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Was wanting pics of anyone that has step bars or bull/brush guards on any truck or generation with a body lift

just wanna see the looks of them with a body lift and any install problems you might of had
 
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by step bars do you mean the side steps? if that's it, take a look at my profile and things i posted. it looks decent, but my steps are close to the body and mounted to the body, not the frame
 
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The ones I did on our ram just mount under the body mount frame bracket. Like you pull the body mount bolt out put bracket on and put bolt back in. So im sure you could mount it on the top of the mount if you wanted it up higher.
 
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I have Westin nerf bars. The mount to the stock cab bushing locations.When I bought the truck they had side steps that mounted to the body. When I took them off they had rusted out the bottom part of the rockers.
 
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Originally Posted by mmguy18
I have Westin nerf bars. The mount to the stock cab bushing locations.When I bought the truck they had side steps that mounted to the body. When I took them off they had rusted out the bottom part of the rockers.

could you post up a pic for me of how they look and are mounted, i got a 3" body lift too
 
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Try this. In the center is a support bracket. This made for a truck with out a lift. So what I did is go to Lowes and got a pair of L brackets and made them to fit truck with the lift
 
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I have westin bull guard and innovative creations step bars , both bolted rite in with no issues. All with a 3" body lift.
 
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I have a westin bull bar. Pretty much bolted right on. I think I may had to shim it. I forgot...was like 6 years ago when I got it. Even took a front end collision pretty well in which I repaired myself.


 
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Originally Posted by BCdakotaboy
I have westin bull guard and innovative creations step bars , both bolted rite in with no issues. All with a 3" body lift.

So the gap between the steps and body is not to much????
 
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I have a westin bull bar. Pretty much bolted right on. I think I may had to shim it. I forgot...was like 6 years ago when I got it. Even took a front end collision pretty well in which I repaired myself.

Thanks for the pics, Looks great with the body lift!!!
 


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