removing plastic running boards
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removing plastic running boards
after the leveling kit and the 350 blocks i wanna make the truck look a little higher. plus i am kinda tired of the truck getting hung up on them when off road. what does everyone think about taking them off?
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I actually broke my plastic ones off on the trail, and then unbolted the remains in about 10 minutes. If you have a super cab, what are you doing with those boards? I need a set to keep the salt of the bottoms of my doors and rockers as much as possible
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kinda but will the '08 borads bolt onto the '06 body. Mount all the same. I have an FX4 with the factory chrome tubes and want to put on the plastic. My wife has a fear my little kids might slip and get their legs between the body and the tubes and do some damage if they then fell backwards. I like teh '08 plastic boards better than the older ones.
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I actually broke my plastic ones off on the trail, and then unbolted the remains in about 10 minutes. If you have a super cab, what are you doing with those boards? I need a set to keep the salt of the bottoms of my doors and rockers as much as possible
thats what i am scared i am gonna do...
i think i am gonna keep them for a while and see if i like it with out them or untill i get a set of chrome tube ones.... but we'll see
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From: Spring Lake
Originally Posted by mstiles19
thats what i am scared i am gonna do...
i think i am gonna keep them for a while and see if i like it with out them or untill i get a set of chrome tube ones.... but we'll see
i think i am gonna keep them for a while and see if i like it with out them or untill i get a set of chrome tube ones.... but we'll see
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if you do take them off..and decide you want them back on....HAVE FUN!! i took mine off for a hunting trip (for more ground clearence) with the intention of putting them back on when i got back...well there are back on but i can tell you they are never comming back off again unless they get torn off.
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Originally Posted by 5.4L to Freedom
When I broke them I didn't actually know it, but as soon as i started to get a footing they just fell right off! All i did was go up a 60 degree incline that was maybe 4 feet tall, as soon as I started to climb up the hill they bottomed out. It was nice to have them warn me I was very close to a more serious problem though! I backed off and thankfully did not beach my truck and ruin the body!
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Originally Posted by wlihntr
if you do take them off..and decide you want them back on....HAVE FUN!! i took mine off for a hunting trip (for more ground clearence) with the intention of putting them back on when i got back...well there are back on but i can tell you they are never comming back off again unless they get torn off.
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Originally Posted by Canadian 6.0
kinda but will the '08 borads bolt onto the '06 body. Mount all the same. I have an FX4 with the factory chrome tubes and want to put on the plastic. My wife has a fear my little kids might slip and get their legs between the body and the tubes and do some damage if they then fell backwards. I like teh '08 plastic boards better than the older ones.The guy I sold my '08 boards to put them on an '03, no problem.
The newer plastic boards are pretty nice. Solid molded with only the brackets being steel. Should hold up well in snow country.
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the brackets on my 2000 f-350 plastic boards basically rotted off so i ordered a set of bully side steps, just the loops.... im not a very big fan of running boards but with the summer wheels and tires on its kinda hard to get in especially for the lady.