RebelWraith
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Shifts and Grins Fabrication 2019 Rebel Build Thread
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A few updates from today. I looked at a new house that would accomodate a very large (over 3,000 square feet shop) but my wife and daughter didn't like the house very much. So when I wasn't trying to expand shop space, I was working on actual products, (Toyoata sliders and Ram sliders)
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CMil527
Spends too much time on here
Nice work.. definitely a cool build!
Thank you!
Everything looks like its coming together nicely! When your done with the sliders i vote you go after building a steel front bumper. There arent many options out there for a bolt on strong steel front bumper. The ADD bumper looks great in my opinion, but not very protective
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By May I will have at least one front bumper design and one rear bumper design.
Some minor updates. Way behind schedule of where I wanted to be. Passenger side is completely done. Drivers side outer is done and brackets are cut. Tomorrow I will bolt up the brackets and tack everything in place. I will then remove it and final weld everything. Once that is done, I will send both sides to powder coat and final install. Bumpers will likely be my next project. I will likely do my rear bumper first as I am talking to some winch manufacturers to see which winch I will run on this build. On a side note, once the sliders are completely done, I will build jigs to make rebuiling them quick and repeatable.
Thanks. I'm guessing they will be about 85 -86 pounds. I weighed them once and they were 82 or somewhere around there but that was before the last bracket and gussets went on.
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A little update with more angles. Driver's side slider is mounted. I have to redesign one bracket on the drivers side to accomodate skid plates. Started working on a belly skid design as well.
Vinnie.
Ram Guru
how much clearance is there when you open the rear door? it looks like it's close!
It's not that close. I think it's over an inch. probably closer to two inches. I can measure it.
Got the truck out this weekend and did some testing. Sliders held up well. They will hold the entire weight of the truck just fine. I am also extremely surprised and impressed with howwell this truck does offroad. If I didn't care about the paint it would have been a much more pleasant trip. The Arizona desert can be hell on a paint job. I would say going up rocky steep loose hills (mounatains) it did as well if not better than any of my Jeeps have done.
I should be getting the sliders to powder coat tomorrow and as soon as they get back I will build a jig so I can start reproducint these. I am working with my supplieers to try to get them around the $1,200 mark powder coated. Shipping not included. For now, I can do them raw steel for $1,200 but should be able to get prices down to that with powdercoat shortly.
JDHarris
Active Member
Do you have any pictures under the truck with them mounted? I’m curious about clearances with the body, how it mounts to the frame, and what the lowest points end up being for getting hung up on things.
Any thoughts around offering them without the rear hoops? It looks like the hoops stick out a couple inches wider than the tires?
These look nice! Really interesting.
Any thoughts around offering them without the rear hoops? It looks like the hoops stick out a couple inches wider than the tires?
These look nice! Really interesting.
I'll get you some more photos of all of that. I'm picking them up from powder coat today, and I need to build my jig and then I'll reinstall them and get those pictures for you.
Oh and I will probably offer them without the kickout in the rear as well. I install them so they almost touch the pinch seam under the body. As far as clearance, I designed them with as much clearance as possible to avoid any hang up issues. They bolt to the frame and in the front and rear mounts they also bolt to a body mount. I'll get you pictures of all of it when I get them back on.
