Need details on project

[MerkL]

Hey, I'm starting to build rocker guards out of 1/4x4x4 angle, for my 94 YJ. I just need some small details on how you guys fastened it to the side and bottom.

Thanks.

 

[Snitty]

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drill through and nut it on the inside

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

Bolt them through the side of the tub above the floorline. My frontmost bolt is into the front fender, so bolting on each side of the firewall adds strength. The rearmost bolt is through the boxed section where the seatbelt mounts, so it is stout.

Here's mine built from the same material:

 

[MerkL]

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Bounty, so you didn't even use any bolts on underneath side?

 

[MerkL]

Also wouldn't 1/4x4x4" angle iron be to heavy and if you just used the body for mounting, wouldn't it rip through the sheet metal? I don't know, maybe I'm just stupid and don't know how to mount rocker guards.

 

[avyoung]

If you put a good sized washer on the inside to distribute the load it should not rip the sheet metal. The way this kind or rocker works is distributing the load of the vehicle over the entire botom of the rocker. This should hold up to most wheeling. If you are on rocks a lot you can tie into the frame or body mounts to support the rockers more.

 

[OutOfStep]

I mounted mine through the sides of the tub in 6 places and have 4 places through the bottom as well, It came with spacers and seemed to add quite a bit of strength over just the side mounts when encountering out and up forces

 

[avyoung]

jeep is shorting

Don't the bolts on the botom catch on rocks. If you want it mounted on the bottom I would weld somthing to attach it so it is a smooth surface with no bolts to catch on rocks.

 

[OutOfStep]

I havent had any problems though I dont use it as a pivot as some do, more of just body damage insurance. Seems that most of the rubing occurs closer to the edge or on the bars instead of closer to the frame. I got mine from 4X doctor (http://www.fourxdoctor.com/) and they seem to beat the crap out of em and dont have any problems. If it was a problem for ya you could go with a carriage bolts instead of hex heads, though I dunno what sort of equipment you would need to make the square hole.