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After a couple months of planning, and about 4 weeks of waiting on the exact sliders to become available, I've finally got my end result. Sadly, after purchasing my sliders for $176, they went on sale for $145. So I could have done this project for under 200 if I'd waited another week. So here we go...
For starters, the sliders I purchased online were found here:
Fits 07-18 Jeep Wrangler JK 4 Doors Textured Black Armor Side Step Bars
The next thing I purchased was from Home Depot, and that was a 1 1/2" x 48" flat bar, 1/8" thick.
Next I purchased a 1x2 steel tube, also 48" long if I remember correctly. Might have been a little shorter, I don't remember off the top of my head. You won't need to use more than about 24-28" if you do it right the first time. Couldn't find it locally, ended up purchasing on Amazon
By this time my Sliders had went from Industry, CA (42 miles from my house), to Ellenburg, GA, then back to San Bernardino, CA where I live. Why.... no clue. FedEx dropped the ball on logistics for this one. Here's all 3 pieces used:
So then the next step is to take a reciprocating saw with a GOOD metal cutting blade (I ended up using 3 Milwaukee blades total) and cut the old brackets off the sliders, they won't do us WK2 guys any good.
For starters, the sliders I purchased online were found here:
Fits 07-18 Jeep Wrangler JK 4 Doors Textured Black Armor Side Step Bars

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The next thing I purchased was from Home Depot, and that was a 1 1/2" x 48" flat bar, 1/8" thick.
Next I purchased a 1x2 steel tube, also 48" long if I remember correctly. Might have been a little shorter, I don't remember off the top of my head. You won't need to use more than about 24-28" if you do it right the first time. Couldn't find it locally, ended up purchasing on Amazon
By this time my Sliders had went from Industry, CA (42 miles from my house), to Ellenburg, GA, then back to San Bernardino, CA where I live. Why.... no clue. FedEx dropped the ball on logistics for this one. Here's all 3 pieces used:
So then the next step is to take a reciprocating saw with a GOOD metal cutting blade (I ended up using 3 Milwaukee blades total) and cut the old brackets off the sliders, they won't do us WK2 guys any good.