LOD Destroyer sliders, save your money
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bobfriesenhahn
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My wife is wanting me to buy these for my 2-door JL. I assume that this damage is on a 4- door JLU?
Mike Pierson
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DMF
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Yes, this is for a four door.
eh, still disappointing and glad you posted this up for others to see. Maybe it'll help the next guy out.Well, that is definitely my bad then, I missed the part where it said medium duty. Well then, they served me well when I needed to wash the top of the Jeep and saved my doors at crowded parking lots.
DMF
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I hope so. For the price tag I knew I should have went with EVO Bombers.
jeeeep
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they were named correctly, Destroyer.
Did you install the optional mounting bolts?
looks like LOD was aware of the body contact potential, from the instructions:
"For offroad use, we recommend that the Slider Body be in its lowest position possible to provide a greater gap between the Slider Body and the Jeep rocker panel"
Did you install the optional mounting bolts?
looks like LOD was aware of the body contact potential, from the instructions:
"For offroad use, we recommend that the Slider Body be in its lowest position possible to provide a greater gap between the Slider Body and the Jeep rocker panel"
DMF
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Yeah, the bolts that went into the side of the frame in the front and also bottom of the frame in the back.
waynem
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I destroyed a set of the LOD Armor Lite aluminum sliders on the Rubicon last summer. Now have the Destroyers (same mounting brackets so it was an easy swap) but both are simply too close to the rocker panels and if they flex at all they will hit. I believe LOD has started using thicker shims to help with that but its definitely a design issue.
bobfriesenhahn
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I was supposed to have already ordered these sliders! Are there any sliders for the 2-door JL which provide a useful 'step' function, but will withstand normal trail use? I will not be seeking out serious rock crawling but would expect to encounter significant rocks on the trail anyway. So the sliders need to handle some hard bumps such as when dropping off of a rock or shelf.
2013rubirick
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Signature series are WAY stronger.
DMF
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I'll check mine out, maybe I snug them up to close to the body. Will get under the Jeep when the weather gets better (SoCal).looking at the install instructions, those steps seem to have pretty good Hz and Lat adjustments.
Wonder if welding that part of it would keep it from flexing into the body.
I've got matching dimples on each side of on my JKU from sliders
jeeeep
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the Signature are stout, I've landed pretty hard on them (not on purpose) and no Jeep body damage.
Cousin Clyde
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IMO, anything that tight to the tub will dent it. I ditched my stock rubirails. In the process of frame mounted now, and the bottom of my tub is trashed from running the stock rubirails so long.
And medium duty is definitely deceiving. I consider myself a medium duty jeeper, somewhere between my neighbors stock TJ that he drives to work and Mel wade at KOH. I’m right in between there somewhere.
And medium duty is definitely deceiving. I consider myself a medium duty jeeper, somewhere between my neighbors stock TJ that he drives to work and Mel wade at KOH. I’m right in between there somewhere.
Cousin Clyde
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The more I look at the destroyers on the website, they do have a strong “medium-duty” appearance. Definitely seems to be designed as more of a step than a slider.
To be clear, LOD makes great products. Just think they should have wrote “warning, these are not intended for any impact”
To be clear, LOD makes great products. Just think they should have wrote “warning, these are not intended for any impact”