Since purchasing my vehicle earlier this year I've been intending to remove the side steps, as they're not good off road or on narrow Devon lanes. Finally got round to it this weekend, and noticed bubbling of the paint behind the brackets (3 each side). After scraping the loose paint off, this was the result:
Whilst it's not the end of the world, the zinc plating has been penetrated in some small areas, and given a couple more years would have been a lot worse. So if you've got side steps fitted, and intend to keep the vehicle for a few years, it may be worth taking them off and checking behind for similar corrosion. 2 coats of Smoothrite have sorted it on mine
If anyone's got any decent plastic sill covers I need a pair
And if anyone wants a pair of used side steps and pre-cut sill trims let me know. [/img]Previously:
2005 D3 2.7 TDV6 S
1984 90 2.25 Petrol CSW
1992 90 200TDi Hard Top
1995 Discovery ES 300TDi
2003 90 TD5 Truck Cab
Are the side steps in good condition?As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
Disco XXV
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY16
Discovery Sport HSE Lux MY17
Evoque HSE Dynamic MY16 (Gone)
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY14 (Lovely car but preferred the Disco!)
Disco 3 Tdv6 HSE MY05 (owned for 11 years and now gone)
Range Rover Sport HSE MY11 (Gone)
Freelander2 SE (Gone but the most reliable car we've ever owned)
Disco 2 V8 (Gone)
Average condition, but some of the bolts that hold the steps to the brackets need replacing as they sheared on removal. Not a big job - just a case of unclipping the treads, but I need to do that before selling them. Unless someone wants to buy them in their current condition.
Here they are:
Previously:
2005 D3 2.7 TDV6 S
1984 90 2.25 Petrol CSW
1992 90 200TDi Hard Top
1995 Discovery ES 300TDi
2003 90 TD5 Truck Cab
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