what to do for rocker protection

[goober]

ok i want to keep the weight down as much as possible but still run skid plates..  i have a tank skid, full belly skid, diff caps, shrock front and rear bumpers, and the rro rocker skids, but the rro skids dont work with the yj plates.  should i just leave them off and what ever happens to the rockers happens,  or should i make a rocker protection so they dont get to banged up.  it will be for trail only with minimal driving on the road.

[Tusker]

I would run good rocker protection of some kind.  If you tear up the rockers vary much, you will have permanent problems getting the doors to close.  I have seen unprotected Sami rockers get unbelievably tatored from one hard hit on the rocks.  They are very flimsy.

[goober]

think angle iron would be enough for some protection..? 

[zucruisers]

mine has angle iron on it...i think it 3x5, 1/4" thick...i bolted it on through the rockers then made supports to the frame w/ some smaller angle...they've taken some very hard hits and are still perfectly fine

i think using a piece of 2x4 tubing, 1/8 or 1/4" thick, cutting it into two pieces long ways to make angle pieces would work nice...the rounded corner of it would look better than normal angle iron...just a thought

[goober]

mine has angle iron on it...i think it 3x5, 1/4" thick...i bolted it on through the rockers then made supports to the frame w/ some smaller angle...they've taken some very hard hits and are still perfectly fine

i think using a piece of 2x4 tubing, 1/8 or 1/4" thick, cutting it into two pieces long ways to make angle pieces would work nice...the rounded corner of it would look better than normal angle iron...just a thought

sweet, i'll haveta look into that..  i have a metal place about 1/4 mile from my garage. 

[jerseyzuks]

I love the way my brother's turned out.  We purchased a sheet of pretty thick diamond plate & took it to a sheet metal shop with our measurements.  We had them cut it, then bend it into an L for each side. 

Looks like it came stock on the zuk...



I have seen him land really hard on them, and they didn't even dent.  The length of them distributes the impact very evenly, and the L make them very rigid.

[Freebird01]

yea them curbs are torture on a rocker panel...

[goober]

yea them curbs are torture on a rocker panel...

lol,  that would be making fun of me too.   

[jerseyzuks]

yea them curbs are torture on a rocker panel...

Can't make fun of him too much, he followed you through Paragon (and he stayed shiny side up ) 

[Rock Raptor]

I went with 2x2 1/4" angle bolted through the rocker, then fabbed 1/2" square tubing to add the step/slider.  I filled the void along the stop with 1" strap to cover up where I had removed the origional sill bracket.  The rocker lip on the bottom will have to be flattened up against the rocker for this design to work but it's not hard with a 4lb short handle hammer.
It adds allot of strength to the rocker and I did not add any metal to tie it in to the frame, just strengthend the structure that was already there.
I have bashed them hard and have yet to do any more than take the paint off.

[Freebird01]

Can't make fun of him too much, he followed you through Paragon (and he stayed shiny side up ) 

I did stay shiney side up.....lisa went turtle...

if you remember i made a pretty good run at sherbert rocks before we went over....

it was more directed at goober.....i cant knock mark too much after being my chauffer for a day!!

[goober]

blah blah blah,  make fun all you want.   but  i am almost done collecting my arsenal of parts.   

[Freebird01]

blah blah blah,  make fun all you want.   but  i am almost done collecting my arsenal of parts.   

HA...ive heard that before...

[goober]

perhaps,  but this time i mean it.   

[DirtJumper]

HA...ive heard that before...

I think a lot of us have even said it before