Well the other day I picked up 24' of 2x2x.120 square tubing.

After two, partial, days my friend and I fabed a pair of sliders for my 4runner.

I used 2.5x2.5 angle for the mounts.

With some clamping, boxing and wedging I got the perfect angle. Then they were welded on.

And the finished sliders.

I only got a coat of primer and a rough first coat of paint on them.

 

They look good. Shouldnt be plenty stout!

 

nice, they look good, and the ground welds look nice and smooth too

next, invest in jackstands ... nice use of everything around, to prop up 4runner and sliders

 

I do have jacks and jackstands. I also have 4 ramps that I just had to drive up on. It may look a little scarry but it was plenty secure. I'm so used to boxing and wedging things that that is how things are done.

 

oh, dont get me wrong, I do the same thing ... the 4runner on boards (on flat ground) is fine ... and wooden boxes are just holding the sliders.... all is good.

 

Those look great. What did the steel end up costing, I have not bought steel for years and heard it has gone through the roof.

 

Those look really nice - maybe my wife will let me scrap the running boards if she could have a nice big step like that to stand on when she's in a skirt. I'll have to look for this thread when my Runner is ready to build. Any particular reason you welded vs. bolted on?

 

wjwerna, No disrespect taken. The 2x12 ramps are actualy nailed together and we drive 40k# manlifts onto them.

WSUWESTON, The steel and misc supplies cost me about $100.

4biker, I fought and thought about bolting vs welding for weeks. I was thinking I would bolt, using a rivet type thread insert, untill I got under and looked where I would neet to drill holes. The body was in the way and I couldn't drill straight. It looks like most people weld-on. They are solid! The whole vehicle feels more solid now, not that it felt flimsy before. The legs are mounted to the frame where the frame cross members are.

 

Is there any way when you welded them on that you could reinforce the frame more for twisting(if one side would be resting on a rock)?

 

I hope you used an anchor plate or fishplate to spread the load & forces that can be had by the chassis when the sliders are hit or landed on. As mentioned by sc4runner4x4. The chassis thickness was never designed for Twist load over such a small surface area. You really need to spread the load along the horizontal length of the chassis if welding which carries more importance than the vertical.


brooksy

 

good looking sliders, great job on them

 

Nice fab job.Did you weld all the way around the mounts on the frame?