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A few more shots of the OEM trim piece reused here with Voyager sliders
use a box knife To make cuts
Trim can also be cutoff at the corner trim panel if you want to avoid the delicate process of finagling the voyager hardware through it
I think this looks better than Voyager or LK8 solutions.
I also think it is more functional. Less gaps for crud to get trapped. OEM trim and Voyager hardware. Front wheel. OEM trim and Voyagers infinity pieces. I think OEM clips would work even better here. A little drilling to help align holes and Voyager plastic pins. Cut trim with box cutter. Gives neatest cut. Zip tie Front Rear trim
Appreciate sharing so much details with us. Surely a lot will benefit from your experience down the road, for I will be one.
A few questions:
1. Did you take any pictures of the sliders before installing? particularly of the side meeting the chassis with "posts" for mounting bolts going through.
Do you mind to share them, if you did take some.
For some reason, my googling never brought me any of such pictures. Strange.
2. Did you rust proofing the chassis parts before installing the rock sliders? I am in an area seeing lots of road salt in winter time, thus always worried about rusting.
Again, many thanks for sharing your experience here.
Also,
Appreciate sharing so much details with us. Surely a lot will benefit from your experience down the road, for I will be one.
A few questions:
1. Did you take any pictures of the sliders before installing? particularly of the side meeting the chassis with "posts" for mounting bolts going through.
Do you mind to share them, if you did take some.
For some reason, my googling never brought me any of such pictures. Strange.
2. Did you rust proofing the chassis parts before installing the rock sliders? I am in an area seeing lots of road salt in winter time, thus always worried about rusting.
Again, many thanks for sharing your experience here.
Also,
No worries. happy to add what little I've learned to the thread. Quite a dearth of info on these out there.
The passenger side slider is shown.
I did not rust proof anything. Aluminum chassis so I'm no sure it's a concern. I'm not worried anyway. Time will tell.
The fit is incredibly precise on these. I was blown away when I was under there positioning everything.
I also think the reuse of the OEM trim is the way to go. Especially if you lack the rudimentary skillset needed to operate a rivnut tool. Looks better. Functions better.
Well done! Looks great, too. I still remember being pinned under my Defender and like an idiot, trying to install it myself. I succeeded out of pure spite, but I could have been entombed under there it was so heavy.
BTW - I seriously want to start an "I hate Rivnuts" guild. Definitely the most reviled piece of technology I use. The problem is that they are VERY finicky and take a lot of skill. I just don't install enough of them to be a master and the design is not very forgiving. I've become as adept at Dremel tooling them out when they are too loose as I have at installing them.
Well done! Looks great, too. I still remember being pinned under my Defender and like an idiot, trying to install it myself. I succeeded out of pure spite, but I could have been entombed under there it was so heavy.
BTW - I seriously want to start an "I hate Rivnuts" guild. Definitely the most reviled piece of technology I use. The problem is that they are VERY finicky and take a lot of skill. I just don't install enough of them to be a master and the design is not very forgiving. I've become as adept at Dremel tooling them out when they are too loose as I have at installing them.
*Guild is formed.
yeah it would have made comical viewing watching me fail at the riv nut process.
Using an angle grinder to shape the round things into a square that I couldn’t unscrew by hand might have been the highlight
breaking the tool (snapped the carrier pin for the nut)
drilling out the failed rivnuts
the last bit was easy given how poor my efforts were at installing them.
Plenty of cursing the tool, but mostly my idiocy. Usually after watching a YouTube video or two I’m all good.
This is a fiddly and dirty process but I think it’s worth it to get the felt back on
looks neater than without felt
reuse the three metal brackets (two rear ones get cut to allow reuse) to support the underfelt
Front view Rear view Driver side looking forward Passenger side Rear metal brackets. Removed during slider install. Cut and repositioned. They support the felt at the rear. Drivers side Rear metal bracket of cuts. This allows the bracket to be reused. Passenger side view. Mud flapettes on the cut metal brackets. Cut metal bracket. Reuse to support felt.
