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Running Board Retrofit

10-26-2005, 05:17 AM

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Matt42

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Running Board Retrofit

When I bought my 1996 CC 4x4, I figured I wouldn't need running boards. That was nine years ago, and shucks, that old truck seems higher off the ground every day.

So now I want to install running boards. I really, really, really dislike the cheap ones that use sheet metal screws into the rocker panel pinch weld, and also to the back of the front fender lip. They cause rust even here. I also don't like the step bars that are flattened out a little at the door. I slip on them. (I can't understand it. The truck is higher off the ground and my knees and ankles don't seem to work as well. Something strange is going on!

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What I want to do is install the current MoPar running boards that fit the 2004-style Quad Cab Ram. They bolt up above the rocker panel pinch weld using four brackets, and do not fasten to the fender at all.

Can the newer running boards be adapted to my 1996?

I can do quite a bit of fabrication if needed, but I just never got the hang of welding aluminum.

Thanks. Matt

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