Prep is definitely key. When I did mine the prep was the hardest part.

Just awesome,badass guys!!!

Nice job guys, looks good👍👍

@trailtrash9717

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Been waiting on this one

@trailtrash9717

3 жыл бұрын

It’s been a while in the making

I never grind the entire rail surface to bare metal . I mark where I'm welding and clear the costing only from there . I do use steel it as a primer because it is a rust proofer , but a lot of weld through primers are porus primers which means they aren't going to prevent rust they are going to suck moisture right down under them between primer and surface .

@trailtrash9717

2 жыл бұрын

That’s good to know. The first set we did we only marked and cleaned the area it was getting welded, I just wanted to try something different on this one

Rigidability describes the potential of going over ridges I guess 😉

@trailtrash9717

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂 that’s a good way to describe it

I recently bought the mid section kid and it comes with the 4 little pieces. I can’t figure out where they go

I did mine in the middle of the summer time. So obviously I was wearing a cut off t shirt and shorts. Still have the scars.

@trailtrash9717

3 жыл бұрын

Haha osha approved shorts I assume??

Nicely done, what size wire did you use and welder settings?

@trailtrash9717

2 жыл бұрын

The wire size is .030” and the settings are kind all over. Some of the body is thicker so we could turn it up but the thin parts had to be lower

How did you mount your sliders

@trailtrash9717

Жыл бұрын

Welded them straight to the stiffeners

I'll be starting this job in a few days. I'm going to start with the front first though. My frame horns where the steering box mounts is trashed. I'll have to repair that first and then add the stiffener. How does it handle on the road and trail nope that you've added this?

@trailtrash9717

3 жыл бұрын

It makes a huge difference in how it feels. Between the stiffeners and the steel bumper it doesn’t have nearly as much body flex. One mistake I made doing these is that I didn’t realize how much the body was flex having one tire off and the suspension unloaded so when we finished the first side the driver door didn’t want to close like it should

@DanielCole

3 жыл бұрын

@@trailtrash9717 so the moral of the story is to remove both front wheels even if doing only 1 dude at a time?

The set I got from RuffStuff fit the unibody frame rail contour but the slots cut for the cross member bolts weren't even close. I contacted them and they did NOTHING to remedy the situation and only suggested that I had the sides swapped (which would have been impossible). Never another word or any follow up from them. My IRO stiffeners fit perfectly. I'll never buy any RUFFSTUFF products again.