2014 Trail w/ BudBuilt Bumpout sliders Installed

[Engineer]

Installed the BudBuilt sliders tonight, as expected passenger side was a non event, drivers side on the other hand with the KDSS lines and gas tank skid was a major PITA. A second set of hands would have made the job much easier but using a jack, a small pry bar and legs as backup it was a doable single person job. I could not be happier with how they turned out. They are painted with rustoleum bedliner as with Michigan winters and any true use they will need touched up no matter what coating ,lineX, powder coat, bedliner paint or spray paint and I figured this was the easiest to touch up and still provide grip should they be used at steps.

Regular, not beefy version

Excuse the last photo, slider were not installed but it was my first "off road" trip at the family farm to test out all the 4x4 gadgets

 

[Desert Dawg]

That looks really good! May have to be my next mod if my n-Fabs get busted up.

 

[Dewfang]

Those Budbuilt sliders look great and are solid as a rock but I'm Glad I had help putting mine on. Still took me the better part of two hours for the drivers side..

 

[05Rrunner]

Are 2013 and 2014 the same slider ?

 

[Engineer]

[MENTION=20381]05Rrunner[/MENTION] I do believe that they are the same slider for 2013 & 2014 (all years for that matter). On Bud's site the only option was for trim selection (Trail, SR5, Limited). Not sure what, if any , differances there are for the various trims. I would reccomend as [MENTION=69040]Dewfang[/MENTION] said getting a second set of hands, will make the install much easier&smoother.

 

[rjmarmjr]

I know this is an old thread, but I found these pictures helpful when I was contemplating sliders. I just got mine on this past weekend, and figured I'd share a few photos in case it would help anyone else. Now to get them dirty!

 

[Engineer]

I know this is an old thread, but I found these pictures helpful when I was contemplating sliders. I just got mine on this past weekend, and figured I'd share a few photos in case it would help anyone else. Now to get them dirty!

More photos never hurt! Good Choice

 

[05Rrunner]

More photos never hurt! Good Choice

Do you have a picture of the paint you used ? I Need to repaint my Bubuilts
Thanks

 

[Engineer]

Do you have a picture of the paint you used ? I Need to repaint my Bubuilts
Thanks

It was Rattle Can Rust-Oleum bedliner (Grainger part # 4YLD1). That being said, mine did not hold up well to the MI winters. After about year and 1 winter there was large amounts of rust from the bed liner/paint coming off. It was coming from the areas where people place there feet, the front which gets hit with whatever the tires pick up and then the seam that the tread plate makes with the tubes. While I did prep following generally accepted good practices I was very disappointed with how it held up however

*Maybe I didn't do as good of a prep job as I think I did
*Others have rattle canned and had better luck them me
*I would expect that a roll on coating MAY adhere better and be thicker

I had mine sand blasted and powder coated at a local shop and they have held up much better. The undersides are still scraped up from use but no coating will hold up to dropping the weight of the truck on the sliders.

If I was to do it again I would stick to powder coating but even with PC I expect to have to re-do it in several years and as I plan to keep the truck for 10+ and don't really like driving around with rusty metal handing off the side I would have inquired about the price of Stainless Steel for sliders (for all I know its 3x the costs and not practical at all) but I expect to have spend close to $4-500 on coatings by the end of the life of the truck.

 

[DesertCanyons]

Paint job

I painted my bare metal Domello Offroad sliders. It took a lot of time but it came out nice and solid. It was cold in January when I did the painting so I had to wait nearly 48 hours between coats. When I finished painting at 3:30 to 4:00 pm I couldn't start painting again the next day at 1:00 pm. SO I waited until the 2nd day.

With a good brush I applied 2 coast of Rustoleum metal primer, 2 coats of Rustoleum black paint and 2 thin spray coats of Rustoleum. I hung it with a rope from the garage cross ties so I could paint the whole slider each time.

I've had it off road since I installed them but I haven' scraped them yet. I know when I do scrape them I can sand and repaint easily by hand with products I can buy locally.

Last night I got this crazy idea I might paint my powder coated Baja Rack the same way when it comes in later this month. People complain about all of the steel racks developing rust.

 

[Racehoss]

I know this is an old thread, but I found these pictures helpful when I was contemplating sliders. I just got mine on this past weekend, and figured I'd share a few photos in case it would help anyone else. Now to get them dirty!

Do you think they stick out far enough to prevent door dings by MOST cars and trucks? My 4xinnovations sliders on my 1st Gen definitely stopped that. Loved to be able to squeeze into the tightest spots knowing that someone was going to screw up their door if they opened it too wide. Maybe pics of another car next to yours with their door open??? Thanks

 

[rjmarmjr]

Do you think they stick out far enough to prevent door dings by MOST cars and trucks? My 4xinnovations sliders on my 1st Gen definitely stopped that. Loved to be able to squeeze into the tightest spots knowing that someone was going to screw up their door if they opened it too wide. Maybe pics of another car next to yours with their door open??? Thanks

I am hoping that is the case, but I'm not totally certain yet. They hug pretty tight, but it looks like they will have that "feature" as a bonus. I'll try to find an opportunity to test it when I'm parked next to someone I know and report back.

I'm sure it'll depend on a few variables like the particular height, curvature, etc. of the other door, but I'll try to get an idea.

 

[05Rrunner]

I have found them to be most helpful in the door ding department. I have actually been in my truck and had people swing doors open into my bump out sliders and mess up their door. I love my beefy bump outs !