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First off, I am well aware that these are not the ultimate in strength or protection. However, for my use case, they will be sufficient. With that out of the way, here are some pictures of how I augmented my factory Rubicon sliders.

I started with some 1-1/2" x 0.120" wall tube:

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Then mocked it up on the Jeep:

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Once I was happy with how it laid out, I pulled the slider off and finished up the welding on the bench:

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Rinse and repeat for the passenger side, and then I cleaned them up and shot them with the same Rust-Oleum Charcoal Metallic that I used on my front bumper build:

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That's a great job.

I like it a lot. :like:
 

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looks good! i bought an extra set to do the same thing with just haven't got around to it yet.
 

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First off, I am well aware that these are not the ultimate in strength or protection. However, for my use case, they will be sufficient. With that out of the way, here are some pictures of how I augmented my factory Rubicon sliders.

I started with some 1-1/2" x 0.120" wall tube:

IMG_1975.JPG


Then mocked it up on the Jeep:

IMG_1972.JPG


IMG_1971.JPG


IMG_1973.JPG


IMG_1974.JPG


Once I was happy with how it laid out, I pulled the slider off and finished up the welding on the bench:

IMG_1976.JPG


Rinse and repeat for the passenger side, and then I cleaned them up and shot them with the same Rust-Oleum Charcoal Metallic that I used on my front bumper build:

IMG_1979.JPG


IMG_1978.JPG
Love this idea, do you have measurements that you used? I would love to do the same just dont have acess to any metal working stuff close by lol
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