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A few other threads suggest that the rock rails that are standard on the Badlands might be at least partially mounted to the body and not the frame.
The options codes include an entry for 18D Tube Step - Powder Coated, which is standard on the Outer Banks.
Is it safe to assume those are mutually exclusive but that they are probably installed using the same mount points (for good or for bad)?
I'm asking because I suspect that if I put the Squatch package on my Badlands, the height of the 35s is going to be enough to require the steps for my wife to get in the passenger side. Yeah, tube steps are generally not rock rails and are low enough to impede clearance when on the trail.
For my FJ, however, I have the factory rails and just one N-fab step on the passenger that I can quickly remove when I hit the trail.
Would be nice to have a similar solution for the Bronco, a slider-step combo, at least eventually. While I'd rather just keep the factory rock rails, the concerns over the mount points have me worried enough to wonder whether I should just switch to the factory steps for a while until a better solution is out there.
Any other thoughts on this?
The options codes include an entry for 18D Tube Step - Powder Coated, which is standard on the Outer Banks.
Is it safe to assume those are mutually exclusive but that they are probably installed using the same mount points (for good or for bad)?
I'm asking because I suspect that if I put the Squatch package on my Badlands, the height of the 35s is going to be enough to require the steps for my wife to get in the passenger side. Yeah, tube steps are generally not rock rails and are low enough to impede clearance when on the trail.
For my FJ, however, I have the factory rails and just one N-fab step on the passenger that I can quickly remove when I hit the trail.
Would be nice to have a similar solution for the Bronco, a slider-step combo, at least eventually. While I'd rather just keep the factory rock rails, the concerns over the mount points have me worried enough to wonder whether I should just switch to the factory steps for a while until a better solution is out there.
Any other thoughts on this?
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