Interesting design. I've been looking at sliders and had the same problems. My wife and kids are short (especially the 6-yr-old), so any sliders I get
must function as steps. I have part-time access to a weld shop, but not a pipe bender, so the thought was to buy commercial sliders and modify them to fit my needs. That design, with a flat step on the top bar with an angled brace to the bottom bar is one I'd considered, and the CNC cut plates look better than anything I'd be able to do.
But is the step low enough with a lifted truck? Could you post a picture taken from down low showing where the top of the step is in relation to the sill?
The other design I considered was removable steps that were lower than the sliders. Picture something like the NFab bars with the drop steps, except I'd be able to take the drop steps off when I wanted to go off-road.
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I notice that pictures from fargo's "South Florida" truck are being used on the C4 Fab website... nice :thumb3: