I am currently between paint coats on all but 2 of my skids and the sliders are sitting there taunting me to put them on now....

My question is what it the best order to put these on? Hefty's site tells the order to put the skids on so that should be easy enough to follow but I am unsure if any of the slider bolts end up under the skids once they are on.

Since they are being installed in my driveway I want all the room I can have to get under for the skids and I feel I loose a bit of space once the sliders are on, but if the bolts go under the skids, they need to go on first.

Any direction would be greatly appreciated.

As a side note; if you buy the skids, pay for the powder coat. I'm about $100.00 in on the cleaners, sanders, primer and paint for the skids as well as the whole day it is taking to get all the coats done. If I had got the coating I would not of had to remove the surface rust from picking them up at the freight yard the one day it has rained in June in Cali in who knows how many years as well as having the fun of actually doing the painting and figuring out where to leave them to harden until I get more time to put them on.

Thanks!

Go ahead and put the sliders on, they don't attach to the skids at all. Pretty easy to install as well, only one hole per side to drill.

probably would be easier to do skids first so you aren't having to duck around the sliders. but, i did my sliders first (AJs sliders) then NX Rocks skids and it was pretty easy. the hefty/NX skids do not go out to the frame where the sliders will attach so don't worry about having to get around the skids for the sliders.

either way you go will probably be about the same. if it were me, i'd do the skids first so the sliders are not in the way when getting under the sides of the truck

Don't think it matters too much!

Thanks everyone.

I would like to leave the sliders until last, but I still have 2 skids to paint tomorrow, ran out of room to do them all at once, so I guess the sliders go on between paint coats tomorrow and the skids go on next weekend after they have had time for the enamel to get good and hard.

Thanks again!