NEW IMPROVED DESIGN: As of January 2010, all of our WJ Rock Sliders will be manufactured with a 2" wider stance, which will hold your door 2" further off the rocks and trees than our previous design would have.  We have included this benefit at no additional charge, to thank you, our loyal customers, for your support and loyalty!

As you can see from the photo, the Hard-KOR Extreme Duty Lateral Protection (LP2) Rocker Panel Protection Sliders' leading and trailing edges stick out from the body at a 45 degree angle, so if there is a rock  that your tire has just dropped over, you will not get caught on it, as this design allows the Rocker Panel Protection Sliders to lift the Jeep up and over obstacles.  

Note: There is now a round tube version available.  Click here to check them out.

 From this angle, you can just barely see the 3" gap between the two main rails.  This allows for a non-slip notch for you to insert a Hi-Lift jack anywhere along the underside of the slider to lift the Jeep up for changing a tire, getting un-stuck, or just to show off for your friends (just kidding).  The LP2 Extreme Duty Round and Square Tube Rocker Panel Protection Sliders will go on a Limited without any additional modifications.  However, the Laredo will require trimming and/or removal of the lower body cladding.  (My recommendation for Laredo owners is to remove the lower cladding to install the Rocker Panel Protection Sliders without having to trim anything.  Then, if you ever decide to sell the Jeep, you can take the Rocker Panel Protection Sliders off and reinstall the cladding.)

I had several people e-mail me about my design who were asking for a model that doesn't have the lateral protection bar on the outside, so that you're able to bolt them on without modification of the lower cladding on the Laredo and Overland model Grand Cherokees.  So, now there are two versions that you can buy for your WJ.  The Heavy Duty Lateral Clearance  (LC2) Rocker Panel Protection Sliders are built to eliminate having to trim or remove the cladding and fits INSIDE the cladding, hanging down about 3/4"~1" lower than the cladding.

    The LC2 model protects from underneath, and offers an extra 4" of clearance per side when compared to the LP2 model for those really tight trails.  These, of course, are not Hi-Lift-able like the LP1 version, but you could surely get a stock bottle jack under them and the surface you are on.  Both versions were designed with maximum ground clearance in mind: the lowest point on both versions is still above the transmission cross member, so no ground clearance is lost.