Tac 2009 2018 Stainless Exterior Accessories (dn3407) 5520

TAC Side Steps 2009-2018 Dodge Ram 1500 Crew Cab / 2010-2018 Dodge Ram 2500 / 3500 / 4500 / 5500 Crew Cab Truck Pickup 3 T304 Stainless Steel Side Bars Nerf Bars Running Boards 2 Pieces

Look good and functional. Just a concern i'm seeing a little rust around the point where the chrome meets the black paint after only two months

Custom fit: 2009-2018 dodge ram 1500 crew cab 2010-2018 dodge ram 2500/3500/4500/5500 crew cab (please contact us to confirm fitment before ordering. ) highlight & feature: (1) 100% brand new in factory original package. (2) direct bolt-on, professional installation is always recommended. (3) easy access and exit your car with extra protection and pre-inserted non-slip step on each side. (4) stainless steel tube mirror polished finish maximizes rust and corrosion protection. Package included: (1) 2pcs side steps nerf bars (2) mounting brackets (3) mounting hardware (4) installation instruction about us tac is one of north america's top online suppliers of specialized, high-quality aftermarket car and truck accessories. With over 20 years of auto accessory manufacturing experience, tac delivers unparalleled quality, value, service and satisfaction. Our highly-trained, professional staff offer in-depth knowledge and personalized assistance for customers worldwide. Providing our customers with a simple, hassle-free experience with best-in-class customer service is more than a goal. It is our foundation. We know your trust and satisfaction can only be earned one transaction at a time.

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Tac 2009 2018 2010 2018 Stainless Running (dn3307) FAQ.

These bars are installed to your truck with only 5 bolts! (2 more for each bar itself). . I thought this would be an easy install. When i opened the package, i found 3 brackets per side, and some beefy looking bolt/nut/plate hardware. I laughed at the reviews that this would be a 2 hour install. I checked under my 2016 ram 1500 and even had some welded nuts in the body that i would attach too as well. . But as i would discover when completed, 2. 5 hours later, this is not a job for the faint of heart! 3 bolts up front, 2 in the rear. Seems so easy. But you have to fish a mounting plate through the body. . First you peel back some body tape to reveal two oval holes. One is barely large enough to fit my pinky, the other i can just slip two knuckles of two fingers. A wire with a coil is supplied in the kit, and you have to thread this about 6 inches through this enclosed space. Tricky, but i was able to get it through after much cursing. . Then comes the fun part! the bolt plate barely fits through the larger oval hole, and then you have to pull it to the smaller one. Easy, but once you pop the mount in, it drops to the bottom of the cavity and gets hung up. So now reach in with a screw driver, and try to pry the plate up while pulling. This was the easiest way to get the plate to "pop" over. . Now extract the wire from the bolt, which won't come off near as easy as you hope. Maybe that's a good thing because if this wire became detached in the cavity, your install would be seriously screwed! once you unwind the wire (remember, you have to use it twice) then thread a piece of plastic on it (also supplied) the bolt to prevent it from falling back into the frame. This is almost as nerve wracking as using the fishing wire. Drop the bolt and once again it would be gone forever! . . It's days later, and my hands still hurt thinking about all this. . Bars look great, and do what they need to. Deduct one star since the passenger bar was dinged. Not enough of a ding for me want to send them back. I couldn't even imagine how much of a pain that would be. Only needed the big impact once. Need to remove a body mount bolt. The rest i used a light duty electric impact. Did it all on the floor of my garage. Can't beat the price, would buy again! -Notice from S. Rowe, Gateshead

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I installed my tac nerf bars this weekend and this is what i ran into. There are already a lot of reviews on the bars so this is more about the installation. I put these on a 2016 ram 1500 supercrew and it was fairly easy and straightforward. The instructions are pretty good but you can skip most of the text and work off the two pages of pictures (youtube has a couple vids that are close also). Others have described some difficulty fishing the bolt through the frame but its less than a six inch distance and i had no issue, only two bolts and very easy. The fact that the 2016 ram has some pre-threaded bolt holes made it even easier and you only use about half the bolts provided in the box. . These are the couple hickeys i ran into. I was missing one of the bigger ring washers and lock washers so check your box before you get started. I actually had replacements for these around my workbench so it was not an issue. . The one thing that held me up: the threaded fish wire was great for fishing the first bolt through but once i got it seated in the hole, i could not unscrew the fish wire off the bolt. The wire is coiled on one end to fit the bolt and screwed on the bolt easily. Something about unscrewing it was wonky and i spent more than a half hour trying to get it off this bolt while not dropping the bolt back through the slot. Later i realized i could have threaded the plastic retainer down the wire and onto the bolt but i was too busy cussing at the wire at the time. I wound up destroying the threaded end of the wire and then spent another forty-five minutes trying to re-create the coil that came from the factory so i could install the bolt on the other side. . I finally was able to create the threaded fish wire on my own by tightly wrapping the wire around a 1/4 inch wooden dowel but it was the biggest kick in the shorts and time-waste of the whole install. I might be the only idiot that has had this issue but a second fish wire might be a good inclusion for us that are patience-challenged. . Anyway, job is done, bars look good. The one thing i would like to see is maybe the addition of a middle bracket under the bar to add a bit more support. I'm a 260lb guy and although these bars do not appear flimsy, the welds that hold the mounting plates inside each end of the bar make me just a bit nervous about applying all my weight to them.

- D. AlexiaI ordered these nerf bars for my 2017 1500 dodge ram big horn with crew cab. After skimming through the directions, i found a four minute video on youtube that made everything easy. I installed these nerf bars in the dark using a drop light in just over an hour. The only difficulty i had was unthreading the guide wire from the bolt. I had to reshape the coiled part of the guide wire to use it a second time. No big deal. They feel sturdy when i step on them and they look great.

Installed on a 2017 ram 3500 crew cab. Installed taking my time in about an hour. You may need an impact wrench for the cab bolt that need to be taken out and right away put back in with the support bracket included with the mounting kit. Besides that very easy looks very good and feels very solid.

B. Crawford, Thueringen