Ok,
Yeah they were not designed to be bouncing around off the rocks like that, but they will hold up well to light to moderate hits, especially with the steel skid plate installed.
In stock if you order tonight they ship tomorrow
Says they don’t fit my diesel
. They don't hang down very far, very similar to the LoD Destroyer series steel sliders.
Check out this video for a closer look:
Wayne, the guy who won our Sting Gray Giveaway Gladiator in the video has used and abused that rig pretty good, taking it on quite a few trips over this past year. For the most part, the Armor-Lite sliders held up real well. They took quite a beating going across the Rubicon trail and there was some damage. Most of it to the steel skid plate and the plastic step inserts. Aluminum sliders holding up to the Rubicon trail, that was pretty impressive.
He's coming into our Silverdale, WA shop next month to get a gearing change. While he is here, we're going to swap out the Armor-Lite sliders for the LoD Destroyer steel sliders.
The cool thing is the frame brackets are the same between the two slider kits, so it'll just be a matter of taking off the Armor-Lite sliders and bolting up the Destroyer sliders to the frame brackets.
Weight one moment, I'll look it up....Nice! Thanks for the reply. Do you happen to know the weight difference between the Armor Lite and Destroyer series? Trying to keep the weight down on this build
They don't hang down very far, very similar to the LoD Destroyer series steel sliders.
Check out this video for a closer look:
Wayne, the guy who won our Sting Gray Giveaway Gladiator in the video has used and abused that rig pretty good, taking it on quite a few trips over this past year. For the most part, the Armor-Lite sliders held up real well. They took quite a beating going across the Rubicon trail and there was some damage. Most of it to the steel skid plate and the plastic step inserts. Aluminum sliders holding up to the Rubicon trail, that was pretty impressive.
He's coming into our Silverdale, WA shop next month to get a gearing change. While he is here, we're going to swap out the Armor-Lite sliders for the LoD Destroyer steel sliders.
The cool thing is the frame brackets are the same between the two slider kits, so it'll just be a matter of taking off the Armor-Lite sliders and bolting up the Destroyer sliders to the frame brackets.
Thanks for the reply! I'll be picking up some from NR4x4 soon.
I'm looking forward to the gearing. 4.56 (all that was available when they built the Gladiator last winter) is fine on flats but just painful in the mountain passes. It will be nice to be able to keep up to my wife and her 5.13 geared JL !!
To be honest, those sliders held up really well. I'd definitely recommend them for folks that are looking for something light but functional and aren't into rock crawling !
We don't abuse our Jeeps but neither do we baby them. I've run trails all over the PWN with the Gladiator and it wasn't until we ran the Rubicon that it took any significant hits. Loaded down with the RTT, camping gear and supplies, it was running lower than usual and I missed the optimal line and dropped it harder than expected.
Swapped out the springs for AEV's HD ones but not sure I like how high it rides unloaded... And so the tinkering continues !
