Thread: Off road equipment.

Originally Posted by DiscoWeb

Hi George, have some answers below
Craig,

Thanks for that info much appreciated and I looked back over some earlier correspondence with Brad where he did note he would supply the fitting hardware.

I was looking at those little Phillips head screws near the rear wheel and wondering how I would get them out, right angles screw driver sounds like the go.

A couple more questions if i may;

Can you recall what size Hex driver it was ? The hex heads are 5mm

Do they new bolts simply screw in to the existing holes as is or do you need to locate a nut ? The new hex head bolts go straight into existing threads in the body. You will have to peel off a couple of approx 30mm round black tape stickers to expose another couple of screw points. Easily found once you have a look at the holes in the sliders.

I assume with the felt tape did put this on the inside side of the slider to stop the metal on metal contact with the sill rather than on the outer face to stop it contacting with the door ? The felt tape was applied to the vertical face of the sill near the top of the slider. Not necessary, but I did it to stop the rubbing.

Thanks again.

I will PM you and get you details as a precaution but will only call as a last resort or when my wife insist I stop wrecking the car and the last piece of my male pride has been lost with the skin on my knuckles.

George

Good luck with the install George and give me a ring any time.
Cheers, Craig

Originally Posted by Disco4SE

Hi all,
Fitted the rock sliders today...........thanks Brad from QLD.
Thanks also to Oldsalt. The jack idea to lift them into place worked well.
A couple of pointers for those fitting them themselves: -
[LIST=1][*]Remove thewhite plastic nipples from the vertical face of the sills prior to installing the sliders. I put some felt tape towards the top to stop the metal to metal contact.[*]Remove front quarter panel bottom trim prior to fitting sliders, and cut in later.

Cheers, Craig

Hi Craig,
I just had mine delivered this week. What sort of time did it take you to fit them?

Cheers Neil.

Originally Posted by HedleyLamar

Hi Craig,
I just had mine delivered this week. What sort of time did it take you to fit them?

Cheers Neil.

Hi Neil,
Took about 45 minutes all up. PM me if you need to.
Cheers, Craig

Originally Posted by Disco4SE

Hi Neil,
Took about 45 minutes all up. PM me if you need to.
Cheers, Craig

Cheers Craig,
I did PM you but only after did I read the rest of the thread (i came in on this via a search and only got the last messages you sent with pics) so appologies. I get the gist of it all now thanks to others questions and subsequent answers you posted. Just gotta find the time to install hopefully this weekend!!

Thanks for all the info,
Cheers Neil.

Originally Posted by HedleyLamar

Cheers Craig,
I did PM you but only after did I read the rest of the thread (i came in on this via a search and only got the last messages you sent with pics) so appologies. I get the gist of it all now thanks to others questions and subsequent answers you posted. Just gotta find the time to install hopefully this weekend!!

Thanks for all the info,
Cheers Neil.

Hi Neil, PM'd you back with my number.
Feel free to ring me.

Cheers, Craig

Mine arrived the Friday before Christmas, thanks Santa!
Thanks Brad too!

I found it easiest to not remove the yellow body clips completely, on the drivers side I did but on the passenger side I just knocked off the small nipple only.
Yes the suggestion of using a trolley jack was a great one - thanks.
Easiest to loosely install the screws on the vertical face first, then use a screwdriver as a lever in one of the holes under the sill to pull the slider across enough to get the next screw lined up, continue for the other screws.
Then tighten the complete unit tightly.

I fitted some body rubber from Clark Rubber just above fold for the lower door seals to close against.
The seal does not come with the double sided tape, I bought this from Repco.
I fitted this seal for two reasons:
My mechanic has had a case that wind noise occured without such a seal fitted.
They also help as a secondary seal against Mud and dust as without it the gap varies up to 10mm.







Also fitted my Compressor protection plate from Gordon.

Cheers Rich.

I'm still waiting for my compressor plate from Gordon ... probably held up in the chrissie rush of parcels....

I have now fitted my sliders (with the narrow step/bar) from Brad and am very happy.

I have not put up any photos as they look the same as the ones both ~Rich~ and Disco4SE posted.

For what it is worth, I did not use a trolley jack to lift the sliders, just sat them across my knees and lifted into position, not easy but not to hard either and one I had located one bolt to hold up it was simple. I did not install any additional seals or felt trim (as i was a bit lazy) but can report there is no wind or other noise once installed.

Biggest pain was removing the little yellow "pins" that hold on the plastic trim.

Other word of caution is to be careful removing the small piece of plastic trim (the section from the rear of the front wheel to the front doors) that you need to re-install.

The first one I took off I used a bit too much force and broke the plastic bracket away that locates it back on. I still have to cut and refitted these small bits (a job for the weekend) but hope that a couple of screws into the front wheel arch will sort out the one I damaged.

I am looking at stalling some shaped pieces of rubber or plastic to either end of the slider to stop dirt and muck getting between the slider and the sill (the gap visible in the bottom left hand photo ~Rich~ posted) as this looks like it could cause problems over the longer term.

For what its worth I think they look great on the vehicle, the finish is very professional and for a very modest investment give excellent protection to the sills and lower door panels. All up took about 1 hr to fit, very very easy to do.

Thanks Brad, after a bit of mucking around all is now well sorted.

George