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02-11-2010, 05:51 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Gorman, TX
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Should I take the step boards off?
1979 K20 I just baught. I will take the mud flaps off, but what are your thought about the rails?
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02-11-2010, 05:59 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
is that even a real question? YESYESYES take them off!!
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02-11-2010, 06:04 PM
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Robert Olson Transport
 
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
they will promote rust but i like em so i say leave em...
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02-11-2010, 06:22 PM
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STILL PLAYS WITH TRUX
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Melbourne, Fla.
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
I dont know what you plan to use the truck for but if it involves mud ya may want to leave them on also if you dont plan on pulling any thing i'd scrap the tow mirrors as well.
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02-11-2010, 06:34 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
I don't care for the look of em, but they do add a lot of protection. If you're gonna ditch the mudflaps too, ditch it all.
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02-11-2010, 06:47 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Oklahoma
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
If you or someone that rides with you needs them I would replace them with some nerf bars. If you don't need them, then scrap them all together. My .02
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02-11-2010, 06:48 PM
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OL BLUU
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: WICHITA, KS.
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
REMOVE them and CLEAN IT
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02-11-2010, 07:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Stephenville, Texas
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
If your short like me leave them on! I like yours because It would definately make it easier to get into the toolbox.
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02-11-2010, 07:39 PM
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The Cheesiest
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: SHALLOWATER, TX.
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
Scrap em!
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02-11-2010, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: edmonton, alberta
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
since you can't reallt step on them their function is not really happening. I say trash them. If you could actually hop out your door and step on them, I'd keep them but most are always to narrow.
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02-11-2010, 09:01 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Austin, TX
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
Scrap em. Get some nerf bars if you wants the step or body protection. Those are more in style these days and in my opinion look a lot better. Good nerf bars that attach to the frame rail offer a lot more protection anyway.
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02-11-2010, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Dexter, N.M.
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
Scrap em and wash it
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02-11-2010, 09:16 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Beaverton, OR from WA State
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
I've got them, and from the time they weren't on there I got lots of rock chips on the rocker and at the leading edge of the bad, particularly bad at the bed.
If you take them off to clean behind them, put them back on.
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02-11-2010, 10:04 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
I purchased a truck with these exact boards and debated on what to do with them. I took them off and they made the truck look so much better. I could not believe the difference. So, I say if it is a cosmetic issue, off with them! And if it is a use issue, think about leaving them on.
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02-11-2010, 10:05 PM
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Active Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Texas
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
Nice truck. The step boards look better on your truck than most, but I vote to scrap em.
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02-11-2010, 11:01 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Farmington, MN
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
Since you are in Texas and don't have to worry about snow and salt, rust really shouldn't be an issue. You could polish them to match the tool box. I say keep them and polish them.
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02-11-2010, 11:11 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Houston, TX
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
just polish all the shiny stuff... then decide after that.
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02-12-2010, 11:44 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Saco, Maine
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
I would take them off, but that is because i am not a fan of them. but they dont look to bad as some as that i have seen in the past.
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02-12-2010, 12:10 PM
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Watchin the rust grow
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Western Nebraska
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
I like them, on your truck...
I'd still get rid of them, but I'd keep the flappers. That's just me though.
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02-12-2010, 01:05 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Gwinnett GA
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
This should help. I have a pic of my K20 with boards, with just flaps, and without.
  
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02-12-2010, 01:19 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Denmark, Europe
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
Leave them on
Take them of and give them to me
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02-12-2010, 07:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Gorman, TX
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
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02-12-2010, 11:21 PM
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
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02-12-2010, 11:27 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Tipton IN
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
Since you asked, take them off with the mud flaps. Nice tool box!
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02-13-2010, 10:51 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Gorman, TX
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Re: Should I take the step boards off?
The tool box was on the truck when i baught it. The PO wanted an extra $300 because he had just given $700 for it from TSC. I figured it was a good deal as it is a massive box!
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