I just got the same Rubicon. I really like the ace rock sliders. Question: can you use them as a side step as well? I prefer the sleek look compared to the bulky side steps that are currently offered. I'm hoping they are functional as a step as well. THANKS!Ace rock sliders
Yes, you can use them getting in and out. Now, a little ole man/lady may have a little issue with them but yes, they can easily be used as side steps. Note: Unlike the plastic side step offerings, the powder coat on the Ace sliders gets scuffed up fairly easy from boots/shoes. SOooo, if you are concerned about looks you will find that you are routinely working on the Ace's doing scuff cover-up. Black bedliner spray, etc. can be used.
For Ace Sliders, yes... Rust-Oleum Bedliner Coating works great.
I think you have them confused with another manufacturer. Their sliders are made with 2 inch steel tubing, with a 0.134 thickness which are pretty much the largest diameter and thickest wall in the industry. I've had them since day 1 and they've always been like that. I have ran the ACE rails on 4 jeeps and the rails have protected over every obstacle.I've used them on the trail and have beaten them hard with no issue.Personally I've never been too fond of the the ACE sliders, simply because to provide a product at a lower price point they cheap out and use a thinner wall tubing to make their sliders. The problem for those who wheeled their Jeeps is if you put the weight of the Jeep on the slider it would bend and damage the body which is why you see everyone who runs Ace sliders run them with the stock Rubi rock rails. Not sure if they've changed anything much, that was the case with their sliders for the JK.
Depending what you plan to do with your Jeep, I'd say that should dictate what you get. Back with my first Rubicon in '09 I swapped out the plastic side steps the dealer put on it for a set of LoD sliders that had an integrated step. Then a few years later when I got my '12 Rubicon I changed out the factory Rubi rails with another set of LoD sliders. They're a solid rock slider with an integrated step, I'm trying to remember, I think they were made with .120 dom tubing. Chris is pretty creative so it'll be interesting to see what he comes up with for the JL.
I used the search you suggested and all I found was a vender delivery issue in 2013 and pictures of no damage other than as other users have posted of jeeps beating on them with no issues.
It would appear I was provided bad info on that bit. My buddy was building a JK for a co-worker of ours who had ace sliders and bumpers and so on. Initially he said the sliders came from China because he thought a checklist with Chinese writing came from the Ace box. When I pressed him on it when presented with information that conflicted with that, he backtracked some and conceded it may have come from the bumpers. I’ll admit I questioned the China thing because I thought they were made in Michigan, but at the time he was adamant the sliders had been imported and I took him at his word.
I was wondering the same thing...I think if we can wait 6 months, there will be 5 new options. Man...this whole process is an exercise in patience.
