need to spend $3k on "protection" more power to you. If you gas up the tank, expect to sacrifice at least one body panel and break one drivetrain component on every trip you'll find that neither happens very often and when and if it does, replacement parts are cheap to be found. You'll also find your wallet a little heavier and a lot more scenery in your photo galleries than if you sat at home wishing you could be just like the other pimpled out rovers that are every bit as much of a street queen as the guys' trucks they berate over the internet.
The LR forum on here has changed into another dweb wannabe place that's all about the bling and belittling of others that don't conform to what a handful of people preach is the only way to use their rig. well, to hell with that. if you don't think that applies to you, you'd be correct. Fill up the tank and go, and just ignore all this crap.
-ike
