I was given a used pair of Westin side step bars. They had a little surface rust but no major problems. I talked to a friend of mine who does powder coating to see if he could help me out. About a week later he had them done. The highest gloss black they make. They look beautiful. The only problem I have is that I have no hardware. Could anyone tell me where I might be able to buy the correct materials. Thanks

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1998 F150 XLT Ext. cab short box
5.4 liter, 3.55 gears, K&N Air Filter,Superchip
Silver, Matching Silver Bug Deflector,
Tinted Windows, Tonneau Cover
Alpine CD Player, Soundstream 6.5" Seperates, JL Audio Stealth Box
With 2 8W1's, Powered By a Soundsteam Reference 405

 

I would definatly say try and contact Westin. I got the bars put on my truck. Love them, don't know what happend to my instruction/ parts sheet though. I was disappointed because it only took me 40 min to put them on and I was planning on not being bored for most of the day.

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black 97' x-cab 4x4, 5 speed 4.6, black westin nerf bars, 6 cd changer and a 12 premier sub, pilot ground searchers, borla SS split rear exhaust


soon: rear window covers, fipk, chip, rims

 

Yes the hardware is fairly specialized with all the angles and clip nuts and such. You realy do need to go to Westin for them. Fairly easy install took me about 40 minutes also. 10 of that was to figure out which bracket was which! Seems like they could have marked them in soem way like RR, RF etc.

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2000 F-250 Super Duty, SuperCab XLT, Oxford white with medium grey cloth captains chairs, 5.4L Triton V8 (260 HP version!), 4R100 4 Speed Automatic Transmission, 4 wheel ABS, Deluxe Aluminum Wheels, Trailer Towing Package, Class IV Hitch, Reece load distribution system, Escort Sensor II Electronic Brake controller, K&N filter, Sure Stop towing skirt, "Westin" black powder coated step bars, "White-White" head lamps, Herculiner bed liner, ISSPRO Tranny Temp Guage, Excursion center console.

 

cphilip - your right most of the time was spent figuring out which went with which, and it definately is specialized brackets.

 

Thanks guys, I'll try giving Westin a ring and see if I can't get the right brackets. These brackets aren't something I might be able to fabricate?

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1998 F150 XLT Ext. cab short box
5.4 liter, 3.55 gears, K&N Air Filter,Superchip
Silver, Matching Silver Bug Deflector,
Tinted Windows, Tonneau Cover
Alpine CD Player, Soundstream 6.5" Seperates, JL Audio Stealth Box
With 2 8W1's, Powered By a Soundsteam Reference 405