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Old 02-08-2010, 12:30 PM #1
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STOCK 3rd gens without running boards. Care to share pics?

Those with stockers and no running boards can you put up pics? I think I may remove mine.

Mine with boards

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Removing the running boards is one of the single most improvements you can do for the looks of a 3rd gen - gives mroe clearance on the sides for off-roading as well, and allows for sliders.
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Here is mine after the boards came off. Love the faux-lift look, but my doors do get alot dirtier than before.
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Here is a before and after of when I took my boards off. Your Runner will thank you after you take them off

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Though taking off the running boards is only the beginning........next you'll want a lift.....and......
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G_T your runner is looking good!
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Just do it. As long as your bolts aren't rusted beyond repair, it is an easy and free and completely reversible mod.

I personally went both ways and prefer the boards on. Yes it gives you a free "lift", but it also exposes some pretty ugly pinch welds and rotten rusty undercarriage parts. Keep in mind, I rarely wheel the truck. In fact the only off-road use has been a few beach blasts. Never crawled across anything. Massachusetts is NOT the state to live in if you like to wheel.
Ironically, my board removal mod was initiated by some urban wheeling. I did my best JohnsD90 impression and crawled up on a snow bank in a mall parking lot. Unfortunately, it had frozen rock-hard. I ended up mangling one of my boards. Off they came.
Here's how she looked without them.


I rocked the runner for a few years without boards and then got tired of hearing people complain about having to climb up into my truck (I sell real estate). So I bent the brackets back into shape and reinstalled the boards.
Here's a similar angle with them on:
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Before and after a lift
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If you go thru my pic thread in my sig you can see pics with it on and pics with it off..
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Just took my boards off my stock Runner last week...love the look of it so far. Given how easy it is to take them off and on (6 bolts each side), it's totally worth trying just to see if you like it.

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Here's mine with them as I purchased it and then with them off.
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Here's mine with them as I purchased it and then with them off.
yeah, ryani, when you gonna color key the bumpers?? the chrome stands out alot....
the wheels look so good, edit: sorry, trying to sound positive, not like a punk... :0) I think it will look way better color keyed.. urs is one of the few I would say that about with the color...

I definitely love mine without the running boards. I thought I would always prefer the running board look, I was wrong
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