Are Toyota's Rock Sliders any good?

Wait...which ones are these? I missed it. Really like the look of these. Really tucked.

 

I own the rock sliders in question, first hand knowledge, not "what I heard" from a guy that knew someone that went to school with someone that saw a video.

 

which ones do you own?

 

The thread is about the Toyota rock sliders, for a 4Runner. I own those.

 

oh those really thin ones that look super thin have very few mounting points and look like they will crumble if they saw any real use? They look good tho

 

See you on the trails.

 

The lead Tacoma engineer, this dude right here said the Tacoma ones were good for protecting against light stuff like branches that pop up but sounded like it cant take a real hit.

Edit: you can see int he pic that this Taco has the Toyota sliders.

 

Personally I wouldn't trust them take a real hit either, but I wouldn’t want to do that with mine or any other “real” sliders. In don’t like the idea of transferring huge shock loads on something hard-mounted to the frame on principle.

In a way, it’s preferable for sliders to yield before the frame (assuming the oe sliders would even yeild). It saves the frame, and you could just replace the slider. But I doubt they would yield if they occasionally brush up against a rock, or if the vehicle is slowly lowered onto rocks to slide over.

And regarding powdercoating failures, I have caliraised, and the powdercoat was poorly adhered in a lot of spots. Yes there were gravel chips, but I don’t think the rust could have traveled under the powder coat so easily if it was properly prepped. When I stripped mine last week, it was clear that the sections of unaffected/unrusted coating has areas of poor adhesion. And in some places, it adhered so well that I needed to remove metal to get the coating out from the pores of the steel. So basically, if you get gravel chip on a section of poor adhesion, rust spreads behind it and levers off more and more coating. By two winters it was pretty bad, by three years, it looked like garbage. Let me tell you though, the rust was so bad and so deep, it was borderline absurd for me to strip and repaint them. I had a few solid 8 hour days working on them. So bad in fact, I’d rather replace them next time. Given that scenario, the OE sliders being cheaper may be just enough for what most people do. If they rust, it hurts less to toss them.

 

lol branches

 

I have the factory rock rails (which are frame mounted) and they are reasonably heavy duty without being too heavy. I think they are perfect for rocker protection and I like that they are tucked in nicely. I don't need/want a step and didn't want something that I needed to step out and over every time I got in our out of the rig. I don't drag my 4R through extreme trails (that what my Jeep is for) but wanted some protection for when I am in rocky terrain. If you're taking your 4R across the Rubicon I hope I'm not following you in my Jeep because I'd be pissed. But if you are then a heavier duty solution would probably be better. I suspect that the factory rock rails would be more than sufficient for about 95% of the 4R sold that actually see off road use.

 

Does your OEM sliders have open tube ends and drain slots?