"jeep" sidesteps

[optical]

as predicted by someone on here (hehe) id come to grief with my steps, well i was out today and the track was real bad, random rocks boulders and ditches everywhere and i bashed my sidestep, no physical damage, but the nuts popped out the channels at the rear.

do i just re-insert them, or do i piss them off altogether ?

im 6"3 so i dont really use them for getting in the car unlike the ex used to (shortarse)

they look cool, but the question is are they worthwhile, i guess they protect the side sills, and id rather damage a step before my sill.....

3" lift and 31's will be on car eventually.. well lift first anyhow

[H.G.]

Keep em..
I just put mine back on and am starting to fall in love with them all over again....
and the dog isnt so afraid of the long drop to the concrete now haha.

[polly]

go and get yourself a set of these mate...

from Jbitz

have saved my sills from a certain death

[optical]

mm they look decent.

need to put my limited finances in other places atm so upgrading something i already have doesnt make sence atm

re attached the one that popped off, easy done

[Priest]

I told my (ex) Girlfriend that I'd get sidesteps when I had about a 5" lift and 33's...

[Wayne]

I solved the problem with the side steps (after mangling them twice) by mounting the steps on 75mm x 10 mm flat bar, replacing the nuts in the steps with a bit of flat bar cut to fit and tapped out to take 10mm cup head bolts which tighten up with an allen key to reduce any catch points, I then held this in place against the chassis mount brackets for the side steps, cut the brackets flush and welded the flat bar to the brackets.

It took a bit of time but efectively gave me about one and half inches clearance under the steps.

This with about a 55mm lift seems to have solved the problem. If you know SE NSW I have been in and out of Bendethera in the Deau National Park from the Cooma - Braidwood Road and out via the Merricmbene Trail to Araluen and I have also been straight out to Moruya on the coast with no problems. As a matter of fact I am going down to Bendethera tomorrow via Merricmbene Trail from Araluen and back out via Cooma and I don't expect to have any problems with the steps.

[optical]

can you get some pics so its easier for us to see what you just said

sounds good tho !

priest, well with with no mrs now, you wont need them at all (same goes for me actually! )

btw - when you lifting her somemore ?