Installed the Amp Power Steps (w light kit) on Friday and I HIGHLY recommend them. Install wasn't tough (manual recommends professional installation...??) Mounting both side took about 1.5 hrs total (mostly cause I had to remove a Camper Tie Down bracket to re-route the e-brake cable), another 1.5 of routing the wiring loom and identifying the correct door ajar wires on the passenger side harness. Light kit was the only thing that required drilling (4 9/32 holes for the wires to pass throught the seam weld). They took another 45 minutes. Two thoughts 1. Using crimp on butt connectors to connect the loom to each of the four lights was kind of lame and took an otherwise TOP quality product down half a notch. 2. The manual doesn't show the correct E-brake setup so had to call for clarification. Still works fine but would be nice if the drawings matched the truck since they are custom to it.

They perform great, and while I was reluctant to spend that much on steps, am now really glad I did.

EDIT: One other issue, the instructions say to route the wiring loom across the front of the engine compartment, then down over the front wheel well, under the truck and then to the drive motor for the driver board. It's not long enough to do that. I ended up routing it across the middle and securing it to several existing hoses/cables. Works fine but not as the instructions state.

 

Excellent, when I did mine, I threw out the butt splices they provided and used ones with heatshrink on them. This way it is also waterproof.
I've had mine on for about 9 months and love them, no issues.

 

Joe, Good idea, I used the supplied butt splices but sealed them with two coats of liquid electrical tape.

 

Pics or it didn't happen


Question - are they lower than the stock step bars ?

 

Yeah I'd like to know that as well. Possibly thinking of upgrading to them in the future over the stock ford ones.

 

I think they are lower than stock but don't have anything to compare them against. First photo shows them retracted (so all you see is 4 hex head bolts for the brackets, second is fully deployed. Cool feature I didn't know about, if you want them to stay deployed, just step with a little weight on them and they won't retract. Safety feature to keep from pinching things between them and the body.

 

Those are considerly lower than OEM steps.

 

My truck is stock height and they seem to be at a great level for entry/exit.

 

They look GREAT!

 

I've had mine on my truck 2+ years and have had only one instance where my side didn't come down. It was frozen closed by a large chunk of ice on/under the fender. Gave it a swift kick (the ice) and down came the step. Couple more pics in this thread:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...iner-pics.html

I love 'em, worth every penny!

 

Nice

 

I would love to do a set of these steps but I am thinking I will have to relocate my air tank and air horns so gotta wait until I am prepared to move some stuff.

Looks great !

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Ya they are definitely lower than the stock ones, also it helps your truck look taller

 

Very happy with my steps. My wife has 2 artificial hips and can get in the truck without using the stool needed on our '08.

 

Rob, interesting you bring an issue up because I didnt have this issue. I ended up routing across the front by drilling small pilot holes in the radiator support and securing with zip ties. I didnt feel comfortable routing the harness any other way due to heat sources such as turbo, etc. My harness was just right in length though.. maybe they got you the wrong harness? I could take a pic of routing i guess... it was kind of a pita to do!