GenRight Steel Rock Rails
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From: Mentor, Oh
GenRight Steel Rock Rails
Installed the new GenRight rock rails.
Before
After
Right now and for the next few months they are just bolted in place. I have some mild surface rust that I need to take care of on the Jeep from where the old Metalcloak rock rails were bolted up to the pinch seem. In order to take care of that I need to pull the new rails off. I just wanted to get them on and make sure there weren’t any fitment issues or that I needed to get them off for anything else. I will eventually weld them in place. Might not be till next spring though.
Anyways, I put them on by myself. I used a floor Jack and two bottle jacks to hold them up and a couple c-clamp style vice grips to keep them clamped to the frame. I have a Milwaukee M12 right angle drill that I used to drill all the holes and tap them as well with the rails in place. I just used a grinder with a wafer cut off wheel to cut a few drill bits short enough for the right angle drill to fit in and I did the same with the tap. Just used a lot of Anchor Lube and ran it back and forth a lot until the threads were tapped cleanly.
Other than that, it was a pretty easy install and I am really impressed with the quality of GenRights products so far. These seem to be pure beef and feel like they will hold up to the worst I might throw at them. 2” DOM x 1/4” wall thickness.
I had them coated in Patriot Liner, which ironically was the same place that did the Bullet Liner on my MC Overline fenders. I guess it was just a name change and according to the guy that did it, the Patriot Liners UV stabilizer is a little better than the Bullet Liners was. Who knows. I just know that I wanted them done like the MC's that I had on before so that when they got wet, snow or ice covered, I and my gf weren't busting our asses getting in and out of the Jeep. That bed liner really adds some nice grip and traction compared to just plain powder coating which as far as I am concerned is a trip to the hospital waiting to happen on some days.......
Before
After
Right now and for the next few months they are just bolted in place. I have some mild surface rust that I need to take care of on the Jeep from where the old Metalcloak rock rails were bolted up to the pinch seem. In order to take care of that I need to pull the new rails off. I just wanted to get them on and make sure there weren’t any fitment issues or that I needed to get them off for anything else. I will eventually weld them in place. Might not be till next spring though.
Anyways, I put them on by myself. I used a floor Jack and two bottle jacks to hold them up and a couple c-clamp style vice grips to keep them clamped to the frame. I have a Milwaukee M12 right angle drill that I used to drill all the holes and tap them as well with the rails in place. I just used a grinder with a wafer cut off wheel to cut a few drill bits short enough for the right angle drill to fit in and I did the same with the tap. Just used a lot of Anchor Lube and ran it back and forth a lot until the threads were tapped cleanly.
Other than that, it was a pretty easy install and I am really impressed with the quality of GenRights products so far. These seem to be pure beef and feel like they will hold up to the worst I might throw at them. 2” DOM x 1/4” wall thickness.
I had them coated in Patriot Liner, which ironically was the same place that did the Bullet Liner on my MC Overline fenders. I guess it was just a name change and according to the guy that did it, the Patriot Liners UV stabilizer is a little better than the Bullet Liners was. Who knows. I just know that I wanted them done like the MC's that I had on before so that when they got wet, snow or ice covered, I and my gf weren't busting our asses getting in and out of the Jeep. That bed liner really adds some nice grip and traction compared to just plain powder coating which as far as I am concerned is a trip to the hospital waiting to happen on some days.......