Show me your rock sliders and belly pans

[RedRoad]

Looking for ideas on purchasing or building my own rock sliders for the white whale. Going to keep it at 3.5 inches of lift with the 315s and I know that the rockers are going to get bashed up more than they already are without any.

Dont want any that stick out too far like the old school nerf bars that doubled as a step.

I already got the crossmember to add on the TC shield but have been thinking to add a whole sheet of steel so I can drag if necessary and not kill the driveshaft or let the mufflers catch some tall grass on fire. Anyone seen anything like this yet on a burb?

Show me what has worked for you on the trail to help save your rides sheet metal.



If the mods think I might get better response in the 4x4 section please feel free to move the topic over there. Thanks

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by RedRoad

Looking for ideas on purchasing or building my own rock sliders for the white whale. Going to keep it at 3.5 inches of lift with the 315s and I know that the rockers are going to get bashed up more than they already are without any.

Dont want any that stick out too far like the old school nerf bars that doubled as a step.

I already got the crossmember to add on the TC shield but have been thinking to add a whole sheet of steel so I can drag if necessary and not kill the driveshaft or let the mufflers catch some tall grass on fire. Anyone seen anything like this yet on a burb?

Show me what has worked for you on the trail to help save your rides sheet metal.



If the mods think I might get better response in the 4x4 section please feel free to move the topic over there. Thanks

This forum is a little slow at times but lets leave it here for a day or two and see what happens. Vectorit may be able to give a little insight if he pops in.... I can always move it over there for you if you don't get any replies here.

LockDoc

[RedRoad]

Thanks! I ran into Vectorits FB profile and shot him a friend request, Id like to see what he has to say

[magicoolbus]

I am interested as well. There are enough 4x4 burb owners for this thread to gain some traction here without getting moved. IMO.

[Bigdav160]

A little google search found potential square body Blazer parts. 4x4 Armor (out of business?)



Looks easy enough to extend to Suburban length

[bigblue 72]

i also own 2 early broncos. A company called bc broncos makes awesome rock sliders that are 1/4" thick and are formed to the rocker. i wish somebody made some like this for the suburban. I've thought of asking em what it cost to do a run of em

[twistedchevy]

Bump

[RedRoad]

Anyone have a source for the Canadian mid 70s 1/4 inch plates?

[vectorit]

The best thing to do I think, is to draw sketches of what you want.
Then locate a fabrication shop in your neighborhood, and see if they are willing to look at your designs and work a deal with you.

Here is an article I saw a while ago, where the guy did his own work. But you can use his design to start from, or to show the fab shop what you are thinking about if you are not a very good artist.

http://www.fourwheeler.com/project-v...suburban-2500/

Not many people are building purpose built 4x4 Suburbans, so I would be very surprised to find a fab shop that makes and caries Suburban sliders and armor on their shelves.

There was a shop in the San Diego CA area that was building nice high clearance front and rear bumpers for 67-72 trucks, but for the life of me I can't think of the name yet. But I will look around to see if I can find the thread here about it, since he was soliciting here for a donor truck to build off of.

[RedRoad]

Thanks Chris, not looking for anything too crazy. Since the burb is sooo long and I want to keep the center of gravity low I just want something to slide a bit if the breakover is too much.

Simple is better for me and the Canadian CUCV plate what I was looking for. I think its mounted backwards in this photo as the tcase is mounted higher and doesnt drop down below the cross member like stock


I might be able to get the plate in my press so buying a gas setup to make it a bit easier may be the ticket. Since I want to make a factoryish brush guard the torch will come in handy and if it looks good maybe sell a few to pay it off.

[Orange Crate]

I am also interested in a transfer case skid plate option. Does anyone have any more info on the Canadian CUCV set up? More pics maybe or a source for those vehicle parts?