Matt McClellan
The Poison Spyder JK 4 Door Rocker Armor is a great way to protect your delicate rocker panels from trail damage from rocks or sliding into trees and adds a great look to your Jeep. It’s made from 3/16 plate steel and fits the JK body lines perfectly. Can be purchased unfinished so you can paint it yourself like I did or black powder coated.
One of the negatives I can point to is that it installs with Nutserts like all body armor. That’s the only reason I don’t give it a 5 star rating. Nutserts are a pain!!!
Overall, Poison Spyder makes great products that are worth every penny. This is a great way to protect your rocker panels from trail damage and makes your Jeep look great too.
Jeep Wrangler JK’s, especially the long wheelbase 4-door Unlimited, are extremely vulnerable to rocker armor damage on the trail. Poison Spyder Brawler Rockers provide the ultimate rocker armor protection while actually enhancing your Jeep’s off-road capability”not to mention they look bad-ass!
Brawler Rockers are two-piece “mini-boatside” style rocker armor. Each component is fabricated entirely of CNC-laser cut, precision brake-formed 3/16″ plate steel. The upper piece fits the lower section of your Jeep’s exterior sheet metal like a glove, conforming to the subtle curvature of the Jeep Wrangler JK and providing protection similar to Poison Spyder’s Jeep Wrangler JK Body Armor. The lower piece incorporates an extremely strong rub rail that protrudes about 3″ outboard of the Jeep’s body tub. The top surface of the rub rail may also serve as an entry step. Below, the brake-formed 3/16″ plate steel angles down and inward to form a high clearance boatside for sliding off of rocks and obstacles. Inside, an array of beefy 3/16″ thick internal gussets provide ultimate strength to the Brawler Rocker. Oval lightning holes along the length of the boatside section provide great Poison Spyder looks while allowing access to hose out mud and debris after a day on the trail. The ends of the Brawler Rockers are capped in the same 3/16″ plate steel, in angled facets that allow up to a 40″ tire and visually integrate with the lines of Poison Spyder front and rear Jeep Wrangler JK Crusher Flares.
The upper piece attaches to the body tube using supplied stainless steel flat-head cap screws and nut-sets. The lower piece attaches to the upper piece also with stainless steel flat-head cap screws and easy-to-install clip-nuts. All fastener holes are countersunk for a flat surface using the flat-head hardware. Underneath, the lower piece attaches at the Jeep’s body mounts. Attaching the Brawler Rockers in this way, along several different planes, provides triangulated strength to the entire assembly. The body-mount tie-ins ensure that they are securely integrated to the strongest structural component of the Jeep”the frame”while also allowing the Brawler Rocker to hug the body tub as closely as possible, and to move upward with it in the event that a body lift is installed.
Brawler Rockers are designed to handle a serious beating! They not only provide unmatched rocker protection, but they also provide a super strong pivot point which can help you to maneuver through tight obstacles. The boatside design will allow the Jeep to slide off of rocks and back onto the center of the trail. The protruding rub rail keeps vertical obstructions such as trees and rock walls a safe distance from the Jeep’s doors and other vulnerable body parts. And when you need to change a tire or perform an extraction, the Brawler Rocker provides a strong, convenient lifting point for your Hi-Lift jack.
Brawler Rockers ship as bare steel, allowing you to paint or powdercoat in the color of your choice. Note that if you have previously installed Poison Spyder’s Jeep Wrangler JK Body Armor (PS-1808410, PS-1808410ALUM), you will be able to re-use the existing nut-sets, saving a significant amount of installation time (Body Armor will have to be removed).
- Nitrogen Gas Shock
- Internal Bump Stop
- 180 degree Directional Mounting
- Large 46mm Bore
- No fade or lag for consistent performance
