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Westin Platinum Series Vs E-series

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cyoung1253 Enthusiast

cyoung1253

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Been internet shopping for nerf bars. The Westin Platinum series are chrome plated stainless and about $80 more than the E-series which are polished stainless. Anybody ever compare them up close and side by side? Are the platinum series worth the 80 bux? Better finish/quality? Pretty sure both have the lifetime warranty.

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kroc33 Enthusiast

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I bought a pair of polished stainless bars. There not Westin but they look great. I also got the bars with the red led strip on the side. Looks pretty good at night.

Sir Dan Enthusiast

Sir Dan

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My Sierra came with the Westin Platinum Series Nerfs from the dealer (a conversion package.) A great product and great looking all around, but on my truck they didn't work so well....

 

I upgraded the stock tires to BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A's and it turns out that in addition to having great traction in mud and snow, they throw rocks like a motherf***er! I drive alot of gravel roads and the road rocks would skip up, hit the nerf bars where they curve in at the rear and fly up at the rockerpanel and box corner! After only 5 months, I had hardly any paint left on the lower rocker panel and leading edge of box! It nearly made me sick the first time I saw it. I had even installed the mud guards front and rear but no help.

 

Needless to say, I removed the Nerfs at once and installed some Putco oval step bars with hopefully a less damaging mounting system.

 

Everyone that has the nerfs should get on your knees and check the rear mounting area. Some nerf models are mounted up snug enough to the cab that they don't catch the rocks, but others are like sandblasters wrecking your rustproofing!

 

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mschuyler Enthusiast

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I wanted Westin again, but was told they don't make wheel-to-wheel for an XCab LB, so I wound up with "Big Country" which are quite adequate. Big issue is the mounting brackets. Westins will corrode over time. Make sure you get stainless brackets installed. I'm sure westins have a lifetime warranty--even if they fall off.

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