D2 sliders arrived today

[CJT]

The sliders have arrived and I am more than happy with the quality, so here are the details.

I bought them from Rock-Sliders UK (Richmond Shot Blasting) via ebay.

I paid approx $265 for the sliders and another $390 for air freight from the UK.

Total cost approx $655 delivered for built to specification rock sliders out of 80x40x3mm RHS with 50mm tube nerf bars. The sliders also completely enclose the sills with steel plate, they are then powdercoated black.

I specified them a fair bit shorter to suit the guard cut and asked for the nerf bars to protude 150mm out from the lower door skin to sit slightly wider than the flares and give extra protection to the sides panels of the disco.

Here are some photos after unwrapping them.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/634.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/635.jpg

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

so now your coffee table is protected , when are you getting some for the car?;)


nice:cool:

[CJT]

so now your coffee table is protected , when are you getting some for the car?;)


nice:cool:

You can never have too much protection....

I also forget to mention the RHS is rolled to match the curve of the doors.

[wardy1]

They look fantastic and a nice touch to roll them for the curve too.
Will be ordering a set for myself I think. at that price it's not worth trying to make them.
Love to see some pics once you fit them up.

[CJT]

I am really happy with them.

They took three months to be done from placing the order though.

[CJT]

I forgot to update this with some pics last year.

Anyway, here are the sliders mounted up, nice fit :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1255.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/1051.jpg

[walker]

Very nice.

What flares do you have?

[CJT]

They are the Extra Large flares from LRA, they are fibreglass flares. I was not happy with the Flatdog flares I had as they kept distorting and stretching.

Lots of panel cutting and trimming required and I was not happy with the gloss finish so painted them with bumper primer and satin black bumper paint to get them to match the trim and snorkel on the rest of the disco.

[CJT]

Here are some better photos of the flares and the cut lines and alloy washer bottle etc.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/1033.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/12/474.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1254.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/1045.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/1047.jpg

[disco2_dan]

very nice rig, hope mine looks as tough as that one day! might have to get you to pm me the details of who you got the sliders off as they are mean looking bits of kit! cheers

[twr7cx]

Kind of sad that we can't get them made up locally for that sort of price (especially when you consider that about 65% of the cost is just freight!!!)!

Those flares look great. I do regret going the 4" lift route now. I reckon a set of those flares would have solved my clearance issues without the need to lift the truck up more.

[ZippoParis]

Kind of sad that we can't get them made up locally for that sort of price (especially when you consider that about 65% of the cost is just freight!!!)!

...

There's only one answer for that, greed.

As soon as one starts a business, they want to be rich yesterday and they take the attitude that only they sell an item.

This is my opinion from the experience of dealing with said business'.

[wkburns]

Where did you get your washer bottle?

[CJT]

very nice rig, hope mine looks as tough as that one day! might have to get you to pm me the details of who you got the sliders off as they are mean looking bits of kit! cheers

The sliders where bought through ebay UK, the supplier name and details should be in the first post :)

[CJT]

Where did you get your washer bottle?

Washer bottle was bought from Devon 4x4 in the UK, they designed it to work with their slimline bumpers.

[CJT]

There's only one answer for that, greed.

As soon as one starts a business, they want to be rich yesterday and they take the attitude that only they sell an item.

This is my opinion from the experience of dealing with said business'.

I wouldn't be so quick to say greed is the factor, when comparing to say the USA or UK general overheads like rent, insurance and wages are a lot higher here.

For example the minimum wage in the UK is something like $10 AUD, the USA is $7 AUD per hour, whereas in Australia it is $16 per hour.

Straight away that is a 60% - 120% increase over those countries just in minimum wages.

At the end of the day, if the general population receive a pay increase each year that money has to come from somewhere and it has a flow on effect to every item we purchase or lease or rent etc.

If we want to pay less for items then everything has decrease including our wages, comparatively what we pay is probably proportional to what we earn in Australia.

[walker]

Thanks Chris, you have made up my mind. I was tossing up between the flat dog and LRA flares. I have LRA flares on the Rangie and they do look good, but are brittle and I am often doing repairs on them. But after seeing how good they look on the Disco I will get them.

[walker]

Chris, was that an XROX bar I could see. If so, could we see some pics of it.

I had planned to get. Shadow bar from First Four Offroad, but have found out you have to remove the crush cans to fit it and I am not sure how much this will affect the airbags.

