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(More customer reviews)I bought these running boards, thinking that Lund would make a quality product, but I was disappointed. I have quite a bit of experience installing car and truck accessories, so I was able to overcome some shortcomings, but it was a little frustrating. These boards are made with a very light gauge aluminum. I had to do some trimming on the end of the board in order to get a proper fit. This wasn't too big a deal, since the light gauge was easy to cut. The instructions are poor. They say to mount the brackets to the running boards, then attach to the truck. This is pretty ridiculous, since there are NO predrilled holes in the boards, but the brackets attach to existing holes in the truck. The only logical way to install the boards is to mount the brackets on the truck first, then mark and drill the running boards as needed. There was a lot of hardware provided. However, much of it was not needed. On the other hand, they failed to supply some nuts, which were needed. I have a good supply of hardware on hand, so that saved a trip to the hardare store. Stainless steel carraige bolts are provided to attach the boards to the brackets. You must pull the square shank of the carraige bolt into the user drilled (round) holes. This was impossible to do with the supplied nylock nuts (which were NOT stainless steel). Using a plain nut (not supplied)facilitated this process. As a tip, I recommend using some antisieze or at least some oil, on the stainless steel threads to prevent galling. It is not apparent if there is any sort of anti rust coating on the brackets- they appear to be unfinished steel. Time was running short on this installation, so I went ahead and installed them as is. I expect that I will have to remove them at a later date to paint them, time will tell. If I do remove them, I think that I will also add some aluminum angle underneath the boards for some added stiffness. I had to do a bit of trimming on two of the mounting brackets in order to mount them in what I considered to be the optimal position. I will say that the running boards do look good when installed. They nicely complement the aluminum treadplate boxes on my aluminum flatbed, which is the main reason I chose these particular boards. I would consider their strength as just adequate. I weigh about 210 pounds, and I definitely feel some flexing when stepping on the boards. If you want these boards to fit properly, be prepared to spend a bit of time on some trimming and fitting. If I had it to do over again, I would have paid a bit more, and bought boards from Ford. I would have ended up with stronger boards that fit as they should, and probably would have installed in 1/3 the time.
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This Lund TrailRunner Aluminum running board is made from diamond plate aluminum that features a wide step area to provide sure footing in and out of your vehicle.The molded end caps are adjustable to allow the board length to be altered for a custom fit appearance.
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