Now let's talk about options.
I have seen multiple times posted on multiple times recently that people would be interested in a protection tube or even a tube fender that runs from the slider to a bumper and bolts on at both ends. Something that could be described as a mini/bolt-on Exo skeleton.
We can do this as an option for any order for a small additional fee that is TBD. We need to get a handle on cost of materials.
What will be required on the slider side of things is making the ends accept another piece of square tubing in the future. Similar to a receiver hitch. This piece will have the fender protector tube welded to it and will bolt into the existing rock slider. The other end will have the same type of connection to the bumper we are developing.
To do this we will shorten the front end of the slider approx. 2" from your standard slider, insert a removable cap and drill a hole in the horizontal faces in which a bolt will slip through to affix the future piece.
I put together a model real quick to visually explain the idea. Please keep in mind this is just a visual example not a final design. Pictured is a 1.75" tube that I already had modeled. I actually think I would use 1" tube(s) for the tubular fender /fender protector. But you get the idea.