A question on rocksliders

[wbowner]

Hi,
Sorry if this has been asked before.

I have been looking around for steps for my MY14 D4.

Instead of just buying plain steps I would like to incorporate rock sliders.

There seem to be a few on the market. The ones I have been looking at are GOE which would be around $1000 when including a step plus freight costs.
another one is Brads sliders. I believe I need to get the wide ones if I also want a step.

And there are others.

From what I can find is that both GOE and Brads are good products.
Some differences I believe are

Brads
Are steel
Are longer than GOE
Will cause problems with the front mud flaps
Require some trimming of the skirting
Not sure how much the wide ones cost


GOE
Are alloy
shorter than Brads
Require no alterations
Need to buy extra bit to enable a step

I would be interested in any ones experience with these products

Thank in advance
Richard

[Vern]

Have you looked at APT Fabrications ones? Ben is a member on here, great guy, great product

[scarry]

APT also do a lot of other bar work powder coating etc in case anyone else is interested I'm getting other work done ad well

[AGRO]

Prospeed ex uk are are another well engineered steel option..also integrated compressor guard. Seach prospeed rock slider in your browser...cost more than others but they look great and do the job

[wbowner]

A question I would like all about these products is what sort of side step are they. It is hard to make out from the pics.

APT seemed OK, so do the ones from the UK.

Richard

[4evershiva]

that's the GOE rock sliders in my D3...

[AGRO]

Most would double as a side step with non slip step tape. Only issue with some is that they are too short laterally. There are dozens of example pictures on the prospeed Flickr link..there are a good set of pictures of an Australian install

[wbowner]

Many thanks for the replies.
I have been hunting around the Internet and there seems to be some the mount to the chassis but most seem to mount via the sill.

Is there a preference or one better than the other. I think all those mentioned above are via the sill.

Another issue I have seen raised is that there may be issues if your car is fitted with side air bags which I believe mine has.


Richard

[DiegotheCat]

also interested so subscribing to thread

[Muskie]

hi Richard, i went with the Geniune Rock sliders from LR. cost me $775 new from the UK ( luckily i work for DHL !). i have a few dents on them from a couple of trips but they fair up ok, and they're airbag compatible!!