Well i bought my first jeep bout a week ago. 08 Jk X 2dr soft top manual trans. So of course ive been checking around on accessories and such. Figured id do some basic upgrades. Sidebars/rockslider. Brushguard, lights maybe a lil chrome accent here or there. Ive been kinda shocked on the prices you guys are payin for rock sliders! Blew my mind $400-600 thats kinda nuts to me! These mfgs really are raping the jeep guys!

To put things in perspective i bought the jeep for 90% on road pretty much for the wify to drive in the winter. I am an avid offroader and have a "Beast" that i wheel with. but i figured that when i go the girls can come along and play on some of the simpler trails with the jeep.

Now how come i can get a full DOM cage from S&W for under 300.00 but some but simple rock sliders are 400-600? Dosent make sense to me.

Is there some reasonable companies out there that make rocksliders that are reasonable prices or should i just make my own?

 

Two things:
1: from what I understand w/ the jk being new and demand for products high the aftermarket has us btween a rock and a hard place on accessories.
As more companies offer products and demand slows hopefully prices will drop.
2: post pics of the beast either here or in another area, like the registry.

 

Sorry Pics are not that great but it is in a 5ft deep mud hole!


Taken last fall. never set the date right in the camera

 

Pic # 1- Frog Hole?
Pic # 2 Hole on the Power lines trails.

Both at RC...

 

Yeah the first one is frog hole the second is mud pit on the power line at rausch creek last fall. I acctually hit my rear yoke coming up out of the mud pit on the bank and shattered it (broke the yoke on the rear & the drive shaft)! drove out of the mud pit and the whole way home (1.5hr) drive with just the front drive shaft. Next time i go back hopefully i will have the dana 60 & 14ff under it & the tow rig with the trailer! Then i dont have to hold back as much and have some more fun!