the stockers on my Harley mount to the bottom of the cab, same as the aftermarket ones on my green truck

 

ah, mispoke, just went out and checked mine and they are not on the frame. The frame is pretty far back and the bars are actually hooked to the rocker panel. Holding up just fine

 

Yeah, it'd require some pretty beefy metal to support steps from all the way back at the rail.

 

so how do they mount them to the rocker then? so then i should replace my rocker then. they are starting to get a little soft in some spots. but i was thinking today and could it be possible it custom fab a set that mount to the frame?

 

Follow the link to the installation instructions in post #13 above.

Sure, anything's possible. You'd have to design it, though, if no one else has done it before. If you pick out what kind of rail you want to use, I can do some quick calcs and recommend a size of plate steel or channel section, but you'd have to lay it out and design connections (bolted or welded).

 

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Sure, anything's possible. You'd have to design it, though, if no one else has done it before. If you pick out what kind of rail you want to use, I can do some quick calcs and recommend a size of plate steel or channel section, but you'd have to lay it out and design connections (bolted or welded).[/QUOTE]

Hey thanks. i will design some things up in the next few days and i will let you know what i come up with. i think i will bolt it to the frame and weld the rest.

as of right now im thinking about the n-fab style and changing it and going 2 or 3 inch pipe and then the same size a few inches below that and the bottom one will be the same length as the upper one. and then spraying them with a rubber truck bed coating.
im just trying to think how it would look im my truck.

 

I just put on the OEM Ford Oval step bars for my model truck and im not guna lie it was more difficult then what i thought it would be...

There is 3 bolts in each mounting bracket and 3 mounting brackets to each bar (as for supercrew anyway) and if u dont have the same amount of crank on each bolt they will look un-even....

what i did was crank each bolt to almost tight and left them until all of them were like that and then went back and tightened them....

 

my buddy's dodge has a set that mount to the frame. im not sure how though. but the whole set up is made out of 1/4 or 1/2 inch steal. i think they have a plate that mounts to the frame with about a two inch square tube coming out the side with a step in the center of the door. . . im sure the same idea could be applied to a full length step bar. . .

 

i do....its called oem
on my 4x4 my step bars were mounted to the frame
they're for sale if anyone wants them, full brackets and bolts, everything to bolt right up to your frame for a ext cab truck.

 

i wish i had some extra cash right now. thats what i really want.

 

I double checked my factory steps, and they are mounted to the rocker panels. But I can remove the bar from the mounts, and that would make refinishing pretty easy. That's what I'll be doing.

 

here's an olddddddd picture of my truck with the step bars on