My New Rock Sliders & Tyres

by **holden** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:06 pm

Hi all,

This is what I have been doing in the last week or so.

Made me some rock sliders

And got me some new tyres and rims
31"-10.5"-15"R Dick Cepek Mud Country and 15"-8" white spokes

kane

by **BUSHPIG** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:39 pm

verry nice m8 they look like they built like a brick shit house. shuldnt be bending them in a hurry.

by **Demonic** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:41 pm

Look real good man, the section from the chassis mount to the slider is that 40x40x5mm box?

by **holden** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:48 pm

Demonic wrote:Look real good man, the section from the chassis mount to the slider is that 40x40x5mm box?

all the box is 50x50x5mm trailer axles steel

by **wbski007** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:40 pm

they look great M8 great welding job,they should hold back the bolders

by **muzila** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:30 pm

Nice sliders. shame you going to scratch the nice paint on them lol...

by **Demonic** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:44 pm

yeah.. the paint falls off after your first trip.

by **holden** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:07 pm

Demonic wrote:yeah.. the paint falls off after your first trip.

hope not at $20 a can

by **holden** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:08 pm

by **ONO2HI** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:22 pm

galv them haha, i did then paint em then wen they do scratch paint off etc i wont rust

by **Demonic** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:29 pm

lol.. may take a lil while to rust through 5mm of steel

by **mulover** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:59 pm

just rub some trees and keep them shining!!

by **geeves** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:38 pm

Andrew powder coated his which lasted 2 trips. My original factory steps were powder coated which only lasted a little better. Rocks leave big gouges in the metal. Theres no paint that can survive that

by **jezza** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:44 pm

I give all my bar work a fresh coat of paint every couple of months

by **slightlydodgy** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:35 pm

I repainted my bull bar with kilrust matt black Only used 1/4 of a small tin and it looks new even with the rest of the ute covered in god knows what Its a really thick paint and fills minor scrapes quite well was $35 a tin out here in the village

by **Demonic** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:33 pm

geeves wrote:Andrew powder coated his which lasted 2 trips. My original factory steps were powder coated which only lasted a little better. Rocks leave big gouges in the metal. Theres no paint that can survive that

Na, i didnt powder coat in the end... to many people said it was a waste (even tho it was gionna be free), so i just used some blue enamel paint. When i change the design after i do a body lift will get a better paint on it..

by **mulover** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:09 am

the best scratch resistant paint i have found so far was the chassis black stuff supercheap (I think) sell, its alot thicker than normal paint and sticks like anything, comes in a spary can. One can was enough to do my winch bar.

by **turnturn** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:26 am

You could also try "Hammerite" paint. It's a bit tougher than normal stuff.
We used it at work when we rebuilt one of our cylindrical grinders. It lasted pretty good in an engineering environment.
It does have an orange peel/wrinkle finish to it though. Would look ok on rock sliders/bull bar.

by **geeves** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:23 am

there is a smooth version called smoothite. Same stuff without the hammer finnish

by **jezza** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:56 pm

A good one is POR15, it's expensive but worth it

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