Yep sure is. My sliders are welded. No need to have them bolt on if you don’t have to in my opinion.
That is interesting, I had heard it was not good to weld the rock sliders on, rather bolt them, cause they can be damaged and if welded not as easy to replace. It was likened to not welding my front bumper to the frame, it will stay a bolt on bumper.
But, hey that was just an inter net opinion I read, and I am learning this jeep stuff, first time.
Got to give this some thought. pros, cons?
We, me and a friend both got XJs, and both got the stiffeners to install, he had sliders already, and I bought a pair, same as his. I got drop control arm brackets to deal with around the frame stiffener, his is stock control arm bracket. We got his stiffeners trial fitted yesterday, we marked places we will add weld nuts for tranny cross bar mounting bolts to supplement the stock weld nuts, thus cross bar will be held with four bolts per side, two stock, two added.
after weld nuts installed, brush paint inside of stiffener with two part DP epoxy, leaving bare area in weld zones. two coats. after last DP epoxy coat cures, rattle can weld thru zinc on bare weld areas. outside of stiffener remains bare.
clean off the paint and under coat off frame in weld zones, then apply zinc weld thru rattle can primer to the bare weld zones.
Refit the stiffener stiffener and weld it on. after which wire brush the weld areas, and paint the the exterior of stiffener, and bare frame areas with two coats DP epoxy.
I am not a fan of using sealer chalk around the seams at all. It will never remain sealed, water, salt water, dirt, etc will enter the frame and and work it's way into the double layer created by the stiffener. Far better to have a free flowing pathway from top of stiffener to bottom, a bottom drain so that the double layer space can be easily and fully flushed with a garden house.
If you got every thing sealed up, yet some how water, perhaps salty water gets in, you will not be able to rinse it well, if at all if the top is all sealed and there are few drain holes.
If you see salted roads, drive on an ocean beach, wheel near the Great Salt Lake, or many salt rich deserts in California (Saline Valley, were even the dry dust is corrosive and must be thoroughly rinsed out of the frames when you get home) then you NEED I think to be able to readily flush the space between the stiffener and frame, and use of sealers along the edges inhibits good flushing. What you all think about that, dumb idea? :confused1
THANKS!:bunny: