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D.I.Y rocksliders for 3door discovery

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boss:
ahh wow you did it with the bolt holes!  i would do them like that but i have no sutable steel left :'(

GreedyGibson:
Fitted pics yes i added the steel along the top and have drilled through the sills i havnt finished them yet as i still need to finish the ends and drill the fixing holes in the back and another bolt hole through the chasis, i didnt want to weld them on as i wanted to remove them and finish them off at a later date :)

you can see why i needed them :) i have a spare set of doors to put on now.




Greedy :)

GreedyGibson:
Gave them a proper work out yesterday  :twisted: and they held up to all that was thrown at them  :D

Disco_Stu:
Hi chaps, I've got a couple of questions if thats ok.

I've noticed a few small differences between your two designs, Greedy's used plates bolted to the chassis to mount his sliders obviously but he also uses flat plate in the same shape as the sill. Does this replace the sill or just but up to it? I can see what look like a couple of fittings along the length of the slider, have you just bolted them to the existing sill?

If you've left the sill in place, how much more difficult do you think it would be to include a new sill in the design or would you not bother? Were your sills in good nick?

I've been toying with the idea of copying a mates box section sills for a while and I'm trying to think how i could merge the two designs. He's used 600x1200 mm box (I think), they almost come down to the same level as the chassis rails and stand up to alsorts of abuse. There's no tree pushers on them however and without the original plastics covering the sill, there is quite a big empty space as you look at the truck from the side.
Not mega important I know but I reckon they could look better.

I can weld, after a fashion, and can draw and cut reliably but I've never tackled a project of this size so I wondered if I could ask your opinion.

What would you do? I want to replace my tatty sills with somthing strong, have tree pushers attached and hopefully get the neat, well finished look you guys have achived.

Any ideas or questions, advice will be gladly recieved. I'm not going to tackle this until I've got everything on paper/PC and got a clear plan and design. I'm murder for doing things half cocked and ending up with somthing I'm not happy with first time and dont want this project to go that way.

Cheers lads, Stu.

GreedyGibson:
Hi Stu

Yes mine just bolt to the existing sill with a brace bar to the chassis where the gearbox cross member bolts are. I cant really comment on replacing the sill as mine where fine (i did need to plate a small hole in the rear both sides). I have read of people replaceing the sills with box section might be better to post in disco section and then just add bosses tree slider instuctions to them?

Good luck with it and dont forget the pictures  ;)

Greedy

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