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Pros

The finish reminds me of the old sterling submachineguns. Do not hesitate to buy these. They look awesome and are very sturdy.

Heavy, but easy to install with a ratchet, 5/8 socket, and a couple of jack stands to hold them up. They are solid after the bolts are tightened. No modifying needed with the slotted mounting holes.

These bars are so tuff you can pick up the whole jeep with them. Just installed these on my new 2016 jeep wrangler unlimited. They bolt under two frame mounts and the stock rock rails bolt to the jeep in four places.

Smittybilt rock sliders offer added protection in the parking lot also. No damage to my jeep and minor scratches to the rail. Looked great out of the box and even better on my new jeep.

I write honest reviews from my actual experience after purchasing and using the product. Very happy with my purchase.



Cons

What a disappointment from someone like smittybilt. The installation is a huge pain! Haven't decided whether to try to fix it myself or to go through the hassle of removing and returning the thing.

The bolt pattern/frame is about 1 shorter than my 2013 wrangler. Because the front hole is so much off, the wall of the mounting-bracket is to close to the bolt. The problem is that if you have to modify the jeep to add these on when you bore out moun...  Read More

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Quality


No damages or scratches to the product.


Bolted these on yesterday with the help of a buddy.


Which brings me to my issue with the mounting.


I've read a lot of reviews on this product.

Competitiveness


Ordered these for my 2016 jku and could not be happier.


We installed these on a friends jku.


I see this is good in case of flex and it is still rock solid (rated to 300lbs each) but i would not, in good confidence, use t...  Read More


It looks like these we’re delivered directly from smittybilt.

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, easy, fit and heavy.
  • Our AI detects a high amount of irrelevant reviews for this listing. A number of the reviews included in this product may belong to other variations, editions or versions that may not be representative of the current product being sold.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 13.7% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 299 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 2 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Just be prepared if they slip that’s 50 lbs on your chest


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It looks like these we’re delivered directly from smittybilt


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It was harder to take the other steps off than to put these on


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Look great not slick and perform well


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It actually took me more time to figure out the nut size on my jeep to get off the factory rocker guards than it did to put this on


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Oh wait the wife did handed me a wrench


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Once attached one side squeaked and we had to figure out what part was causing the squeak again the area where the armor attached was the cause after grinding the part it relieved the metal to metal contact stopping the squeak


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Didnt need to mod any part of the bars

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