Drill bits for slider install

Only two? Dang..

 

How are you gonna finish this beast Tony? Bolt on with welds sure sounds good. With either attachments would the sliders make a good point for a hi-lift jack to fix a flat?

 

Finish them I’m thinking rattle can them would be good. But I found a guy that would powder coat them for 200 bucks so I’m on the fence primer and paint adds up also I need to remove the surface rust. If I knew some1 that would weld them for cheap I wouldn’t mind. I’ll be bolting them up as steps first and then drill the holes slowly if I don’t get them welded. I heard u can lift up the whole truck from the slider but I’m not 100 % sure

 

Crappy photo, dude. Who the heck took that? Oh, wait...

 

$200 isn't bad for the powder coat. Once you get them mounted you can definitely do some serious side lifting.

 

Some cool guy lol

 

This is what I used (bought two #4s and tossed one when I was done). Eye protection is a must. Those burrs are hot too!

 

I would think a good welder could get those on in 1-2 hours. And you won’t have any bolt heads exposed underneath. I would weld them on for that reason alone.

I paid $160 to get my sliders pc’d, was totally worth not having to paint them myself. Those suckers are huge and heavy AF. And mine didn’t have any rust. Removing the rust will probably suck too.

 

160?? Dayum that’s cheap. It’s only surface rust but the guy said he would blast them and then powder coat them for 200. So I guess not to bad. I just don’t know any welders besides the. Shops and those guys rates aren’t cheap. I’ll have to ask around if not when u coming to big bear? U have the experience I’ll provide the beer and food and you drill? Lol

 

2x! I can do the same! My Demellos wont be in till end of May/ early June. Summer Mod party!

 

This, if you don't want to weld it, then step drill it with straight bits.

I've never found a unibit that didn't leave an unsatisfactory hole. Start with a 1/8 hole and then step up in 1/8 increments to get the hole size you need. Use lubricant, machine tool lubricant is expensive and meant to preserve bit life in a production environment. I would use whatever is laying around, used motor oil is cheap. New motor oil is also cheap. WD40 is too thin and would need a constant stream.

Use inexpensive bits, consider them disposable. With lubrication you should be able to get all of the holes you need with one bit for each size.

A good transfer punch and center punch would be more important to me. Without an indent, any hand drilled hole will tend to walk. With that many holes it won't take much walking to make you start cussing.

Good luck, pics when done.