rock sliders finished!

After a long break of doing nothing, I finally finished my rock sliders.  In case you missed it, here's my first post on sliders:  rock-sliders-started. I'm trying to decide whether to paint them black or charcoal...  I had a rattle can of charcoal colored wheel paint so I tried that color first.   Hmmm....  Any opinions?

Rock sliders started

I started on my sliders today.  The first step was having some 1-5/8" 0.120" wall tubing bent by a local custom bumper fabricator.  I already had some 2"x2" 0.250" wall for the main rectangular tube.  These are 43" long at the longest.  If you're thinking of making some, remember that I cut the lower 2" off my rockers.  Oh, and there's no need to use 0.250" wall tubing--its just what I had laying around.

I used a 1-5/8" hole saw to make the middle piece.  1-3/4" might have worked a little better--I had to open up the hole a little afterwards.

update:  here's where I finished them:  http://senoraguas.blogspot.com/2012/01/rock-sliders-finished.html