Feb 28, 2022
Can someone tell me what the height is above the ground, of the door sills on a stock, non-Sasquatch 4-door Badlands?
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I know that both @Seanette and are are going to want to add some kind of step to ours to help us get in. @Seanette is short, and my legs do not work quite as well as they did before I broke one of them a few years ago.
My original plan was to have the dealer remove the rock rails and install Ford's tube steps in their place. I'm becoming increasingly convinced that I really want a solution that leaves me both with rock rails and with usable steps.
And I am beginning, now to think that I'm going to want to wait until I actually have the Bronco, before I figure out what solution to apply. But if I do that, then I need to know that even without steps, @Seanette and I will be able to get in and out without too much difficulty.
I initially had high hope for Ford's newly-announced hoop steps, but I've seen something that casts doubt on whether those will really coexist with the rock rails.
I'm now thinking that perhaps this product from looks good:
Or, I may just end up building something myself out of Unistrut. Of course, to do that, I'd have to have the Bronco, and be able to figure out how I would attach any such thing to it. Dare I drill holes through my rock rails to attach my homemade steps? Would doing so weaken them too much as far as being usable as rock rails?
A clear disadvantage both to Ford's hoop step, if it is able to coexist with the rock rails, or to a no-drill step like IAG's, is that it would have to be removed for rock crawling, and reinstalled afterward. Something that can be left in place, even for rock-crawling, would be much better.
I know that there are also aftermarket rock rail/step combinations that are what Ford really should have done in the first place, basically rock rails that stick out far enough to the sides to also serve as steps, but they are more expensive than what I really want to spend for such a solution.
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I suppose we can use this thread to discuss various solutions to the problem of affordably having steps and rock rails that coexist; but my primary question is to ask how high a climb it it into a 4-door non-Sasquatch Badlands, to be able to judge whether this is something that @Seanette and I can live with from the time we pick up our Bronco 'til the time I am able to implement a good solution.
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I know that both @Seanette and are are going to want to add some kind of step to ours to help us get in. @Seanette is short, and my legs do not work quite as well as they did before I broke one of them a few years ago.
My original plan was to have the dealer remove the rock rails and install Ford's tube steps in their place. I'm becoming increasingly convinced that I really want a solution that leaves me both with rock rails and with usable steps.
And I am beginning, now to think that I'm going to want to wait until I actually have the Bronco, before I figure out what solution to apply. But if I do that, then I need to know that even without steps, @Seanette and I will be able to get in and out without too much difficulty.
I initially had high hope for Ford's newly-announced hoop steps, but I've seen something that casts doubt on whether those will really coexist with the rock rails.
I'm now thinking that perhaps this product from looks good:
Or, I may just end up building something myself out of Unistrut. Of course, to do that, I'd have to have the Bronco, and be able to figure out how I would attach any such thing to it. Dare I drill holes through my rock rails to attach my homemade steps? Would doing so weaken them too much as far as being usable as rock rails?
A clear disadvantage both to Ford's hoop step, if it is able to coexist with the rock rails, or to a no-drill step like IAG's, is that it would have to be removed for rock crawling, and reinstalled afterward. Something that can be left in place, even for rock-crawling, would be much better.
I know that there are also aftermarket rock rail/step combinations that are what Ford really should have done in the first place, basically rock rails that stick out far enough to the sides to also serve as steps, but they are more expensive than what I really want to spend for such a solution.
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I suppose we can use this thread to discuss various solutions to the problem of affordably having steps and rock rails that coexist; but my primary question is to ask how high a climb it it into a 4-door non-Sasquatch Badlands, to be able to judge whether this is something that @Seanette and I can live with from the time we pick up our Bronco 'til the time I am able to implement a good solution.
May the Ford be with you, always.
On Order: Badlands 4-door 2.7, Lux Package, Velocity Blue, non-Sasquatch
On Order: Badlands 4-door 2.7, Lux Package, Velocity Blue, non-Sasquatch
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