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- maxmax
- Member Since: 21 Aug 2018
- Location: Farnham, Surrey
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Side steps from sidesteps.co.uk
Ordered Tuesday, arrived Friday and fitted today.
The instructions are brief to the point of being useless, but that’s the end of the bad news. They came well wrapped and protected, with each bracket labelled to show which corner it is.
The two front brackets use three 14mm bolts each and the only thing I needed to do for access was put the car in off road height (axle stand under in case it dropped on my head) and remove one black plastic plug next to each bracket to get the socket on a bolt. They hold the trim under the door in place and just pull out by hand. You need to bend the trim a bit, at which point a little dirt falls into your eyes, so some glasses might help. The bending is temporary and it all goes back the moment you take the socket away. (The second picture above shows the trim plug/clip out - it goes back in afterwards.)
The two rear brackets use two bolts each and have a captive butterfly bolt already attached.
Total fitting time for four brackets was around 35 minutes and my hands are surprisingly blood free. Nothing to cut in terms of trim.
The steps then sit onto the brackets. Be careful not to drop them at the loose end while tightening the first end and take a look at the picture to see which is left and right, they’re not labelled. It’s the only part where a second pair of hands might have helped. That was another ten minutes with a 13mm socket.
Then a final ten minutes tightening everything up. The instructions don’t get as far as torque, so I went for as tight as I could get with a 25cm wrench. Mental note to check the bolts in a little while and see if they stayed tight.
Do they stick out far enough to give car park protection? I think so, but it’s fairly fine on what sticks out most. The car automatically lowers in car parks, I wish it had an automatic raise mode, I think it would make protection a bit more sure.
Tools used three sockets and some hand wash. Fairly easy job. Looks nice.
Very happy so far.
Last edited by maxmax on 15th Sep 2018 8:46 pm. Edited 1 time in total
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- Dangerdave
- Member Since: 15 Feb 2017
- Location: UK
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Looking good.
Do you have a link for these please?
I am debating original LR side steps v. these ones.
I’ve had Britparts on a D4, but they tarnished and the side strip dropped off so I reverted to genuine ones. I don’t want to make that mistake again, but the. I don’t want to. Jack about cutting the under tray either.
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- maxmax
- Member Since: 21 Aug 2018
- Location: Farnham, Surrey
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- Dangerdave
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- maxmax
- Member Since: 21 Aug 2018
- Location: Farnham, Surrey
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Def no cutting
On the second picture you can see the hole in the black plastic trim where I had to remove one plastic clip to access the bolt. The clip went back in afterwards.
It really was a one wrench and three sockets job to do the whole thing.... oh I forgot, I had to cut the cling film off the packaging... does that count?
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- Road Runner 2017
- Member Since: 14 Jan 2017
- Location: Scotland
- Posts: 2010
Looking good Maxmax
Fitted the pure black ones, as was not wanting them too tarnish with all the road salt up here in winter.
(The silver strip on the D4 steps pitted badly and was not wanting a repeat performance)
6 months later and no problems.
Solid, heavy chunky steps, compared to the thinner LR ones and less than half the price.
Thats alot of beer tokens 🍻
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- MalithS
- Member Since: 16 Aug 2018
- Location: Warwickshire
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- UrbanSplash
- Member Since: 13 Sep 2018
- Location: North East
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Sidesteps uk were ace. Fitted for free.
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- UrbanSplash
- Member Since: 13 Sep 2018
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- Notxal
- Member Since: 10 Nov 2018
- Location: Shropshire
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- UrbanSplash
- Member Since: 13 Sep 2018
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They stick out just past...
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- Notxal
- Member Since: 10 Nov 2018
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- Dangerdave
- Member Since: 15 Feb 2017
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Just got a set, but the fixing brackets are different. Haven’t started to fit them yet.
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- Chatuge
- Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
- Location: Surrey
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- Dangerdave
- Member Since: 15 Feb 2017
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Don’t know what or where the hacking point is.
but it doesn’t obscure the jacking point.
As for your Mrs kerbing the side steps, with wives anything is possible. Just inform her not to drive your car!
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