HELP -- Need Rocker guards/Rock sliders install to fiberglass body....

[luderchris]

I have a fiberglass body and want to get a set of rock sliders. I would think I should do more than just bolt them to the fiberglass, but what is the best way to install them?

Anyone with pics?

 

[t.lay]

Tubes welded to frame? Bolted on could be a pita. on my malotte tub it's molded as an outer rocker and inner - to bolt it you'd have to cut holes in the inner then patch it in - also likely to get cracks in the glass if you use them. I don't think the rocker area is super thick on the outers - even stepping on it over time will probably stress the glass.

 

[luderchris]

I know someone must have done this and have pics. Anyone?

 

[Old-Red]

Here are a couple pict's.

 

[TBS-POPS]

The Wildhorse Nightmare is a glass tub and has sliders on it. Hunt through thier pics and I'm sure you can figure it out.

 

[73stallion]

Here are a couple pict's.

i usually hate tubular rocker guards and nerf bars, but that looks great!

 

[Bundy]

yeah those do look sweet, who makes those??

 

[Old-Red]

M P's Custom rides. A local business where I live that builds Bronco's and other 4x4's. The second picture has the business info on the Bronco. He does nice work and will be soon installing full width axles, streching the wheelbase and putting coils in the rear of my Bronco.

 

[luderchris]

Keep the info coming -- this is great. I did not know Nightmare had a fiberglass tub. I just saw the damn truck in person this summer and didn't look at the sliders! I will look through their pics and see if I can tell what they did.

 

[luderchris]

Well....I have been searching for almost 1/2 hour and can't find any info on the rock sliders on Nightmare, or even rock sliders on the Wild Horses web site. If anyone knows where to find this info please let me know.

 

[ken75ranger]

I've been looking at doing some on my Kentrol tub.
I'm planning on bolting the top. I'm thinking about drilling some access holes through the inner rocker to get the fender washers and nuts to the back side.
I was more concerned about the bottom. I don't like the kind that wraps around the bottom. You would only be able to get some screws in it. The pinch type at laest you could get some 1/4-20 bolts through the steel and fiberglass.

 

[luderchris]

Which are examples of the pinch vs. the wrap around?

 

[trailpsycho]

Do a search on Tom's (not of Tom's Bonrco parts but AKA TheBroncoRanch and formerly known as Broncolove) Rocker Rappers and Rocker Wrappers. They consist of two pieces of plate that are formed to the rocker and that sandwhich each other to make a rocker sandwhich. Tom uses them on his fiberglass bodied Bronco. Lots of folks running them, some with tube and some without. He can add tube if you need/want them. He makes them in 1/8" and 1/4" in both mild steel and SS.

Good luck.

 

[allenfahey]

I too have a glass body and will be adding sliders to it. I plan on welding outriggers from the frame to the sliders and tie the cage into it also. I snapped a couple pics of Chris' Bronco from the MEB Wrench and Roast.
This link is a picture from the Wrench and Roast thread.....
http://www.classicbroncos.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=140239&d=1248730399

 

[Crazybroncoman]

I think nighmare has a steel tub, I wheeled with him this last summer.

 

[luderchris]

Anyone else with ideas or pics of possible solutions for a fiberglass tub?

 

[chris]

Mount something from the frame. I have the sandwich style protection and they have worked good but I have come down on them a couple times and now the floor is pushing up. %)