Check your EVO sliders.
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OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
It's pretty common. They are going to flex if hit hard enough. Mine did first trip out.
LoPo
Caught the Bug
Not sure, ORE installed them so I think they have a predefined standard. Yea rock skins would help but wouldn't work with my shittybilt front fenders.
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LoPo
Caught the Bug
Lol. We'll I'm just a Web wheeler.... but in this case there was no better line.
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Sharkey
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That's more wheeling than I have done in a long time. (And there is always a better line)
GCM 2
New member
Correct, this is what causes the damage to the body. If the EVO sliders did flex, they would bend and stay bent. If your sliders are not bent, then its just your jeep's body compressing the rubber frame mounts. Also, the slider tubes will more than likely deform (have a dent in the tubing) before they would bend to the point contacting the body. Not saying the sliders can't bend, but it would be obvious as they would not return to their original shape.
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Serg5000
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So your saying it's not possible for the tube to flex then flex back to it's original shape? or real close?.
FrankenJeeper
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I second Greg's statement, if the sliders themselves flexed into the body, they more than likely would not spring back I to their original position. Once DOM tube bends it tends to stay there.
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BlackKnight
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The steel that they are made of would not return to an unbent state. Steel that will return to an unbent state if a much different manufacturing process and also would allow too much flex I the slider.
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travisk
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This is not true. All steel will deflect and rebound to an extent. You can see this when you run DOM through a tube bender. You always have to go a few degrees past your intended bend because the tube will bounce back.
I don't think it would be possible to make a slider that stands unsupported a foot off of the frame and doesn't deflect just a little bit.
Here's a demonstration. The tub might be flexing a little bit as well, but the sliders are also clearly giving slightly to the weight of the vehicle on the rock.
Sorry about the video. This guy obviously got lost on the way to Starbucks.
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