No running board love?!?!?!?!?

rubbman

rubbman

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Why is it that everyone is removing thier running boards?? I actually enjoy them, the make car washing easy, they help keep funk from washing up from the road, easy child loading. Am I the last of the boardhicans?
 
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Yes it does make car washing a LOT easier. I noticed that the last time I tried to wash my roof.

I don't have kids (yet) so I can't comment on that.
 
i took mine off because my I would have to take a huge step to get out of the driver seat without rubbing the back of my leg on them. But now that they are off I do notice a lot more crap ending up on the sides, gonna install some front mud flaps this weekend to solve that.
 
nquaint said:
i took mine off because my I would have to take a huge step to get out of the driver seat without rubbing the back of my leg on them. But now that they are off I do notice a lot more crap ending up on the sides, gonna install some front mud flaps this weekend to solve that.
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Yeah I need to do the same.
 
rubbman said:
Why is it that everyone is removing thier running boards?? I actually enjoy them, the make car washing easy, they help keep funk from washing up from the road, easy child loading. Am I the last of the boardhicans?
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I'm with you on this one. I'd like to keep my paint in good condition and I really don't like the look of the 4Runners without them.
 
mine would of been smashed to smithereens by now, so i took them off while they still were in tact and sold them. aka i have hit my rocker panel twice, and that would of been one ugly looking running board.

and i think its better without, and it may be because i use my runner to its full potential. and i like a little mud on the sides haha
 
DewRunner said:

and i think its better without, and it may be because i use my runner to its full potential. and i like a little mud on the sides haha
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Yeah! Especially with our trucks being black :D
 
I think my runner looks sick with the running boards but i took mine off so i wouldnt destroy them offroading. I think it looks pretty sick without them too though.
 
i took mine off and put them back on the next day. i didn't like the way they looked from the side, plus they keep it a whole lot cleaner. i don't do lots of offroading on rocks with high breakover angles. when i do, it's in my wrangler.
 
thegreenmonster said:
i nailed mine on a rock....it came off by itself
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That must have been one hell of an impact ha ha.


I would love to have kept mine on, i love how they look, and they hide all the cripe that hangs down like the gas tank and frame rails.. but after bashing one in on my first offroad adventure, i couldn't justify leaving them on
 
ya i think i depends on the look your going for plus what you use your runner for. If you like the rugged look your most likely take it off road more often i duno. i kinda like them for a classy clean look but ya pulled mine off. IMO throw some nerf bars or sliders you can enjoy both ways??
 
I also like them on, partly for looks as well as keeping crap off the truck. Mind you I like the look of a good muddy truck after a day of wheeling, but if I had them off I know the bottoms of my doors would be rusty with the salt/winter that we have to deal with. Having never taken them off the bottoms of my doors still look new, even on the inside in the seam. I know this wouldn't be the case after a short time with them off.

I'll keep them on until some 4x4 damage forces me to remove them!
 
I was going to take mine off, but have decided not to. The wife uses 'em, and I like the look.

I don't like the pant leg getting dirty, though. But I'm over it.
 
anybody got some pictures of mud flaps on the front of a limited? i know we dont have the special factory ones like sr5 models have.
 
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