I finally picked out some sliders and got hem installed. I chose the Sleekster sliders from RED as I have used this style of slider before on my Jeep, and I likes that they tucked up tight and didn't require cutting the rocker panel (it is completely removed) or any type of filler panel (except for two end caps that Toyota charged $30 apiece for)
Following the advice on one of the threads I decided to use Rivet Nuts instead of rivets to mount the upper part. Although it may allow me to remove them later for cleaning, it made it almost impossible to install them in the perfect spots. Because the holes don't necessarily line up with flat sheet metal, there are a couple that end up on the slope of contoured metal. The end result is that there were a few of the upper holes without bolts in them. As these are not really for structural support, I think I will be OK.
Install requires marking holes on the pinch seam through small windows on the bottom of the sliders. There is very little room to work with and if you hands are any bigger the a 4 year olds, you will have trouble.
I found a small highlighter that I had that worked pretty well. Other than a few holes not lining up correctly, the install went pretty well.
The instructions say that the rear upper hole lines up with a hole that the rocker panel uses. This is not the case on an SR5. You have to drill out that hole as well. I believe they will be updating their instructions to clarify this.
You have to clamp the slider to the body while you mark it. Since my clamp wouldn't reach the body through the little window, I used a socket with some duct tape on it (to keep it from rolling down the slider)
Following the advice on one of the threads I decided to use Rivet Nuts instead of rivets to mount the upper part. Although it may allow me to remove them later for cleaning, it made it almost impossible to install them in the perfect spots. Because the holes don't necessarily line up with flat sheet metal, there are a couple that end up on the slope of contoured metal. The end result is that there were a few of the upper holes without bolts in them. As these are not really for structural support, I think I will be OK.
Install requires marking holes on the pinch seam through small windows on the bottom of the sliders. There is very little room to work with and if you hands are any bigger the a 4 year olds, you will have trouble.
I found a small highlighter that I had that worked pretty well. Other than a few holes not lining up correctly, the install went pretty well.
The instructions say that the rear upper hole lines up with a hole that the rocker panel uses. This is not the case on an SR5. You have to drill out that hole as well. I believe they will be updating their instructions to clarify this.
You have to clamp the slider to the body while you mark it. Since my clamp wouldn't reach the body through the little window, I used a socket with some duct tape on it (to keep it from rolling down the slider)
I've driven up and over a sloping rock on the passenger side sight unseen and had the tire fall off the back landing the runner smack on the slider dropped from about a foot in the air. Was bone jarring. And many other slightly softer ones but still a straight tire drop onto the sliders... Would be nice to see some like independent review tests like that on a runner. I believe that jeeps have a larger/stringer area to rivet/bolt too? 
