running boards?
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Tuned
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running boards?
hi, anyone know what to do about running boards? i have a 68 4x4 flatbed (originally a longbed i believe) with a 2" lift and 33" tires (somewhat complicated, i know). tia!
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when i first posted what was primarily motivating me at that moment was watching a lot of rubicon rocker carnage on youtube. what about for off roading?
apparently the floor panel that needs protecting is at least 12" wide, and the length of the cab.
the bottom of my cab is ~28" off the ground. perhaps a question that i should ask is, should i even be worried?
it seems as if protecting this area would require a lot of (heavy?) metal... say, two 2" steel pipes connected by 3/16" steel plate on the bottom... and everything attached cantilever style to the chassis (bolts? welds? both?)
...and (thinking out loud some more) one of those steel pipes could be from a commercial and serve dual duty as a step, particularly if the flat plate were extended outwards by 2" or so...
apparently the floor panel that needs protecting is at least 12" wide, and the length of the cab.
the bottom of my cab is ~28" off the ground. perhaps a question that i should ask is, should i even be worried?
it seems as if protecting this area would require a lot of (heavy?) metal... say, two 2" steel pipes connected by 3/16" steel plate on the bottom... and everything attached cantilever style to the chassis (bolts? welds? both?)
...and (thinking out loud some more) one of those steel pipes could be from a commercial and serve dual duty as a step, particularly if the flat plate were extended outwards by 2" or so...
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sounds good (although 4" sounds a bit big...)
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