Side-step selection
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Side-step selection
Trying to decide between a couple step options for my new 2022 I just took delivery of.
Option A at face value I favor but I see reviews of people complaining the steps don't line up with the doors well, and another on this forum about if the frame flexes they'll contact the body? Being full box frame I can't imagine there's much flex but still not something I want
https://www.americantrucks.com/n-fab...14cc-6-tx.html
Option B is also from nfab, looks really rugged albeit not as much protection as the nerf bars would offer, but doesn't allow for a step beside the bed
https://www.americantrucks.com/n-fab...ff15cc-tx.html
I suppose option C would be to go back and get OEM side steps
Curious if anyone has used n-fab and their thoughts, or if there's something better i'm overlooking. Thanks!
Option A at face value I favor but I see reviews of people complaining the steps don't line up with the doors well, and another on this forum about if the frame flexes they'll contact the body? Being full box frame I can't imagine there's much flex but still not something I want
https://www.americantrucks.com/n-fab...14cc-6-tx.html
Option B is also from nfab, looks really rugged albeit not as much protection as the nerf bars would offer, but doesn't allow for a step beside the bed
https://www.americantrucks.com/n-fab...ff15cc-tx.html
I suppose option C would be to go back and get OEM side steps
Curious if anyone has used n-fab and their thoughts, or if there's something better i'm overlooking. Thanks!
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Trying to decide between a couple step options for my new 2022 I just took delivery of.
Option A at face value I favor but I see reviews of people complaining the steps don't line up with the doors well, and another on this forum about if the frame flexes they'll contact the body? Being full box frame I can't imagine there's much flex but still not something I want
https://www.americantrucks.com/n-fab...14cc-6-tx.html
Option B is also from nfab, looks really rugged albeit not as much protection as the nerf bars would offer, but doesn't allow for a step beside the bed
https://www.americantrucks.com/n-fab...ff15cc-tx.html
I suppose option C would be to go back and get OEM side steps
Curious if anyone has used n-fab and their thoughts, or if there's something better i'm overlooking. Thanks!
Option A at face value I favor but I see reviews of people complaining the steps don't line up with the doors well, and another on this forum about if the frame flexes they'll contact the body? Being full box frame I can't imagine there's much flex but still not something I want
https://www.americantrucks.com/n-fab...14cc-6-tx.html
Option B is also from nfab, looks really rugged albeit not as much protection as the nerf bars would offer, but doesn't allow for a step beside the bed
https://www.americantrucks.com/n-fab...ff15cc-tx.html
I suppose option C would be to go back and get OEM side steps
Curious if anyone has used n-fab and their thoughts, or if there's something better i'm overlooking. Thanks!
Go Rhino RB20 w/ additional steps. The steps can be bought in pairs and slide fore/aft along length of the boards.
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Certainly giving these a look, thanks! The Dominator series looks really good, bolt on lower steps as/where needed
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I have your option "A" N Fab steps on my 2020 F250 CCLB and like them very much. I'm an Outside Salesman and have customers in my truck pretty much every day and I get compliments on my steps a lot, especially from the ladies.
As a heads up I had mine coated by the local Line-X shop, and he installed them on my truck for free. They are very long, 10 feet I think, and I had the Line X guy buy them for me so I didn't have to handle them. The pricing was the same as if I had bought them myself but I avoided freight and the risk of damage,
Nfab makes a great product-good luck with your new truck.
As a heads up I had mine coated by the local Line-X shop, and he installed them on my truck for free. They are very long, 10 feet I think, and I had the Line X guy buy them for me so I didn't have to handle them. The pricing was the same as if I had bought them myself but I avoided freight and the risk of damage,
Nfab makes a great product-good luck with your new truck.
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The RB series are better supported clones of the Raptor/Tremor steps. The entire boards can adjust fore/aft to your tastes due to their mounting channel design. Watch a Youtube install and you'll get the picture. The bedliner finish looks like a sturdy foothold.
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I have your option "A" N Fab steps on my 2020 F250 CCLB and like them very much. I'm an Outside Salesman and have customers in my truck pretty much every day and I get compliments on my steps a lot, especially from the ladies.
As a heads up I had mine coated by the local Line-X shop, and he installed them on my truck for free. They are very long, 10 feet I think, and I had the Line X guy buy them for me so I didn't have to handle them. The pricing was the same as if I had bought them myself but I avoided freight and the risk of damage,
Nfab makes a great product-good luck with your new truck.
As a heads up I had mine coated by the local Line-X shop, and he installed them on my truck for free. They are very long, 10 feet I think, and I had the Line X guy buy them for me so I didn't have to handle them. The pricing was the same as if I had bought them myself but I avoided freight and the risk of damage,
Nfab makes a great product-good luck with your new truck.
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I had steps like the first ones on a Tacoma a few years ago... I hated them personally speaking and would have rather had actual running boards.
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