Custom removable steps for factory Gladiator rock slider rails preview (coming soon)

[DesertRated]

We sincerely appreciate your feedback and everyone else’s feedback. We are excited about the final design. Other than BMWS, we only have Jeeps and we wanted to get this right for the community

- The NXTGEN Team

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[DesertRated]

I’m in for a set. Nice design integrated well into the factory rock rails.

 

[NXTGENAutomotive]

I would have gone with these IF they had been available a year ago. I got the OEM rock rails but ended up taking them off and putting OEM knockoffs for the plastic side steps . The knockoffs were 400 and I lost the purpose of the rock rails. I went the way I went because ONE, the wife hates how high getting in is and second, I'm on nat forest roads all the time and kicking up rocks taking the finish off the hinges in particular.

So, I could address the hinge problem but not the wife problem (so to speak). My solution looks pretty good but has no real protection.

These things with mud flaps would keep the protection, stop the rock spray up the side of the Jeep AND provide a step for the wife while being removable for some more serious trails.

And "assuming" quality, do so with a lot less effort than what I did at an equivalent price overall, advantage rock RAIL protection cleaner lines.

It took a while to design a step system that not only attached well, but was actually really useful as a step. It’ll be available soon and we hope to be a great solution for many.

- The NXTGEN Team

 

[NXTGENAutomotive]

I’m in for a set. Nice design integrated well into the factory rock rails.

Please stay tuned, we can’t wait for you to join our NXTGEN family!!

- The NXTGEN Team

 

[Bowser-II]

Looking forward to these, the video shows the difference between my homemade solution and something properly engineered.

Where do you expect the final price to land, approximately, I do not need an exact number just right now?

 

[danimal2000]

@Advntrbound @CyberHero

We do have a general ballpark as of now though, and a set of 4 will be under $700, inclusive of free shipping to anywhere in the USA, HI, PR and Alaska. We will also ship globally at an additional cost. A set of 2 will be roughly half that.

When marked as in stock, the units will be ready to ship upon purchase.

 

[NXTGENAutomotive]

@Bowser-II

Here is the website page: https://nxtgenautomotive.com/xterrain-steps-for-wrangler-gladiator-factory-rock-slider-rails

Production of all of the custom molds for the step portions, hardware and packaging are in progress

 

[NXTGENAutomotive]

Hi All,

As we are getting closer to Spring release, we are compiling an interest list for the initial production run.

You can add your info on our website here: https://nxtgenautomotive.com/xterrain-steps-for-wrangler-gladiator-factory-rock-slider-rails

You won't receive any other promo emails or spam from us, we will only update you when the steps are ready to order

 

[NXTGENAutomotive]

The production of our various molds and stamping equipment is done and we are nearing production, once we are able to make some test steps to test out all of the final molds and then test the final coating. To this point we have hand made all of the test mules.

We've continued to off-road and daily the testers and they have proven to be incredibly strong, continuously demonstrating they can take as much force as the rail itself from the bottom. It has taken us a bit over a year to develop these. We started with a model that hangs on the rail with brackets, and while all steps are secure when stepping down due to gravity, not of the hanging designs met our high standards for upward pressure from below. After all, these are Jeeps we drive and the accessory should meet or exceed anything these attach to.

It took a while, but we are very happy with the outcome and we can't wait to offer soon! As of now, we are still looking at some point in April for the release!!

 

[ssrlewis]

If you need someone in Oklahoma to test, I’m your Huckleberry!

 

[NXTGENAutomotive]

If you need someone in Oklahoma to test, I’m your Huckleberry!

While the molds have been tooling we have been running them hard and intentionally knocking them around. We had a lot of rain that made testing fun! No issues….

We are starting to test all of the molds now:

We anticipate all molds being tested by next week so we can then test the final coating and then we can ramp up production

 

[NXTGENAutomotive]

Despite being the most drop of any step made for the factory rock sliders, we’re seeing pretty good clearance before needing to remove the step from the clamp. 14.5 inches to the bottom of the step. Stock Rubicon XR

 

[WK2JT]

Any plans to offer them for the Mopar performance sliders that are wider?

 

[NXTGENAutomotive]

Any plans to offer them for the Mopar performance sliders that are wider?

At this point it is not likely.

From a purely economic standpoint, it really does not make sense. Compared to any of the other existing step products for the factory rock slider rails. Our engineering, development and tooling costs are quite a bit higher, as our drop-down step is much more complex and robust than anything else that is currently produced.

The amount of vehicles that have the regular rock slider rails is not enormous, but it’s significantly higher than the wider version. If we were to develop a new step for those, what we would have to charge would never make sense anyway you slice it. We are competitive and within the realm of existing products, despite being the most expensive to make, but we also understand that we are at the top of the doable range for this type of product, already. A new model with 10s and 10s of thousands of dollars in tooling would just explode the cost out of this universe.

We have evaluated the wider Mopar model, and there are not really any strength or structural benefits. When you compare the two types of Mopar sliders, they just are a little bit wider to possibly function as a step. But they really aren’t wide enough to be that useful of a step.

If I were coming at it from an enthusiast, here is what I’d likely do as someone with a very short wife, elderly relatives and a decently tall Jeep that goes off-road regularly:

- Sell the wider Mopar rails as they have quite a bit more value versus the more traditional ones.

- If I wanted a good step, id get a set of the standard rails. They are very cheap or free, and are pretty easy to come by. Then something removable like our product or similar could be added without breaking the bank. Your other rails could probably cover a chunk of the cost.

- Pickup a set of dedicated aftermarket rails if you’re a person who does a lot of rock crawling. No sliders are as good of a step as ours, but they are better than the wider Mopar ones and superior protection on rocks vs any of the factory sliders.

 

[NXTGENAutomotive]

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