JCR Rock Sliders
January 7, 2012
Whenever you're rock crawling, there's always the potential of hitting your rocker panel on a rock and incurring body damage. I decided to add some protection so I got some JCR Rock Sliders.
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Unfortunately, I was too late in putting my rock sliders on. A few of us went wheeling and I came home with some damage.
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The sliders arrive from JCR ready to be finished with primer and paint.
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I primered them, but in hindsight I wish I used a spray primer.
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Sliders are painted a flat black. I opted to paint as it can easily be touched up after getting some scraps from rocks.
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A single slider to show more detail.
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Now the sliders are ready to be mounted. Here is the stock rocker panel.
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The slider needs to be jacked into position so I can mark where the holes will be drilled in the frame rail and body seam.
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This happened on hole 1 of 26.
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Once all holes are drilled, they were painted for rust protection since bare metal was showing.
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Now we bolt it to the Jeep. I really like how it's bolted to the body seam for extra support. This is noticeably stronger.
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Now the slider is installed and ready to take the beating rather than the body.
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Profile view of the new sliders.
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I lost a couple of inches in clearance, but at least this way my body won't get damaged anymore.