Thread: Rock Sliders

mine is sill mounted and I have the sls on the rear

IMHO I would steer clear of the ARB ones if you are going to "use" the sliders/steps. They are not that strong from the research I have done and although they claim they will take a high lift jack, you have to jack in the appropriate spots etc, i.e. next to the mount points and not in the middle of the slider (not always practical if the middle is the only option).

Mine are mounted to my sill and are super strong. box section steel runs the entire length of the sill and a further piece of box section hugs the outside and also acts as a mount point for the gully fender. This design suits me as there is nothing or no brackets to catch or get hung up on - like the ARB deisgn. I have come down on the sill several times with the full weight of the car and they have held strong. Very easy to remove if needed as well and as they actually sit directly on the sill i.e. in contact with them, the forces are disapated very well and no bending or buckling of brackets can occur.........unless of course we are talking massive forces from that of a crash etc.

Really comes down to how you intend to use your car and the design of the slider, but in my opinion if designed and fabricated correctly, there is no need to mount to the chassis.

Aye, Mick

Also, A few in our club run custom sliders/steps with their SLS models, no trouble and as mentioned allows them to design them for exactly their requirements.

Originally Posted by gregoire76

I went to ARB yesterday to look into this for my DiscoII. Found out that as I have the II.5 Series (later model) with the rear air suspension, the ARB side steps don't fit as the wizardry for the rear suspension gets in the way.

I haven't looked much further yet, but might hi-jack this thread to see if anyone has put sidesteps on the later model DiscoII?

Greg

I have SLS and ARB steps - they dont know what they are talking about the steps come no where near any of the SLS stuff....

As for the ARB steps, I certainly wouldnt want to use them as sliders or even brush against a rut with them, i have moved mine hiting a rut, i am considering modifying mine similar to what landyandy did with his - i think there is a post in the tech section about it - mounted to the chassis as well as the sill with some extra heavy duty flat bar mounted along the sill for sliding.

Mick.

Fair point Mick.

Interesting what others say about the sill-mounted versions as well. I've only had experience of the sill-mount versions on a HiLux (ornamentaly use only!). My mates got a Patrol with Chassis mounted Snake Racing ones and I've seen him ditch the whole rig onto them with no damage at all. I would have thought sill-mounted ones would still damage or deform the bodywork under heavier impacts, but I've no first hand experience so will defer to those who use them if they reckon they work well!

Greg

Originally Posted by ATLandy

Hi all ,

Looking for some sill guard / step for my DII as well . Notice that most are sill mounted rather than chasis mounted . Is the one from Scorpion Racing chasis mounted ? What about others like Mantec's or Southdown's ?

Any pro & con on either mounting methods ? I suppose ideally it should be mounted on the chasis and sill together .

Ta

Good question which I can't answer. Ring Rovacraft in WA and ask would be the best option.
I was looking at Scorpion Racing tree sliders for the Defender. On my D2a I have LR Side steps which have given me a loss of clearence but they, like the ARB of old, ones bolt on to the chassis and are very hard to damage (I had the entire weight of the Disco hung up on the middle of them the other week!). I ended up with the genuine steps because that at the time was all I could get that bolted to the chassis.

Hi all .

Currently , I have a LR side step as well . Issue I'm having beside loss of clearance is its located below the plastic sill and my younger passenger keep stepping on the plastic sill rather than the step .

ARB step flushes with the plastic sill which I think is a more reasonable design . Maybe modifying the ARB step with an additional mount in the middle to the chasis would get the job done .

Ta

Originally Posted by MickG

I have a set made for my D2 by Rangeneering - simple design, which includes gully protector and they are the business I have rested the car on it's side many times and they have been there to save the day.
I don't get anything for endorsing them I just think they are bloody good and the best value I have seen to date from all my research. His name is Justin and his no is 0414901799

Good luck

I agree with Mick you had better give Justin a call, For quality and price Rangeneering can not be beaten and the product is a lot stronger than ARB side steps.