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stadt11

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Hello to everyone! This is my first actual post, I've asked a few questions before, but now I'm able to contribute back with a write-up about my step bars I installed a few days ago.

 

Nasta Stainless Step Bars, Part # 76-1070

 

I ordered these steps first thing Monday morning (6/9/08) from Mechanics-Warehouse (they had the best price w/ Free Shipping on the internet) and received them before noon on Tuesday (6/10/08) - very fast shipping from Michigan to Iowa!

 

Good thing these were wrapped in bubble-wrap, the box was beat to heck:

 

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Take a look at the following picture, in the red-highlighted area. The instructions said that it came with 2 Front & 2 Rear Brackets. Well, the Fronts were identical, but there were 2 other brackets that didn't look the same. I thought maybe they forgot to cut one of them.

 

I emailed Roger Poe from Nasta/TaChen International and he said "the bracket with the cut-out (bottom bracket in picture) is for the driver's side to make room for the brake-line to clear". I hope this clarifies for the next reader who's trying to install these, it confused me for a little while.

 

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The rest of the directions were very easy to follow. I did both sides by myself in about 30 minutes. Bars aren't too heavy, only thing difficult was getting the original body bolts loose (until I remembered my impact would be perfect for this situation).

 

Torqued to specs, these bars are solid! I'm glad I chose these SS bars.

 

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* Just a helpful tip to anyone installing these with splash guards, be sure to put your guards on first before the bars because the sheet-metal bolt used for the molded guards is inaccessible after you install these steps *

 

Special Thanks to everyone I PM'd to get their opinion on what they liked (and what they disliked) about their Nasta bars, this helped my make my decision which ones to buy.

 

Now all I have to do is wash my truck, that is whenever it stops raining here in Central Iowa, and get an updated sig pic.

Nick The Great Senior Enthusiast

Nick The Great

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:D Howdy neighbor!

 

I've been wanting bars for my truck and have all but decided on the Nasta's. Your pics might have sealed the deal for me.

 

Hope you guys are staying dry in Waukee. God knows Iowa in general could use a break from the rain/flooding.

 

:uhoh:

6Burgh Enthusiast

6Burgh

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Looks great! Looks like they shipped yours by the same carrier as mine from the damaged box. LOL Atleast they package them well. Instructions aren't the greatest but the bars should serve you well. Nice addition!

zxcv Enthusiast

zxcv

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I used to work for Purolator. "Handle with Care" does not mean much. Haha. Seriously, if you covered it with fragile stickers, it wouldn't matter.

 

I'm surprised that shipping was so fast! The look good - I'm glad they used bubble wrap - the ones I got from GM had no bubble wrap at all. Luckily they weren't scratched.

jnabq Enthusiast

jnabq

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* Just a helpful tip to anyone installing these with splash guards, be sure to put your guards on first before the bars because the sheet-metal bolt used for the molded guards is inaccessible after you install these steps *

Thats good to know, nice install and appreciate the walk through.

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