Will MC under armor work with frame mounted rock sliders?

[ROK HEMI]

I have the metal cloak under armor on my JLU and would like to upgrade my rock sliders from the stock, Mopar, Rubicon sliders. I have been looking at the LOD signature, and the white knuckle sliders, both in the angled up version. I am a little concerned with how the slider will mount on top of the under armor. Perhaps the sliders mount under the under armor in which case the under armor hangs down lower.

I have also been looking at the rock hard, patriot body mounted sliders as they seem to mount in many different parts of the body and pinch seam and would distribute a hard knock pretty well. They seem to the best of the body mount variety.

Appreciate it if anyone can tell me whether the frame mounted sliders will work with under armor and if there's any details about what needs to be done to make it work. Also, if anybody could tell me whether they think I should keep the under armor up tight on the frame and just use the rock hard, patriot sliders, I would appreciate it.

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[limeade]

I have the Metalcloak Underarmor and Rock Hard Patriot sliders. They're both tough as hell and worth it. Rock Hard sliders don't cause any fitment issues with the Underarmor.

When I was deciding on sliders, I researched the LOD's and found them to flex into the body upon hard hits. I have yet to see anyone on this forum say the Rock Hard sliders have flexed into the body. Mine have taken multiple hard hits and they haven't budged yet. I've hit them hard enough to dent the angled up tube though. Ultimately, I decided on Rock Hard based upon the lack of interference (or potential) with aftermarket skid plates and their reputation for over-building their sliders. If I were to do it all over again, I'd choose the Rock Hard every time.

I've heard good things about the White Knuckle sliders, but don't know anything about them.

 

[ROK HEMI]

@limeaide, thank you for your advice. I have heard the same things about the LOD sliders, hitting the body occasionally. How did they made some changes that were supposed to address those issues. Do you often see comments that indicate that many people feel frame mounted sliders, far stronger than the body mounted sliders. Rock hard uses the pinch, weld, body bolts and bolts to the body mount, which is a lot of different attachment points, and may spread the load out well. My concern over the rockhard sliders is that a good hit might push on the pinch weld junctions hard enough to bend the body up pretty badly.

 

[limeade]

@limeaide, thank you for your advice. I have heard the same things about the LOD sliders, hitting the body occasionally. How did they made some changes that were supposed to address those issues. Do you often see comments that indicate that many people feel frame mounted sliders, far stronger than the body mounted sliders. Rock hard uses the pinch, weld, body bolts and bolts to the body mount, which is a lot of different attachment points, and may spread the load out well. My concern over the rockhard sliders is that a good hit might push on the pinch weld junctions hard enough to bend the body up pretty badly.

Understand your concerns, but due to the varied mounting points the RH sliders aren't moving. At least I haven't seen that happen on mine, nor heard/seen any others post about it. The multiple different mounting points spreads the load and shock out well.

I let my 17 year old son drive the Jeep through the whole Rubicon trail and he gave the sliders one heck of a pounding. There was no body or pinch weld damage. They're strong enough to use as a Hi-Lift jack point too.

 

[JP52]

... They're strong enough to use as a Hi-Lift jack point too.

Do they have slots for the jack or are you lifting the tube? If the latter how do you keep the jack from sliding?

 

[limeade]

Do they have slots for the jack or are you lifting the tube? If the latter how do you keep the jack from sliding?

No slots, but you can put the jack on the tube next to one of the support tubes to keep from sliding. I've not had to use a Hi-Lift in over 25 years, but I did try this out in my garage and worked fine with no movement in the slider. In an off-camber situation, I'd use a soft shackle around the tube and connected to the jack for a secure lift point.

 

[ROK HEMI]

Got a reply from LOD about installing their sliders in conjunction with under carriage skid plates. They said that the sliders should be mounted first and the belly skids mounted on top. It will leave a gap and require some shimming in places but probably not a huge deal.

 

[MarkyMark]

I ended up going with Rusty's Rock Sliders for this very reason. I couldn't find something that worked well with my Next Venture skid places. I didn't want to mount the skid plates under the slider mounts and have the gaps, shimming, fitment issues, loss of clearance. However, I did want to have frame mounted sliders. Rusty's did the trick.

Here is more detailed comments on the topic: https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...ders-for-serious-wheeling.102914/post-2318592

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