I'm looking to get some step bars and splash guards for my 2010 Supercab FX4. I'm leaning towards getting the black Ford OEM Accessory 5" step bars and the Ford OEM Accessory molded 4-piece splash guards. Based on what I've seen with the step bars, the splash guards should fit fine. Does anybody else have any other suggestions that are better and/or cheaper?

 

Does anyone have any pictures of these splash guards? I hate how snow and slush end up on the front of the running board, then it freezes and every time I open the door its a PITA and not too mention might be messing the paint.

 

I've got the Ford 6" Oval tube steps and the Husky molded mud guards. I really like them both and think they look good together. Here are a few pics:







Maybe they'll help it not to look like this after the next big rain!:

 

^ lol, you got a two tone lariat.

 

mud flaps OEM Suck!! weathertech or huskey are best I owned all three!! fit and hardware on oem are the worst. Weathertech's are more slimlined than huskey's and no drilling..huskey's you drill but both work very well with better fit and finish!!

 

I've got the Weathertechs and really like them. They use the OEM fastners in the rear and their own system in the front that doesn't require any drilling. As the previous poster said, they do look more streamlined than the Huskys and really fit the lines of the truck well. Install time for all four takes less than an hour. Only downside to them as they are pretty pricey.

 

I was looking at the 5" oval bars on some trucks in a dealer lot a couple of weeks ago. I did not realize the bottom was open, and the inside looked like "backside of a bumper chrome". I can picture slush and salty snow packing up inside there and rotting them from the inside out. As much as you try to keep it clean, a few weeks like we have had lately in NH would really spray the inside will a lot of road rot.

 

Completely agree about the step bars, have them on my truck. I also have the OEM splash guards and I did not have to drill anything. They work pretty well keeping the dirt off the paint and keep the stepbars pretty clean in the snow.

 

Thanks guys, that buildup on the step rails really pisses me off. As my dad would say "son, get some real problems" hahaha.

 

Our new F150 is on order, and is projected to be here in early April. In the mean time I'm driving my 87 Toyota, just as I have for the past 12 years. Living in Montana, the snow/ice build up is always an issue. After the first winter with the Toy, I found some "splash guards" at a local 4x4 shop that were more or less "universal". If you look closely at the pic, you will see them coming up from behind the front/read wheels, and narrowing as they get towards the middle of the fender wells. Although the look might be everybody's cup of tea, then do their job very well.


It required mounting them with sheet metal screws through the fender well lips, but I am considering putting a set on the new truck when it arrives. I did have to "trim" them to get the exact coverage I wanted, but they can be easily cut with a good razor knife or a bandsaw. For my needs, I extend the fronts out about 3" at the bottom to catch debris during turn, and tapered them to about 1" beyond the fender wells at the top. The rears extend about 2" at the bottom, and taper to nothing near the center of the fender wells.

 

Thanks everyone! I was looking for the Ford oval tubes at first, but those who said they're open on the bottom make me question them. After thinking about it, I realize that I'm more interested in the function vs the look. I like the look of the Ford ones, but I am leaning toward the Westin Platinum Oval Step Bars from AutoAnything. I figure an extra $150 toward the Ford ones for looks isn't worth it. Does anyone have experience with this or other aftermarket step bars and the molded splash guards? Do the way the step bars mount interfere with the guards?

I do like the way those Huskys look. Do you have a picture one of the fronts? I'm curious to see how they'd affect some edge-mounted step bars such as the Westins.

 

I don't have any right now, but I'll snap a pic for you tomorrow!

 

I've got Westins on my little Screw and I love them since I'm too short legged to get in without them. What's also nice about them is the tube curves in toward the frame so they won't snag anything like the straight tubes could. I did have the driver's vinyl step pad loosen up on me (some of the mounting teats broke) but I was able to get it replaced at a local aftermarket dealer. Cost only $45 ($11 was installation; I figured it worth letting them install it so if something went wrong, they could eat it).

There is no way I would ever get running boards. My Daddy had them on a van he had and he was always having to clean dirt, sand, mud, carrots, small burrowing animals, whatever, out of them.