Rock Skins - Are they Needed With EVO Sliders?

TrailHunter

TrailHunter

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My question is to those with EVO High angle Sliders.... Has anyone actually hit their Rock Skin or Rocker panel while running the Sliders? Is it more of a peace of mind thing or is it a good idea to have them.... I have hit and dented my Rocker, but that was with only the Rubi Rail. I'm pretty sure if I had the EVO slider, that would not have happened.... Just curious how you guys felt about it. Thx.
 
TrailHunter said:
My question is to those with EVO High angle Sliders.... Has anyone actually hit their Rock Skin or Rocker panel while running the Sliders? Is it more of a peace of mind thing or is it a good idea to have them.... I have hit and dented my Rocker, but that was with only the Rubi Rail. I'm pretty sure if I had the EVO slider, that would not have happened.... Just curious how you guys felt about it. Thx.
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Personally, I run both. Poison Spyder, not EVO, but regardless... Mostly for peace of mind, but there's a chance that if you come down hard enough you could still flex the slider up and dent the tub.

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They aren't needed at all. If anything, they're more to help hide dinks like what you have now ( my sincerest apologies for that :grayno: ). IF you think you might want them at some time, it's best to get them installed PRIOR to welding on EVO rocker guards. Installing them after the fact is a lot harder.
 
wayoflife said:
They aren't needed at all. If anything, they're more to help hide dinks like what you have now ( my sincerest apologies for that :grayno: ). IF you think you might want them at some time, it's best to get them installed PRIOR to welding on EVO rocker guards. Installing them after the fact is a lot harder.
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Lol! No apologies needed! However, I will be reminding you now and again... haha... Yeah, definitely would do it prior... but I can also just fix the body just as easy.. so it’s no big deal to me really... thx
 
BaddestCross said:
Personally, I run both. Poison Spyder, not EVO, but regardless... Mostly for peace of mind, but there's a chance that if you come down hard enough you could still flex the slider up and dent the tub.

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Build Thread - Adventures of Fiona - https://wayalife.com/showthread.php?t=47407
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Thats a good point. I was actually thinking of putting small shims at the top of the frame mounts to pull it away from the body just a hair more... or just do the skins... thx man.
 
I run without. No issues so far. I didn't want a bunch of holes in the bottom of the tub because my jeep was nearly new when I did my slider install.

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Like others have said it's pretty much just for looks (I think it looks good any way). And yes a hard hit can force slider/body contact. I have a nice dent in my pinch seam that matches my slider. Having the skins too I don't know if it would have caused body damage or not.


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