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Rock Sliders: chassis-mount or sill-mount?

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weeone:
This is probably a bit like the "oil-v's-grease in swivel housings" argument :troll: .... but here we go:

I'm going to make some armour to protect the door/sills of my D1... but where to mount them?

The logic in my head is:

* they are there to protect the body, therefore they should be mounted to the body.
* If they are mounted to the chassis, they won't move when the body moves, resulting in gaps.... possibly of a negative size :(
What are other peoples thoughts on the matter?

Disco Matt:
Mine (made by Guardian 4x4) are mounted to both the chassis outriggers and the body. They probably double the torsional stiffness of the truck!  :lol:

THONG BOY:
go for the body mate i have sean ones that arew mounted to the chsie rip of as its to brackets the body has a dosen or so bolts going through the body so wont move


james

Smego:
Mine are chassis mounted i.e. the two solid girders runing the lenth opf the truck!

Budgie:
All the sliders I've seen have the main mounts on the chassis outriggers as these are stronger than the body but, they also have a plate that mounts to the outside of the outer sill and bolts right through both in the inner & outer sill to tie the body into the structure.

If you only mount it to the body then there's a chance that you could damage the body or rip the body mounts from the chassis if you land on something hard or try to jack with them.  ;)

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