Running Boards?

[BHiggins]

I want to get running boards for my '92, but can't seem to find them anywhere... Any ideas?? I've tried the usuals: JC Whtney, EBay, Google etc with no luck. It's an extended cab, so I assume they will be even harder to find than a standard cab. Any thoughts/links would be appreciated. B.

 

[MMiller]

Good luck. I was looking a few weeks ago and couldn't find any either. I even have a good friend in the truck accesory business, and he came up dry. My truck even had dee zees on it when I got it from my dad 12 years ago. I took them off for larger tires, and now I wanted them back, but can't find them.



However, my brother works in a fab shop that makes equipment with sheets of stainless steel. They have a large brake and we are going to bend up a set for my truck, using an old set on an 88 dodge for a pattern. Then I'm going to polish the stainless and put some chicken lights on it and call it good.



Wait for Philip to reply, he's got a set that came off a ford that he's going to use.



Michael

 

[Tippin Spotted Cow]

Try lookin in junk yards. I wonder if they may have been a factory option or something. Eh... I might be blowin' hot air, I was 7 when they stopped building first gens. All I know is before I bought my truck I had a line on a '93 dually I almost bought that had stainless running boards. They seemed to fit up pretty clean, as if they were vehicle specific. Anyway, if you find them on a rotted out gasser that was put in the graveyard for rust instead of wrecking, the stainless boards should still be clean. The truck I wanted was rotted pretty good but the boards looked used, but pretty clean considering.



Try one of these street truck shops. A lot of those low rider trucks have running boards. There's a shop like that around here called Ultimate Truck or something like that, they surprisingly had some stuff I couldn't find at the 4x4 shops or the diesel shops.

 

[Shadrach]

Try finding them for a crew cab. I wanted to replace the old ones on my 84 crew as they weren't wide enough or deep enough for my big feet. What I did was buy some used ones from, in this case, an extended cab short box ( it happened to by a Chebby ) that went wheel well to wheel well and cut them to fit my truck. I modified the old mounts but will replace them later with custom ones that mount direct to the frame for more strength. Shadrach

 

[Grizzly]

I bought my S S Lauverne boards from TruckAccessoorizer.com.

 

[AHughes]

Bought Mine At "northwest Running Boards In Portland, Oregon They Have All Lengths And Types. 98. 5 Loaded

 

[Philip]

Don't worry about what they are supposed to fit. Go by the length of them. For a xcab truck you need 6' boards. The mounting kits are pretty much universal. They can be adapted.



I have no idea what mine were made for Michael. I just know they are long enough for my xcab. Mounts are no big deal. I'll just make my own or go with a set of ford running board mounts. The ford glass boards have a very nice mount system.

 

[RSchwarzli]

Quote " Try finding them for a crew cab" .



Thats funny! I have!



Philip,

Good advice. Just go by length and modify if needed.



Robert

 

[AHughes]

Northwest Running boards has them for all frame lengths. Mine installed were just over "$300. they run from the front wheel well to the front of the rear wheel well. They aren't stainless but work good for me.

 

[BHiggins]

Thanks for all the replies, now I have somthing to work with.