Which nerf bars?

Numbnuts · Post by **Numbnuts** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:26 am

Wife and kiddies having a bit of trouble getting in and out of the PW.

I'm thinking N-Fab Nerf bars.....anybody have em and like em?

Anybody else recommend nerf bars w/a small step?

No need for rock sliders, just the nerf bars.

I really like the amp step that retracts but that's out of the price range......

joeschmidt · Post by **joeschmidt** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:36 am

I had the nfab stainless version. Looked ok. The step if wet is very slippery and they started to show rusty spots all over them after a winter. Save your money imo and get the amp power steps. I have them now and love them. Worked flawlessly through a Michigan winter and look 100% cleaner on the truck

squatch · Post by **squatch** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:49 am

I have nfab steps in textured black. they have held up well. on second winter. if they do get rust i can touch up with spray on bedliner.

Retired BLM Rig · Post by **Retired BLM Rig** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:54 am

X2 on the Amp PowerStep or Bestop PowerBoard. Worth the investment, much easier for the wife and kids to span the gap between the ground and door sill. Love mine!

Numbnuts · Post by **Numbnuts** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:33 am

Did you guys install them powersteps yourselves?

Easy? or not....

YouTube · Post by **OffroadTreks** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 11:01 am

Numbnuts wrote:Did you guys install them powersteps yourselves?

Easy? or not....

Not easy, check out the install video on youtube. Worth paying to have them installed.

Hammerballs · Post by **Hammerballs** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 11:03 am

I'm planning to take my factory chrome nerf bars off and put White Knuckle sliders on. Nerf bars will be for sale. Coming off a 2016.

Numbnuts · Post by **Numbnuts** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 11:18 am

Hammerballs wrote:I'm planning to take my factory chrome nerf bars off and put White Knuckle sliders on. Nerf bars will be for sale. Coming off a 2016.

Thx for the offer but I think I'm gonna go with a black color step/nerf bar or auto retract when I decide which way to go

TankerZak · Post by **TankerZak** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:52 pm

I was about to go AMP step then i realized I'd possibly be submerging and electronic step. Threw on White Knuckle rock sliders after that. I also caved in a set of nerf bars into my rocker panel before... so i like thd rock sliders and they make a nice, tucked, and compact step.

TankerZak · Post by **TankerZak** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:54 pm

Numbnuts · Post by **Numbnuts** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:09 pm

How well do the white knuckle sliders work as a step?

adeluca73 · Post by **adeluca73** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:20 pm

Numbnuts wrote:How well do the white knuckle sliders work as a step?

Just right amount

Ducky's Dad · Post by **Ducky's Dad** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:21 pm

I have N-Fabs on both the PW and the Tundra, with OLD SmittyBilts on the GMC. The old Smittys have been on the GMC for 19 years and have been great. The newer Smittys are complete crap, including the ones made in China with the Smitty label on the N-Fab pattern (probably under license). The Smittys that look like the N-Fabs are not nearly as good as the real N-Fabs. The N-Fab nerfs are surprisingly strong and are holding up well, with one exception. A few years ago I buried the PW up to the axles and bent the mounts on the N-Fabs. Pulled them off the truck and reinforced the mounts with some nutserts and stainless bolts, much better arrangement and I am pretty sure I could jack the truck with my Hi-Lift on the reinforced N-Fabs.

Caution: I also have an N-Fab light bar on the Tundra and that bar is a complete piece of junk: bad welds, bad finish, bad fit (non-fit until I hogged out the holes). If you buy N-fab bars, get them from someplace like 4WP that will take care of you if there is a problem. 4WP swapped out my original Smittys on the PW for the N-Fabs that are on it now, after the Smittys started rusting badly.

walc · Post by **walc** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:12 pm

I tried to avoid side steps; but, it pretty quickly became a PITA.
I have the oem Ram black tubular side steps and I'm very happy with them.
Very good fit and finish and I like the look on my them.

Numbnuts · Post by **Numbnuts** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:15 pm

Damn them white knuckles are expensive. Almost 1K with paint.........

olyelr · Post by **olyelr** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:46 pm

Numbnuts wrote:Damn them white knuckles are expensive. Almost 1K with paint.........

Almost? Mine were much more than that if i remember correctly.

Post by **DamageWagon** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 11:20 pm

Just make your own sliders. I'm $250 I to mine.

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Post by **DamageWagon** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 11:20 pm

Just make your own sliders. I'm $250 I to mine.

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RustyPW · Post by **RustyPW** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 11:27 pm

If you live in the rust belt. Anything with powdercoat WILL start to rust in about 2 yrs.

Retired BLM Rig · Post by **Retired BLM Rig** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 1:22 am

Numbnuts wrote:Did you guys install them powersteps yourselves?

Easy? or not....

I bought the PowerBoards on Amazon as an open box return warehouse deal for $770 and installed them myself. It took about 5-6 hours, but I was working in the dark and I tend to be more detail oriented. The instructions were great. The hardest part for me was working under the dash board doing the wiring and routing the harness.

Timgco · Post by **Timgco** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 1:33 am

DamageWagon wrote:Just make your own sliders. I'm $250 I to mine.

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Well you may as well just make 3 or 4 more sets. Sell them for $700 plus shipping. Of course my set for $500/ shipping.

Post by **DamageWagon** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 3:18 am

BLM being detail oriented? I don't believe that for one second...

Timgco if I had a fixture I would knock these out all day. They are so easy to make. But making them like I did by eyeballing and using a tape measure for everything, that took some time. I think WK charges too much but frankly it makes sense there is nobody else making them because there really is only one way to do it. I tried to make mine with a fresh slate - nope, you either mount like WK does or weld to the frame, or mount to the body panel sections like aluminess or Randy Ellis. I bet if you put mine next to a WK set the holes would almost line up.

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Bill2014 · Post by **Bill2014** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 8:17 am

RustyPW wrote:If you live in the rust belt. Anything with powdercoat WILL start to rust in about 2 yrs.

X2

We just can't have anything nice when we live in the Salt Bath.

olyelr · Post by **olyelr** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 9:42 am

RustyPW wrote:If you live in the rust belt. Anything with powdercoat WILL start to rust in about 2 yrs.

I am not completely positive yet, but I am pretty sure my powdercoated wk sliders are starting to get little tiny rust spots on them

I knew it was inevitable, but I thought I had a little more than half a winter before it would start

Numbnuts · Post by **Numbnuts** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 11:28 am

DamageWagon wrote:Just make your own sliders. I'm $250 I to mine.

Sent from my safe space

Nicely done

Unfortunately I don't have a shop or the skills to fab up something like you did....

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