MORryde Rotopax Side Mount for 18-24 Jeep Wrangler JL

If you don't have Rubi-style rails, these MORryde mounts are a snap to install - just do the usual common-sense thing with getting all your bolts loosely fitted before you go tightening things down.

Small but nice feature for when you're getting things laid out for installation, MORryde has a little laser-cut "D" on the driver side panel and a similar little "P" cut out on the passenger panel. You'd notice if you got them backwards as soon as you moved them into position, but this makes it even simpler to end up with the correct plate on the correct side of your Jeep right from the start.

I found things a little trickier when I went to add a pair of Barricade Rubi Rails into the mix, but I was ultimately successful. The tricky bit for me was that one of front mounting bolts on each of the Barricade rails had just barely enough space to clear the pinch seam of the Jeep, and was too narrow to fit both the width of the pinch seam plus the thickness of the MORryde panel at the same time. I got around that by fully unmounting the MORryde panels, threading the panel's bottom mount holes over the front bolts of the Barricade rails with the rails on the ground, and then moving both pieces into position at the same time. (With the MORryde panel already slid into place over the rail bolts ahead of time, the rail bolts still had their full gap available to make it over the pinch seam.) Might need a second pair of hands to get both pieces moved into position if you hit this situation. (Or in my case, some artful application of paracord to help hold the top of the MORryde plate in a good position.) Once you've got the rail bolts through the pinch seam you should have clear sailing for getting the rest of the nuts and bolts in place and secured.

And it's always possible that I just got an unusually tight-fitting set of rails and that most folks won't have the slightest problem getting their rails to slide over the MORryde plates and pinch seam without playing any games. In any event, all's well that ends well, and I was able to get the rails and MORryde panels to live happily ever after with only a bit of extra effort.

The MORryde panels feel super-solid, where I can grab the RotoPax mount and haul up and down on it enough to get the Jeep rocking on its suspension without the MORryde panel shifting or flexing even the tiniest bit. Ditto if I lock a RotoPax container into position, grab the edges of the container and start tugging on it - I can get the Jeep body moving around that way, but the container and panel are rock solid.