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First three our four times I opened my door to get in my truck, I completely forgot about them. My shins reminded me.
Haha I know exactly what you mean. I can't leave the house to go anywhere (except work) without taking my 3 year old daughter with me. She doesn't get excited to go anywhere in momma's van but anytime there's a chance to go in dada's truck she's in! It's cute and it makes me feel good. Watching her climb up the truck into her little seat is also entertaining.
Those are sweet. Nice and stealth.
Thats very interesting... "loud when the roads were wet..."
Haha I guess that does sound strange. BUT! When the roads are really wet or you hit a puddle at 55+ mph you could hear the water hitting the steps. I know that there is increased road noise when roads are wet put this was a very noticeable high pitched sound. That is honestly the only reason I switched. I loved the look and usability of the Nfab epyx step.Thats very interesting... "loud when the roads were wet..."
yours look like they are tucked up a bit higher. is there any adjustments for that? the dealer put them on mine so i am not sure
The mopar brands hold up years without rusting, check out the reviews on them. Although you may not like the stylesThats very interesting... "loud when the roads were wet..."
I actually prefer the look of the curved oval tube step style myself so after all this research and all these photos i think i'm gonna TRY the Tyger Auto Rider running boards. (which is a misnomer cuz they are tube steps) They have a textured powder coat finish (which looks pretty good), are pretty cheap, and the reviews and install instructions and vids I've seen are positive. And they attach on the 5th gens the same as all the other ones. If for some reason those don't work out i'll likely go to the Rough Country tube ones... but I can't see putting ones on that cost over $400 again like Westins since powder coating on all brands eventually flakes off... (and by eventually i mean within 2 years) And it could be my region, but still.
Powder coating and me have a love/hate relationship. Powder coating loves to flake off and have me hate it and want to take the steps off and bring them to the range and turn them into screen doors... but then I wasted money on the steps AND the ammo.
So this time i'm gonna take them and get them Line-x'd when it happens haha.
Yeah I've seen em... and correct i am not a fan. They used to have the step bar style but changed to this flat style along the way, which is why i didn't put them on my order... they're also approaching $600 aftermarket and were a $700 option on the list... another HUGE turn off for something I still don't believe the powder coat will hold up on. Not really worried about rust in particular since most of these made of stainless or aluminum now. They just still can't get that powder coat to stick in an area that has a bunch of snow/ice removal chemicals half the year. And i've had 5 sets of step bars different trucks over the years, all different manufacturers and 2 sets of OEM... the only ones that looked the same on the last day as they did on the first day were the bare brushed aluminum ones. No coat... so no coating can fail, hahaha unfortunately those don't look good at all IMO on a dark, sexy truck like these new Rebels.
