BudBuilt Sliders

STLDAVE

STLDAVE

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After a long and frustrating failed attempt getting a 2011 Salsa Red TE from the St. Louis dealers, I purchased one in Denver and it should be on the truck to St. Louis in the next day or two! Lots of plans for it, sliders, skid plates, slight lift, etc. which brings me to my question... Does anybody know anything about, or even better, have any experience with the rock sliders for the TE from BudBuilt?
 
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STLDAVE said:
After a long and frustrating failed attempt getting a 2011 Salsa Red TE from the St. Louis dealers, I purchased one in Denver and it should be on the truck to St. Louis in the next day or two! Lots of plans for it, sliders, skid plates, slight lift, etc. which brings me to my question... Does anybody know anything about, or even better, have any experience with the rock sliders for the TE from BudBuilt?
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I've seen them on Gadget's 4runner (the kick-out style). They're a nice looking, well-built set of sliders. I do believe they stick out a bit further than my shrockworks sliders, which can be a plus or minus depending on your preference.
 
adio3x said:
Congrats dude! you'll be 1 of 3 peeps with TE's in the lou. Wish I was one :( lol
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Jay Wolfe had a 2010 Mag Grey TE with 25K miles. New Destination ATs, Nav and all the other stuff. I think they were asking around $35k for it? Actually sat for a while before it sold. I ALMOST went for that but got a new SR5 cheaper. I think TE will be next after I see what happens with refresh. :D
 
Dave, Im in St Peters. When I bought new they had to get my SR5 from Indy. I went through Papas. Nothing on the lot that I wanted. When I went on internet to "build" a new one and entered my Zip, you could not even pick a TE. How did you go about it? Just curious as my next will most likely be a TE. The way these hold value I have no real problem trading if I want come refresh time!
 
Y2KSR5 said:
Jay Wolfe had a 2010 Mag Grey TE with 25K miles. New Destination ATs, Nav and all the other stuff. I think they were asking around $35k for it? Actually sat for a while before it sold. I ALMOST went for that but got a new SR5 cheaper. I think TE will be next after I see what happens with refresh. :D
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Yea I saw that, the owner was actually on here, he was from KC. I saw it like a month ago, went back last week and it was gone. Yea 35k was too much, I paid 31k for my fully loaded SR5.

They don't sell TE's in the midwest, and most dealers in Saint Louis won't even try to get you one or trade around.
 
adio3x said:
Yea I saw that, the owner was actually on here, he was from KC. I saw it like a month ago, went back last week and it was gone. Yea 35k was too much, I paid 31k for my fully loaded SR5.

They don't sell TE's in the midwest, and most dealers in Saint Louis won't even try to get you one or trade around.
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Why did he get rid of it I wonder? I remember looking at the carfax and seeing a really early build date on it.
 
Its been a couple of months since I originally posted this thread and I didn't really hear any responses regarding the BudBuilt sliders from actual owners.

I'd like to know if any 5th gen owners have experience with Bud's sliders for the 5th gen, and how they like them?

Does anyone know if they extend out farther to the side than the Shrockworks sliders?

Considering the extra cost of Bud's "Beefy" sliders, should I stick with the regular sliders if I'm not going to do any hardcore rock crawling?

Is Bud's design, using four legs, superior to Shrockworks' design, using two legs?

Looking for some knowledgable help here.
 
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Here are my thoughts and experiences.

I originally had Shrockworks sliders on order, the order lasted 4 weeks and I started to think about how ridiculous it was to be waiting so long for these sliders... some have reported waiting up to 4 months for Shrockworks products.... pretty nuts.... not me.... its just some bent up steel tubing welded together!!!

I cancelled the Shrockworks order and started to look at other options for sliders. Budbuilt came up a few times so I checked out Bud's website (budbuilt.com) and gave Bud a call to see what he offered as far as lead times for his products. Amazingly enough, Bud had a whole bunch of sliders in stock and ready to ship. Done deal, I ordered the BEEFY sliders for my 2011 Trail Edition and had them at my door here at the opposite side of the US in a week.

Upon inspecting the sliders, I was very, very, very impressed with the design, craftsmanship and quality of the sliders. The welds are beautiful, the tubing is nicely bent, no kinks, and they came with good quality hardware.

The install...

I opted against the powdercoat so when I recieved then, I sanded them down, wiped them with Acetone and painted them with Rustoleum truck bed liner spray. An awesome product, sprays on like paint but offers a nice, grippy, protective surface.

Luckily I had a forklift to hold these beasts up to the frame rail during the install which I did alone as they each weigh around 70 lbs +/-. The install when very smooth and they bolted right up. The passenger side went on in around 30 minutes and the driver side went on in around 1 hour because a bunch of the KDSS crap had to be moved out of the way.

I am very satisfied with not only the Budbuilt sliders but also with the service. Bud was a pleasure to talk to and answered all the questions I had and was glad to do it.

Not to plug Budbuilt too much but it was nice and refreshing to deal with a good old fashioned American company who provides an excellent product.
 
By the way, as far as whether or not to "go beefy" or not.... I went with the beefy ones. In hindsight, I would have gotten the regualr ones after seeing how well they are built. They have 4 attachment points to the frame and 2 large 3/16" plates. I cant remember exactly but I believe that each side was held on with around a dozen bolts, plus or minus one or two.

The other day when I was workin on my rear suspension, I drove the forklift right up to the truck, spread the forks out and placed them under the slider and easily took the weight off of that side of the truck, the sliders didnt even flex. Impressive to say the least.

GO BUDBUILT!
 
I am going to try to have the standard sliders from Addicted Offroad in CO installed on my TE next week. I do not need the heavy duty version as I have no plans to do any hard core trails. I believe each sliders weighs approx 45 lbs, but they can only be welded on. I do not have any plans to sell the car in the near future so this works... This will be the first TE they have installed sliders on -- I will make sure to include pictures. BTW, the sliders are $179 -- which is a great deal, even after the install cost.
 
budbuilt has basically the best reputation all over the net, so if they make a product you like, do it! I went rocky road because I wanted lower profile, but will be getting skids etc from Bud.
 
SOcalTRAIL said:
The passenger side went on in around 30 minutes and the driver side went on in around 1 hour because a bunch of the KDSS crap had to be moved out of the way.
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Did you get the Trail Edition-specific sliders? I would've thought they'd take the KDSS stuff into account so you wouldn't have to mess around with it. Making a mistake with any part of the KDSS could be pretty costly...
 
Yup, they are KDSS specific sliders. No matter which direction you take, you will have to work around or move the KDSS hydraulic hard lines that run along the outside of the driver's side frame rail. It is really not that big of a hassle in all honesty andy there isn't much chance of screwing anything up. All you had to do is loosen the lines and unit from the frame and slide the KDSS lines back up, reattach and thats it. Compared to changing out the front coil overs on a KDSS equipped vehicle, the sliders were a piece of cake!
 
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