Rocker protection on your rig is not only practical
but has become a standard/required upgrade for your
trail vehicle. Rock Ratz has provided that very
solution for the XJ and ZJ, and now the WJ.
These awesome Trail Rails are made to protect your
rocker panels and door opening from receiving major
damage, without losing any ground clearance. If you
can bend these, just think what the damage would have
been to the sheet metal rocker, more than that, the
body work to get your door to open without scraping
metal! Plus, you can use your hi-jack anywhere on the
Trail Rail. The Trail Rail forms one solid line from
wheel well to wheel well like a solid beam. Fits 2
door and 4 door, 2wd and 4wd models. And they are
beefy, providing a thick 3/16" Steel protection that
is formed to match the WJ's body. Another
great feature of the rails is that come professionally
powder coated. Because of this, they are packed
and shipped so that they do not scratch or chip the
powder coating, a big plus! Another major plus
is that RockRatz made sure the WJ rails cover the
pinch weld for that added protection!! Now, onto the
installation.
What You Will Need
• Trail Rail Kit (All hardware included)
• 5/32"
Allen Wrench
• 1/4"
Drill Bit
• 7/16"
Drill Bit
•
Electric or Cordless drill
• Bottle
Jack or floor jack
• Metal
File
• Rubber
Mallet
CAUTION: The
Trails Rails are heavy duty, always be sure the trail rail
is secured in place with jack when under vehicle securing
the trail rail to underside of rocker.
Installation
1.
The kit comes with self-tapping screws so that you
can temporarily fasten the front rails to the vehicle.
The Rails are heavy, so use a jack to assist with the
lifting into place and keeping in position.
2.
Once the rail is positioned with the jack, grab a few
self-tapping screws. Starting at the furthest holes,
screw them in staring with the first and last and them
middle and same for bottom.
3.
One thing to know is that the sheet metal has a slight bow
to it, so if you have to put more self-tapping screws in, do
so until the rail is flush with the sheet metal at the top
of the rail. If the rail is not flush the bottom bolts
will bind once the face bolts are tightened.
4.
Now that you have the rails semi-attached with the
self-tapping screws, it's time to grab the drill with the
1/4" drill bit. Using the pre-drilled holes in the
Trail Rails as your template, start drilling top and bottom
holes. Remember the top of the trail rails needs to be
flush prior to drilling bottom holes. Depending on
your size drill and length of your bit, you may need to
slightly jack your vehicle up in order to drill the bottom
holes as I did and please remember to exercise caution when
under your vehicle if slightly jacked up.
5.
After all the 1/4" holes are drilled on top and bottom,
remove the rails and increase the size of the holes with the
7/16" drill bit. On a couple of holes I drilled, I
need to use a metal file to get the burrs off, simple
remedy.
6.
Now it's time to use the jack nuts that came with the kit.
The jack nut will fit into the 7/16" hole. Using the
jack nut wrench and one of the supplied bolts, tighten the
screw, the jack nut will collapse on the sheet metal.
If you want o quicken this step, you can cut the end
off your Allen wrench or if you have a that specific size
Allen bit for your drill, have at it. Make sure you
drill slowly, because if you go full blast with the drill
the jack nut wrench can catch and start spinning and pinch
you.
7.
After installing all the jack nuts, the nuts will be
slightly above the sheet metal. By taking your rubber
mallet, slightly hit the jack nut, this will indent the
metal and provide a smooth surface when installing your
Trail Rail.
8.
Loosely install all the bolts through the rail and into
the jack nut. The face bolts (top) may have to be
tightened to get the bottom bolts to align correctly.
9.
Tighten all face bolts first, this should align the bottom
bolts, then tighten the bottom. Your holes in the
rails can be enlarged if they don't line up with the jack
nuts once in the factory rocker panel.
10.
Repeat the other side and that's it!
PRODUCT INFORMATION
RockRatz, LLC 13041 W. Cherry Hills
El Mirage, AZ 85335
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