Member Since: 08 Feb 2007
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Steps / side bars = yes or no?
hi guys
just doing a poll for a school project im doing
so if you could leave your thought on the poll that would be great
thanks
12th Aug 2008 10:02 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
they're no good for off roading - reduce clearance and no good in ruts
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12th Aug 2008 10:04 pm
DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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Side Steps = useless offroad
Side Tubes = they do the job but get trashed easily (I know, i had some) and cost over £350 a set
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12th Aug 2008 10:10 pm
simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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DiscoDunc wrote:
Best to buy some of RLD's Aluminium sills = much better, offer more protection and cheaper !!
12th Aug 2008 10:15 pm
hernan1304
Member Since: 28 Feb 2008
Location: Dubai
Posts: 490
Why reduce ground clearance? I say stay away from them...
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13th Aug 2008 8:16 am
BORDER ROVER
Member Since: 03 Dec 2007
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 1105
I agree that they are totally useless when you are going off road but for swmbo and the kids it makes life so much easier getting in and out of my car. No scuffing this and that.POT NOODLE NAVIGATION CHALLENGE 2010 WINNER
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13th Aug 2008 8:28 am
PaulP
Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 4317
BORDER ROVER wrote:
but for swmbo and the kids it makes life so much easier getting in and out of my car.
Which is precisely why I wouldn't ever get them......anything that makes it more difficult for the mother-in-law to get in the D3 is alright by me 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE AutoBuckingham Blue 2007 Golf GT DSG
13th Aug 2008 8:42 am
countrywide
Member Since: 16 Sep 2007
Location: UK
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After seeing what happened to the one's on Sturge's car at Salisbury, I don't think I would ever have any. They folded up and you couldn't get the doors open and it wasn't even a difficult track.
13th Aug 2008 8:51 am
hernan1304
Member Since: 28 Feb 2008
Location: Dubai
Posts: 490
There's always those electric retractable ones...wasn't there a post about those a while back? Not sure if they were even on a D3 or whether it was an Off-topic post.
13th Aug 2008 9:05 am
DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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why not just by a one of those JML folding blu steps and pass it around
http://www.jmldirect.com/currency/GBP/Blu-Step-PB1234Duncan
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13th Aug 2008 9:14 am
D'arkuk
Member Since: 15 Aug 2006
Location: M/C
Posts: 464
DiscoDunc wrote:
Best to buy some of RLD's Aluminium sills = much better, offer more protection and cheaper !!
Spot on. Brute force and ignorance, the D3 does the rest.
13th Aug 2008 11:13 am
redjelly5000
Member Since: 18 Jul 2008
Location: Rugby
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I had to get some steps. I didn't want to because I was worried about compromising the off road usage, but after a couple of months without one, I was starting to get a bad back climbing in and out, even in access mode. Also I have elderly parents that I have to transport often, so it was a must for us. We had the rubberised factory fitted ones on the D2 ES before, so I guess we were just used to them. Plus, I guess if you keep using access height on every stop, I'm guessing the extra wear on the air susp with considerably reduce life expectancy.
I went for the genuine ones though in the end, as I decided they looked the best. I don't see the point in the tubes, they don't do anything! You can't use them as steps, and they get in the way when off road! (IMO)D3 TDV6 HSE 2008 Buckingham Blue (current)
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9th Sep 2008 11:41 am
TallPaul
Member Since: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Near Reading
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Where is the option for "it came with them, but SWMBO won't let me remove them?"
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