Rock Sliders, which should I get? Poll included

[LS13]

There is one company that has been building nothing but rock sliders for 18 years for numerous 4x4. https://white-knuckleoffroad.com/

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[fredygump]

I ran trucks in Michigan for years, so this is the question I actually have experience with.

Straight answer: nothing is salt-proof. Best coating made still gets eaten eventually. I recoated about every 3-4 years depending on how bad the winter was. Anyone telling you otherwise is selling you something.

What you want is the finish that buys you the most time, and that's bedliner. It's thicker than powder coat, it's textured, and when it does wear you can touch it up yourself instead of stripping and redoing the whole slider. We're one of the few running it our 4th gen Tacoma sliders come in raw, powder coat, or bedliner, and you can mix and match slider and filler plate finishes.

Real bonus for winter: that texture gives you grip stepping up with snowy boots.

Since you said you're probably not crawling much, Step Edition is your call. Flat 0-degree step, easy in and out daily, and it's still 1.75" DOM with .120 wall on 3/16" frame plates — bolted to the frame, rated to hold the full weight of the truck if you do end up somewhere ugly. Made in the USA, 100% bolt-on, no drilling.

Double cab short bed and long bed both available. Happy to spec it out with you https://caliraisedled.com/collections/2024-toyota-tacoma-rock-sliders

I gotta say that I do appreciate made in America. I am not interested in an import product!

Would you do bed liner over the powder coat? Of course it would be an extra cost.

Several years ago I painted and bedliner sprayed the trailer hitch on my GTI. I just used spray cans for primer, paint, and bed liner. (I also did appropriate prep work like removing peeling paint and neutralizing the old rust.)

My cheap rustoleum paint job has held up and remained rust free for like 6 years, while the factory paint (powder coat, supposedly) was a complete fail after 2-3 years. So yeah, I think combining powder coat and bedliner would be a winning combination

 

[jetengr19]

I've used Rocky Road Outfitters supersiders on several vehicles over the years. They've been building sliders forever. They are very heavy duty. If you are off roading, they are a solid option. I have the OEM slides on my Trailhunter so this is the first off road vehicle where I haven't bought them. But really like the kick out option so maybe an upgrade is in my future.

 

[Rising Sun]

Another vote for white knuckle off-road sliders

 

[Cali Raised LED]

I gotta say that I do appreciate made in America. I am not interested in an import product!

Would you do bed liner over the powder coat? Of course it would be an extra cost.

Several years ago I painted and bedliner sprayed the trailer hitch on my GTI. I just used spray cans for primer, paint, and bed liner. (I also did appropriate prep work like removing peeling paint and neutralizing the old rust.)

My cheap rustoleum paint job has held up and remained rust free for like 6 years, while the factory paint (powder coat, supposedly) was a complete fail after 2-3 years. So yeah, I think combining powder coat and bedliner would be a winning combination

I’m a huge fan of the bed liner on the top plate paired with the powder coat on the slider itself. You get the durability and corrosion protection of the powder coat, while the bed liner on the step surface adds a lot more grip and takes the abuse from boots, rocks, and everyday use.

We don’t currently offer bed liner over the entire powder-coated slider as an option. Worst case, you could order them raw and coat them yourself if you wanted full control over the finish, but I don’t think your idea is a bad one at all.

For what it’s worth, our sliders are made here in Texas, in-house by our team. We handle the fabrication ourselves rather than importing a finished slider and putting our name on it.

I think you’d be really happy with the powder-coated slider with the bed liner top plate.

 

[fredygump]

Another vote for white knuckle off-road sliders

Their website form only gives option for double cab short bed, but it appears you have the long bed. Did they make a long bed version for you? Or is that the short bed version? It doesn't look like it is the wrong size.

I have the double cab long bed.

 

[Rising Sun]

You may be clicking on the wrong icon on their webpage. One icon is just for short beds and the other picture of a long bed Tacoma will take you to all of the long bed sliders.

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