[CJT]

Not a problem, here you go.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/1052.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/1044.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/1030.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/1031.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/1357.jpg

[walker]

Thanks, looks great.
Do you think it has better approach angle than the ARB bar. It still seem to hang down a fair way.

I wish I could get a body lift but it will never happen in Vic. Maybe I better move to QLD.

[CJT]

Thanks, looks great.
Do you think it has better approach angle than the ARB bar. It still seem to hang down a fair way.

I wish I could get a body lift but it will never happen in Vic. Maybe I better move to QLD.

This is an old photo of mine when I had the ARB bar.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/1140.jpg

From what I can tell the XROX does not sit quiet as low as the ARB (even though it looks that way with the flat face of the XROX) and it definitely does not sit as far out as the ARB.

I am certain the approach angle is better with the XROX and it opens up the front tyres a lot more to give better clearance too.

[elshano]

Hey mate, those sliders look like a solid bit of kit.
I assume you've had a good crack at them now, is there anything you would change given that you had them custom fabbed?

Preeetty keen to sort myself out a set!

[ZippoParis]

Not a problem, here you go.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/06/1031.jpg




Hi,

I have an X-Rox too. Only, when I got mine (2011) they didn't provide any of the main bolts - The 4 that bolt to the chassis:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

I used the original bolts, but I think they are too narrow:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

If you grab the bar (where the ariel lugs are), you can push-pull the bar around 50mm. They're as tight as I can get it.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the bolts may have not been original. Or, I got the first X-Rox build.

Do you know what the bolt size is?

Cheers.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[twr7cx]

Thanks, looks great.
Do you think it has better approach angle than the ARB bar. It still seem to hang down a fair way.

I wish I could get a body lift but it will never happen in Vic. Maybe I better move to QLD.

Les Richmond Automotive with their White Tiger +2" suspension spacer kit have had customers vehicles engineered with it fitted. The details of the engineer is on their website.

[CJT]

Hey mate, those sliders look like a solid bit of kit.
I assume you've had a good crack at them now, is there anything you would change given that you had them custom fabbed?

Preeetty keen to sort myself out a set!

Hey mate,

Very happy with them. The only thing I would consider, although it suits my disco with the wide flares is to bring the nerf bar a bit closer to the sills.

I have 100mm space between the slider and nerf bar and my concern is slipping through the gap and breaking a leg :(

I will change mine and plate the underside so it cant happen.

[CJT]

Hi,

I have an X-Rox too. Only, when I got mine (2011) they didn't provide any of the main bolts - The 4 that bolt to the chassis:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~zippo.paris/moto/effigies/2011/2011-09-19-x-rox/images/2011-09-19-x-rox-013.jpg

I used the original bolts, but I think they are too narrow:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~zippo.paris/moto/effigies/2011/2011-09-19-x-rox/images/2011-09-19-x-rox-022.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~zippo.paris/moto/effigies/2011/2011-09-19-x-rox/images/2011-09-19-x-rox-028.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~zippo.paris/moto/journey/2013/2013-01-11-watagan/images/2013-01-11-watagan-071.jpg

If you grab the bar (where the ariel lugs are), you can push-pull the bar around 50mm. They're as tight as I can get it.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the bolts may have not been original. Or, I got the first X-Rox build.

Do you know what the bolt size is?

Cheers.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~zippo.paris/moto/effigies/2011/2011-09-19-x-rox/pages/2011-09-19-x-rox-013.html

Hey mate,

When I fitted mine I used either 12mm of 1/2" bolts.

I had a similar issue as on outside I have 1/2" thick recovery points and on the inside I have 10mm thick bash plate mounts.

I found the only way to get the XROX mounts to compress against the chassis was to place an extra washer each side between the mount and the other plates.

I also didn't use lock nuts, the ones I have are domed on top and I think they have tapered thread, they are designed to stretch onto the bolt thread from memory.

They are excellent but a pain to remove if you need too.

[ZippoParis]

Hey mate,

When I fitted mine I used either 12mm of 1/2" bolts.

I had a similar issue as on outside I have 1/2" thick recovery points and on the inside I have 10mm thick bash plate mounts.

I found the only way to get the XROX mounts to compress against the chassis was to place an extra washer each side between the mount and the other plates.

I also didn't use lock nuts, the ones I have are domed on top and I think they have tapered thread, they are designed to stretch onto the bolt thread from memory.

They are excellent but a pain to remove if you need too.

Great info.

Many thanks.

Cheers.